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
Tags Archives: slavery
Nepal: UN Human Rights Council should exert pressure to abolish Haliya practice, a form of slavery (AHRC)
http://www.humanrights.asia/news/alrc-news/human-rights-council/hrc27/ALRC-CWS-27-08-2014
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
Shocking Stories of Caste Discrimination at Public Hearing (The New Indian Express)
http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/Shocking-Stories-of-Caste-Discrimination-at-Public-Hearing/2014/08/17/article2383715.ece
Indian Minister says that manual scavenging persisists and the implementation of the manual scavenging act is being monitored
http://dalit.wpengine.com/indian-minister-says-despite-ban-manual-scavenging-continues-states-must-monitor-implementation/
Punished by axe: Bonded labour in India’s brick kilns (BBC News)
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27486450
India’s sewer cleaners keep working despite ban on job (LA Times)
http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-india-sewers-20140704-story.html
Manual scavenging continues in India: Minister (The Times of India)
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Manual-scavenging-continues-in-India-Minister/articleshow/39697023.cms
Law to Prohibit Manual Scavenging Been Implemented, High Court Asks Civic Agencies
http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/law-to-prohibit-manual-scavenging-been-implemented-high-court-asks-civic-agencies-564771
God’s Own Dancers- Plight of Devadasis in Karnataka (PUCL)
http://puclmangalore.wordpress.com/2014/06/19/gods-own-dancers-plight-of-devadasis-in-karnataka/