Tags Archives: india

In pictures: India’s ‘untouchable’ scavengers (BBC)

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-28892321

October 15th, 2014||

Human Rights Watch 2014 Manual Scavenging Report – Collation of key global press clippings

http://www.idsn.org/fileadmin/pdfs/Sept2014/Key_Press_Clippings_-_HRW_report.pdf

October 15th, 2014||

Caste-based discrimination highlighted at the UN Human Rights Council – HRC27

http://idsn.org/fileadmin/user_folder/pdf/New_files/UN/HRC/IDSN_note_on_HRC27_proceedings_-_observations_and_recommendations_on_CBD_September_2014.pdf

October 15th, 2014||

India’s Prime Minister and the President urge the nation to end casteism

https://idsn.org/news-resources/idsn-news/read/article/indias-prime-minister-and-the-president-urge-the-nation-to-end-casteism/128/

October 15th, 2014||

EU Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2013 highlights caste

http://www.idsn.org/fileadmin/pdfs/Sept2014/Caste_references_in_the_EU_Annual_Report_on_Human_Rights.pdf

October 15th, 2014||

ix year remembrance day for the victims of the Kandhamal communal violence, observed across India

http://www.indiaresists.com/kandhamal-violence-6th-anniversary-observed-across-india/

October 15th, 2014||

The Holy Wives – Documentary film on the Devadasi practice of caste-based prostitution

http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/prime-documentaries/prime-documentaries-the-holy-wives-part-1/334948?pfrom=home-prime

October 15th, 2014||

Contours of caste disadvantage (The Hindu)

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/contours-of-caste-disadvantage/article6442860.ece

October 15th, 2014||

Still I rise (Elle India Magazine, article on US Dalit woman, 2014)

http://elle.in/magazine/still-i-rise/

October 15th, 2014||

Press Release — Dalit rights activist Manisha Devi receives Ambedkar award for courageous struggle

http://www.ncdhr.org.in/media-library/press-release/press-release-1/

October 15th, 2014||