Press Clippings - Access to justice
Press Clippings - Access to justice
- Looking at mental health through Caste – The Life of Science
- Hathras: Four months on, Dalit girl’s family lives between court hearings and with ostracism
- ‘There is a tendency to blame the victim’: More needs to be done to solve India’s rape epidemic | The Independent
- ‘We will bring change’: the Indian band shaking a cruel caste system (The Guardian)
- A Note To ‘Equal Opportunity’ Employers: Inclusion Of Dalit – Queer People Needs More Than Mere ‘Encouragement’ (Feminism in India)
- FRCA law: 15 international organisations condemn Centre’s move to freeze NGO’s account (Scroll.in)
- Key media headlines on September 2020 rape cases in India and Nepal
- Police reluctant to invoke SC/ST Act in rape cases involving Dalits (The Federal)
- Dalit problems will not be solved by avoiding the rehabilitation issue (Justice News)
- Bringing justice close: an experiment in accessing justice with technology (Open Global Rights)
- In Meerut, People – Including Children – Were Arrested for Being Dalit
- Lawyers and activist fighting against caste discrimination arrested (Scroll.in)
- Dalit Boys as Young as 12 Languish in Yogi’s Jails on ‘Attempt to Murder’ Charges (The Wire)
- ‘Caste-based discrimination must be criminalised’ | Karachi | thenews.com.pk
- Press Release Regional People’s Tribunal: Dalit Human Rights in South Asia (NCDHR)
- Video Of Delhi Police Thrashing Students [protesting death of Dalit student] Goes Viral; Is The Current Regime Anti-Student? (TheCitizen.in)
- Dalit Rights Activists Slam Budget, Say Allocation for SC/STs in Violation of Jadhav Guidelines
- Atrocities Against Dalits Continue Unabated Due To Poor Enforcement Of Law: Supreme Court (Live Law)
- Why hasn’t caste discrimination against Dalits been outlawed in Britain? (Inews, 2016)
- Caste oppression exists among Sri Lankan Tamils but is kept under wraps (The New Indian Express, 2016)
- India: More than half of undertrials are Dalits, Muslims and tribals (Al Jazeera English, 2016)
- In Mevani’s Arrest Lies Gujarat Govt’s Fears of a Land Uprising (The Quint, 2016)
- My head hangs in shame over atrocities on Dalits: Modi (Times of India, 2016)
- India’s Dalits refuse to bury cow carcasses in escalating protests against caste discrimination (South China Morning Post, 2016)
- Khairlanji was 10 years ago. And the caste war in Maharashtra continues (Catch News 2016)
- Gujarat govt “war” on Dalit activists? Minister seeks inquiry against Dalit NGO, cops file FIR to placate Mevani (Counterview 2016)
- Answer to Maratha protests: Dalits hold a rally in Latur (Hindustan Times 2016)
- Satish Deshpande on discrimination against Dalits, STs: pushback against civil liberties (The Hindu 2016)
- With Marathas targeting the caste crime law, Maharashtra Dalits fear the return of the ‘old days’ (Scroll, 2016)
- Govt blind to 4,578 atrocity cases piled up in courts (Times of India 2016)
- Gujarat Dalits put BJP govt on notice, protest march to reach Una on Independence Day (The Indian Express 2016)
- A New Wave Of Caste Atrocities (Tehelka)
- How many ‘anti-Dalit’ crimes will it take before national conscience is evoked? (DNA)
- Caste – India’s curse (New Internationalist)
- Crimes against Dalits rose 19% in 2014, murders rose to 744 (Times of India)
- Indian police torture Dalit boy to death over pigeon theft (The International News)
- No justice for SC/ST victims of atrocity (Deccan Herald)
- Dalit youth killed in Agra, 5 cops suspended : Mail Today, News – India Today
- Police behaved inhumanly with Dalit family, says SC/ST panel (Hindustan Times)
- More Muslims, Dalits in Prison, Says NCRB Data (New Indian Express)
- In rape cases, even filing an FIR is difficult: Dalit women (The Times of India)
- Muzaffarnagar: Two years after riots, FIR against 12 for attacking Dalit family (The Indian Express)
- House seeks govt reply on police suppression of Dalit protest in Nepal (Kathmandu Post)
- Nepal – PM holds talks with Dalits, women activists (The Himalayan Times)
- Nepal: Constituent Assembly must urgently revise Constitution Bill to guarantee human rights (ICJ)
- Nepal: Do Not Ignore Voice Of Dalits (OpEd – Eurasia Review)
- Yatra against caste violence (The Hindu)
- Dalit youth brutally killed in Maharashtra for saving Ambedkar song as ringtone | The Indian Express
- Dalit child beaten and Dalits attacked by 50 men because a child’s ball fell into an RSS (dominant caste) campus – police neglect to protect (Scroll.in)
