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| Breaking news! Youngest Maoist nabbed! |
Check out the murderous rage on his face! Check out the hand that has bludgeoned many heads! Check out the strained forehead that explain his years committed to bloodshed! |
| Citizen's Interviews of S.P., Dantewada |
Final Two Parts Of The Interview With SP Dantewada, Amresh Mishra on the 4th of Jan regarding the whereabouts of Sodi Sambo. |
| The tribal ‘Ruchikas’ of Dantewada |
Operation Green Hunt to flush out the Maoist rebels from central India may have begun only last November, but the hapless tribals of Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region have been at the receiving end of official hostility for years before that. |
| Police State, Visitors, Anthropology |
Ujjwal Kumar Singh, Professor of Political Science, Delhi University and I have just returned (January 1st) from a visit to the police state of Chhattisgarh. |
| Talking with S.P. Dantewada |
Priyanka: I am a journalist and I need to speak to you about Sodi Sambo? Where is she now? Why was she illegal detained last night? |
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| NHRC issues notice to Chhattisgarh Police for Illegally Detaining and Beating a Young Lawyer |
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PRESS RELEASE Date: 23.12.09 NHRC ISSUES NOTICE TO CHHATTISGARH POLICE FOR ILLEGALLY DETAINING AND BEATING A YOUNG LAWYER Amidst ever-growing agitation of the civil society and lawyers, human rights activists over the illegal detention and beating of young human right lawyer of Human Rights Law Network, Alban Toppo, at Bhairamgarh Police Station in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on the eve of Human Rights Day 10.12.09, the National Human Rights Commission has taken cognizance of the complaint made be Senior Advocate Colin Gonsalves in this regard and has issued notice to SSP- Dantewada and SSP- Bijapur. In past two weeks, the issue of brutality committed upon young tribal Lawyer Alban Toppo by Chhattishgarh Police has invited sharp criticism by eminent lawyers like Senior Advocate Prashant Bhusan, Senior Advocate Colin Gonsalves, activists like Medha Patkar, Justice Rajinder Sacchar among others. People’s Vigilance Committee for Human Rights wrote to Chief Minister Raman Singh in this regard. Chhattisgarh Bar Association has also raised this issue with State Authorities. Advocate Alban Toppo was illegally detained and badly beaten up by Police at Bairamgarh Police Station on the evening of 10.12.09 and was released on 11.12.09. NHRC had received a complaint in this regard by Senior Advocate Colin Gonsalves on 12.12.09 and this complaint was placed before the Commission on 18.12.09, on which NHRC issued notice to concerned SSPs who have to file their reply within two weeks.
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