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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?

 

Interviews

Home Police Violence
Police illegally detain Sodi Sambo, eyewitness to massacre

Sodi Sambo.  Witness to massacre, survived shot by security forces.Sodi Sambo was shot in her foot by Salwa Judum SPOs during Operation Green Hunt.  She witnessed atrocities committed by the state and now the police have illegally detained her.

Update: 4 Jan: Tribal people & journalists, supporters and student arrested. Call officials in Chhattisgarh.

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Sexual Violence Against Women In Chhattisgarh
Sexual Violence Against Women In Chhattisgarh.flvSatyen Bordoloi, Dantewada, 2 January 2010:  Zulaikha Jabeen, an activist from Raipur, who has been with Himanshu Kumar in Dantewada for the last two days, talks about sexual crimes against women in Chhattisgarh in this war in the tribal belt of India. She states how crimes against a woman’s body is used as a weapon with specific example of the rapes in Samsetti village of Dantewada district.
 
Kopa Kunjam framed on a murder charge of Salwa Judum Leader Punem Honga
11 Dec 2009

Human rights activist Kopa Kunjam who was arrested by police yesterday has been charged with murder of Salwa Judum leader Punem Honga , whose life Kopa actually tried to save . Kopa raised Matwada massacre case, Singaram massacre, and exposed many lacunae and frauds in the implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act(NREGA), Integrated Child Development Services(ICDS) and Public Distribution System(PDS).

 
Kopa Kunjam and Alban Topo badly beaten up

A note from Himanshu Kumar

11 Dec 2009

Advocate Alban Topo who was also picked up with our senior tribal activist Kopa Kunjam yesterday by policemen in plainclothes was released this morning. He was badly beaten up.

Kopa Kunjam is still in police custody in Bijapur and  has also been beaten up very badly. He is unable to breathe properly.

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Arson, Terror and Looting by Security Forces

The following complaint filed by villagers of Dantewada describes how security forces terrorize villagers with impunity.

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