- Action alert: a 17.1 % increase in crimes against Dalits
- Atrocity cases rise, conviction rate remains low in Marathwada (The Times of India)
- Conviction rate in cases of atrocities against Dalits and Adivasis filed under the SC/ST act declined between 2011-13
- Dalit and tribal women attacked by police in Odisha capital (OdishaSunTimes.com)
- Caste Cruelty against Dalits on Rise in South Tamil Nadu (The New Indian Express)
- INDIA: Can caste-based discrimination end without criminal justice reforms? (AHRC)
- 4 Delhi cops suspended for thrashing 2 women (The Times of India)
- MP: Policeman suspended, another served notice for ‘torturing’ Dalits (Hindustan Times)
- Police accused of beating a Dalit youth to death in a jail in Haryana, India and passing casteist remarks (Times of India)
- Web based tool to monitor atrocities on dalits, tribals (One World South Asia)
- India, Enforce Protection For “Untouchables” (World Policy Institute)
- The land of exclusion (Frontline – Jayati Ghosh)
- Indian priest thrashes ‘untouchable’ boy, 8, who asked for sweets (The Telegraph)
- Temple priest smashes 8-year-old Dalit boy’s head for prasadam (Deccan Chronicle)
- Dalits put forth 27 demands to CA in Nepal (National)
- Shocking Stories of Caste Discrimination at Public Hearing (The New Indian Express)
- Rights groups seek amendments to SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act (The Hindu)
- Dalits, adivasis disappointed with delay in amendment to atrocities Act (Times of India)
- Dalits Call for the Quick Enactment of the Anti Discrimination Law (Bangladesh Dalit – Parittran)
- Crimes against dalits rise 245% in last decade (The Times of India)
- India’s sewer cleaners keep working despite ban on job (LA Times)
- Manual scavenging continues in India: Minister (The Times of India)
- Law to Prohibit Manual Scavenging Been Implemented, High Court Asks Civic Agencies
- Officials Ignorant of SC/ST Sub-Plan Act: Ravella (The New Indian Express)
- Plea to pass SC/ST Act Amendment Ordinance (The Hindu)
- Annihilation by Caste (Economic and Political Weekly)
- Move for SC/ST cop at every police station – in Patna district (The Times of India)
- India: A law against torture is of no use (AHRC statement)
- ‘Upper caste villagers grab dalits’ farmland by proxy’ (The Times of India)
- Laws fail to address caste-based discrimination (Republica)
- Equality and Human Rights Commission publishes Caste in Britain reports
- New Law to Ban Manual Removal of Human Waste Disappoints (NYTimes)
- Dhaka Dalits push for anti-discrimination law (Al Jazeera)
- Indian Women Break the Silence Around Rape | Kayonaaz Kalyanwala
- Silence is not an option | Aradhna Wal
- No exits from these tunnels of death – The Hindu
- ‘Stop Manual Scavenging ‘ | Hard News
- Caste discrimination in the UK must be outlawed | Priya Gopal | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
- BBC News – Caste discrimination: Campaigners vow to fight for legislation
- The sweepers in Dhaka – DanChurchAid
- Stamping out the caste system: Touching the untouchable | The Economist
- UK wakes up to caste bias – Indian Express
- Ashif Sheikh ‘cleaning’ up India’s shame of manual scavenging (News, 2013)
- MRG statement: Time for comprehensive action to end violence against Dalit women and girls, says MRG on International Women’s Day (MRG, 2013, Statement)
- BBC News – Outlaw caste discrimination in UK, peers tell government
- Dalits march against manual scavenging (IDSN News, 2012)
- The Hindu: India’s great shame – opinion piece on manual scavenging
- Minister promises amendments to PoA Act (IDSN News, 2012)
- Opinion Piece in The Hindu (on manual scavenging): “Sh*t, caste and the holy dip” (The Hindu, 2012, News)
- Geeta Bandi-Phillips: Casting out Caste in Britain
- IDSN: Pakistan: Dalits call for affirmative action (IDSN, 2012, News)
- Caste Discrimination – U.K. Dalits Win the Argument, Nearly (the Hindu, 2010, News)
- Press Clippings on UK Caste Debate (IDSN, 2010, News)
- Three Dalit Peasants Murdered in Pakistan – Press Clippings (2010, News)
- The Rights of Dalit Women (Kathmandu Post, 2009, News)
- New Report Urges Nepal to Address Critical Gaps in Constitution – Provides Concrete Steps for Ending Caste Discrimination and Ensuring Human Rights – Nepali Version (CHRGJ, 2010, Press)
- New Report Urges Nepal to Address Critical Gaps in Constitution – Provides Concrete Steps for Ending Caste Discrimination and Ensuring Human Rights (CHRGJ, 2010, Press)
- Dalits Demand Amendment in Census (Republica, 2010, News)
