Rights View Published on Mar 6, 2019 On 5th March 2019, hundreds of Adivasi/indigenous peoples organisations with the support of the Dalit organisations observed “Bharat Bandh/India Shutdown” against the order of the Supreme Court to evict over 12 million forest dwellers, mainly indigenous peoples, whose applications under the Forest Rights Act (FRA) had been rejected. […]
Rights View Published on Feb 22, 2019 The Guwahati High Court today declared that Mizoram’s State Technical Entrance Examination (STEE) Rules 2016 as unsustainable in the eyes of the law and put back the Chakmas into Category 1 of the candidates at par with the Mizo candidates. The Mizoram Chakma Students Union (MCSU) filed a […]
Rights View Published on Mar 14, 2019 China yesterday blocked any discussion on the draft resolution tabled by US, UK, France and Germany for designation of Masood Azhar, Chief of the Pakistan based Jaish-e-Mohammed, as a global terrorist by the 1267 Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council (UNSC). Just before the scheduled debate at […]
