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Month: January 2018

Post Bhima Koregaon Violence, Police Target Dalits Across Maharashtra; Minor Boys Worst Hit

Post Bhima Koregaon Violence, Police Target Dalits Across Maharashtra; Minor Boys Worst Hit

The Wire / by Sukanya Shantha

‘Instead of arresting those involved in terrorising our community, the police has been busy arresting our children,’ said the uncle of a 14-year-old boy who was picked up.
Mumbai: Sarita Kamble stood in front of the tall, wooden door of the Dongri Observation Home for almost 10 minutes before entering. “He can’t see me crying. It will make him weak. Let us go in once I feel composed,” she hastily tells her husband, Sanket, as she struggles to hold back her tears.
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FIR Against Kabir Kala Manch Members, Others for ‘Promoting Enmity’ At Bhima Koregaon Event

FIR Against Kabir Kala Manch Members, Others for ‘Promoting Enmity’ At Bhima Koregaon Event

The Wire / by Varsha Torgalkar

Pune: Organisers of Elgar Parishad, including members of Kabir Kala Manch (KKM), were booked on Monday night for allegedly promoting enmity between various groups at the December 31 event held at Shaniwar Wada to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the battle of Bhima Koregaon in Pune.
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Jharkhand HC Admits Petition on Mass Incarceration of Adivasis & Dalits

Jharkhand HC Admits Petition on Mass Incarceration of Adivasis & Dalits

CJP / by Teesta Setlavad

Youth from oppressed sections of society languishing in jail due to inordinate delays.
After several preliminary hearings, the Jharkand HC has admitted the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by the Persecuted Prisoners Solidarity Committee [PPSC] on under-trial prisoners in the jails of Jharkhand. Several thousands of them, mostly Adivasi and Dalit youth, who have been languishing in prison because their trials have been deliberately prolonged. If speedy trial had been held most of them would have been be acquitted by now, the petition alleges.
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