In the aftermath of the violence that erupted over the past week in Manipur, the lawmakers from the hill tribes have put forward a demand for a separate state, and Manipur Chief Minister has been summoned to Delhi by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to news reports from the area. Manipur chief minister N Biren […]
India voted in favour of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on the condition that after independence all Indians are indigenous. Therefore, it does not consider the concept of “indigenous peoples”, and therefore the UNDRIP, applicable to India. In India, there are 705 ethnic groups officially recognized as “Scheduled Tribes,” although there are […]
Even as some three thousand people across India from tribal groups and their supporters, attended a on June 9 organized a webinar to commemorate the 121st anniversary of Birsa Munda’s martyrdom, a question still hangs in the balance. The indigenous people are still being alienated and forced to give up their lands. Sister Lalita Roshni […]
Ranchi, Sept. 25, 2019: Who knows? But this much is apparent, the state prosecution is using their bag of dirty tricks to lock up the man and throw away the key! Over a year ago, they charged him with sedition, because he apparently supported the actions of an adivasi group that carved sections of the […]
आवास की वैकल्पिक व्यवस्था के बगैर सड़क, रेलवे मार्ग, तटबंध, शमशान मे बसे लोगो को अपने घरो से बेदखल कर दिया जाना, निःसन्देह मानवाधिकार का उल्लंघन है वासभूमि स्वामित्व कानून निर्माण सम्मेलन मे शामिल प्रतिनिधियों ने प्रतिभागियो को संबोधित करते हुये कहा। आजादी के 71 सालों के बाद भी आबादी का बड़ा भाग जीवन […]
Lakhs of tribals living in forest areas across different parts of the country got a respite from displacement after Supreme Court put hold its earlier order to remove these forest families following a petition by the Centre. The order by apex court was expected to affect around 11 lakh families across 21 states. As the […]
Ranchi: Eighty-one year old Stan Swamy isn’t going to be gagged or intimidated. He speaks gently, but clearly. He says that both the governments: the one in Jharkhand and the one in the centre, are busy trying to frighten people who have begun to speak out against mismanagement and failure to govern. “What do you […]
UCA news has been covering several incidents of violence against tribal communities by some elements from the majority Muslim community. The reasons are more about land grabbing. Finally after two months, news comes of one arrest. Police in northern Bangladesh have arrested one of the alleged masterminds of arson attacks on the indigenous Santal community […]
Catholic bishops have lent their support to tribal communities in Jharkhand , who oppose a planned ‘corridor for wild life’ that threatens to displace thousands of people in 214 villages. The government has identified 296 hectares of land for a “wild life corridor” for elephants over four districts in the state. This meas that people […]
Ranchi: Last week, some 80 officials of the Khunti administration, including SP Ashwini Kumar Sinha, held ‘hostage’ for 12 hours by tribal villagers, who dug trenches and put up barricades to trap them, and then aired a host of land rights concerns at a village barely 16 km from the district headquarters and 60 km […]
