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House seeks govt reply on police suppression of Dalit protest in Nepal (Kathmandu Post)
Nepal: Constituent Assembly must urgently revise Constitution Bill to guarantee human rights (ICJ)
Nepal: Do Not Ignore Voice Of Dalits (OpEd – Eurasia Review)
Police action against Kathmandu protest organised by Dalit lawmakers and rights activists
A scheduled and broadcasted protest rally on August 4 2015 in Kathmandu, organized by the Joint Dalit Struggle Committee including the Coalition of Dalit Constituent Assembly (CA) Members, Dalit civil society and the Joint Political Dalit Struggle Committee, ended in a violent altercation with police. The Dalit activists were calling for Dalit rights to be secured in the new draft Constitution and demanding proportionate representation with additional compensation in the central and provincial governments and legislature.
Rise and fall of India’s ‘untouchable’ rat-catcher turned politician forced to resign after angering party’s boss | National Post
Rise and fall of India’s ‘untouchable’ rat-catcher turned politician forced to resign after angering party’s boss | National Post
Dalits vote under police protection (The Hindu)
Special police force escorted eight members of three Dalit families of Birakesharipur village under the Satyabadi Assembly Constituency in Puri district to enable them to cast their vote on Thursday.
India: Democracy in a Gutter, Literally. (Asian Human Rights Commission)
South Asian parliamentarians join together to fight caste discrimination
Parliamentarians from India, Nepal and Bangladesh have formed the ‘South Asian Parliamentary Forum’ (SAPF) to combat caste discrimination, at the historic ‘South Asia Parliamentarians' Conference on Dalit Concerns’ in Kathmandu 8-9th December.
Arrest of 15 Dalit and Adivasi activists protesting against the government’s broken promises (IDSN News, 2013)
Political Paticipation in the 2013 Elections in Nepal – IDSN briefing paper
Pakistan: Dalits demand representation (IDSN, 2013, News)
IDSN and FEDO submission to the UN Working Group on discrimination against women in law and practice (IDSN and FEDO, 2012, Submission)
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