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India’s ‘untouchables’ offered opportunity of a better life (The Guardian)
Wateraid statement on manual scavenging 2014
Tom Palakudiyil, Head of South Asia Region for WaterAid (Statement on 28th August 2014) in connection with the release of the Human Rights Watch report Cleaning Human Waste: "Manual Scavenging," Caste, and Discrimination in India
Forced to Clean Human Waste in India (Video – Human Rights Watch)
The Indian Government should end manual scavenging says Human Rights Watch in the new report, Cleaning Human Waste: "Manual Scavenging," Caste, and Discrimination in India. The report was released together with this short video
‘If you don’t send your women to clean our toilets, we will beat them up’ (The Hindu)
by Meena Menon
Low-caste Indians forced into ‘dirty’ jobs (ABC News)
India lower caste still removing human waste (Al Jazeera)
By Betwa Sharma
‘Untouchables’ Still Pressed to Work Disposing Human Waste (Wall Street Journal)
Low-caste Indians still forced to clean human waste: rights group (AFP)
by AFP and carried by ABC, Radio Australia, The National, The Rakyat Post, Bangkok Post, Global Post, Gulf Today, Hindustan Times etc
HRW: India′s ′untouchables′ still pressed to clean human excrement (Deutsche Welle)
Group decries India’s reliance on waste cleaners (AP)
By Associated press, carried by Washington Post, San Louis Obispo Tribune, Arab News, Huffington Post, Fox News, Scotsman, China Post, Vancouver Desi, CTV, Minneapolis Star Tribune and more.
India’s low castes still forced to clean human excreta, says HRW (Reuters)
By: Nita Bhalla - reprinted by IBN, Deccan Chronicle, Yahoo News, etc.)
In pictures: India’s ‘untouchable’ scavengers (BBC)
Human Rights Watch 2014 Manual Scavenging Report – Collation of key global press clippings
The Indian Government should end manual scavenging says Human Rights Watch in the report, Cleaning Human Waste: "Manual Scavenging," Caste, and Discrimination in India. The report was released together with a short video and received extensive media coverage, read key press clippings here.
India’s sewer cleaners keep working despite ban on job (LA Times)
By Parth M.N.
Manual scavenging continues in India: Minister (The Times of India)
Law to Prohibit Manual Scavenging Been Implemented, High Court Asks Civic Agencies
The Delhi High Court has sought response from municipal agencies, especially the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), on whether they have complied with the provisions of the 2013 law prohibiting employment of manual scavengers and are providing their rehabilitation.
INDIA: National shame (Asian Human Rights Commission)
India: Democracy in a Gutter, Literally. (Asian Human Rights Commission)
New Law to Ban Manual Removal of Human Waste Disappoints (NYTimes)
by Max Bearak