- The Big Deal About Caste (Livemint, 2010, News)
- Caste Question on Census Angers Indians (CNN, 2010, News)
- Caste in Doubt – The Perilous Arithmetic of Positive Discrimination (The Economist, 2010, News)
- Caste in Census Hypocrites All (Food&Beverage; News, 2011, News)
- Dalit Rights Activists Enraged at the Failure of Indian Delegations to Address Questions Raised at the UN Today (NCDHR, 2012, Press)
- We Demand a Permanent Ban on Endosulfan in India (NCDHR, 2011, Press)
- Paramakudi (the Times of India, 2011, News)
- Paramakudi Violence Engineered by Police (the Hindu, 2011, News)
- Selected 2011 News on Caste Discrimination in India (IDSN, 2011, News)
- “Paramakudi A Police Engineered Violence and Firing” – Press Release (People’s Watch, 2011, Press)
- Police Firing to Quell Mob Flayed by HR Activists (Indian Express, 2011, News)
- Dalit Girl Thrown Into Fire by Upper Caste Men – Her Pregnant Mother Severely Thrashed While Trying to Rescue Her Daughter From Flames! (Madhu Chandra, 2011, News)
- Article of National Conference of Dalit Women – News Article From FEDO (FEDO, 2010, News)
- Former Manual Scavengers to Storm Delhi, Demand Total Eradication of Manual Scavenging and Rehabilitation Package: ‘Government Should Apologise to us’ (Safai Karamchari Andolan Delhi, 2010, Press)
- Dalit Oppression Result of Myriad Yrs of Caste System (Manjula Pradeep, 2011, News)
- Khairlanji Killings – Verdict (IDSN, 2010, News)
- Fact finding Team Condemns Arson, Burning of Dalits Houses and the Gruesome Killing at Mirchpur, in Haryana (NCDHR, 2010, Press)
- Calling the World’s Attention to the Caste Issue in India (WorldFocus, 2009, News)
- Nepal: Passing of ‘Untouchability Bill’ is a Historic Achievement for the Dalit Movement (IDSN, 2011, Press)
- NHRC chairman calls for law to protect Dalits (IDSN, 2012, News)
- Atrocities on Dalit Women Go Unpunished: Gujarat NGO (DNA, 2011, News)
- Atrocities Against Dalit Women Go Unpunished – New Study From Navsarjan Trust (IDSN, 2012, News)
- UN Expert Deeply Disturbed by the Situation of Dalit Human Rights Defenders in India (IDSN, 2012, News)
- Equality Without Justice is a Delusion (ALRC, 2012, News)
- Dalit Human Rights Defenders Need Urgent Protection Says UN Expert at UN Side-Event (IDSN, 2012, News)
- The European Parliament Recommends EU Legislation and Policy Measures to Eliminate Caste Discrimination (IDSN, 2012, News)
- Protest March Against Diversion of Funds Meant for Dalits (IDSN, 2012, News)
- Dalits in Bangladesh Demand Budgetary Allocations (IDSN, 2012, News)
- Motion Passed in Dutch Parliament on Full Supply Chain Transparency in India’s Garment Industry, Following Report Highlighting Dalits in Bonded Labour (IDSN, 2012, News)
- Dalits in Nepal Unhappy With the Preliminary Results of the Constitution Drafting Process (IDSN, 2012, News)
- Mass Protests in India to Reclaim Dalit Budgetary Rights (IDSN, 2012, News)
- Consultation on Enforcing and Amending the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act in India, Chalks out Future Strategies (IDSN, 2012, News)
- Dalit Christian Worker Brutally Killed in Sindh, Pakistan (IDSN, 2012, News)
- Press Release: India Must Show Leadership in Combating Caste-Based Discrimination, Says UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (IDSN, 2009, news)
- Parliamentarians in India Raise Their Voices for the Eradication of Manual Scavenging (IDSN, 2012, News)
- Plights of Riot Victims Shocks UN Rapporteurs (IDSN, 2012, News)
- Reports On Rights Violations Submitted to UN Official (IDSN, 2012, News)
- India: Concern Expressed About Extrajudicial Executions (OHCHR, 2012, News)
- National Commission for Scheduled Castes: To Prosecute Untouchability Offenses (IDSN, 2012, News)
- Article 17 – A Campaign to End Untouchability (IDSN, 2012, News)
- Budgetary Funds For Dalits Demanded (IDSN, 2012, News)
- ‘Sau Mein Pachees Haq Hamara’ – A Struggle To Reclaim the Rightful Share of Dalits and Adivasis (IDSN, 2012, News)
- UPR India: Dalit Rights Activists Enraged at the Failure of Indian Delegations to Address Questions Raised at the UN Today (IDSN, 2012, News)
- Caste-Based Discrimination in India 13th Session of the Universal Periodic Review of the Human Rights Council – India (IDSN, 2012, News)
- Caste Discrimination and the Second UPR of the UK (Executive Summary) (IDSN, 2012, News)
- Pakistan Dalit Network demands arrest of the killers of the Mirpurkhas Christian worker (PDSN, 2012, Press)
- UN Expert on Summary Executions Concerned About “High Levels of Impunty” in India (IDSN, 2012, News)
