#casteviolence — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #casteviolence, aggregated by home.social.
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10 Issues For Which The Government Did Not Provide Data In Parliament
Government frequently cites data unavailability in Parliament as the main reason for not providing data.
#UnionGovt #transparency #RTI #parliament #CovidMismanagenent #CovidDeathToll #MigrantWorkers #WomensRights #FarmersProtests #activism #PressFreedom #ManualScavenging #CasteViolence #DetentionCentres #ForeignerTribunals #InterfaithMarriages #lynching #hindutva #AntiMuslimViolence #india
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Manual scavenging: The unending pain of India's sewer workers
Manual scavenging is banned in India but the practice is still commonplace, with people forced into it because of rigid caste rules and the lack of other livelihood options. Successive federal governments, including the current one, have missed several deadlines to declare India free of manual scavenging, most recently in August this year.
#ManualScavenging #CasteViolence #sanitation #SanitationWorkers #labour #labor #HumanRights #caste #CasteDiscrimination #casteism #governance #india
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Living in fear: tribals in Madhya Pradesh
Although Scheduled Tribe communities are 20 per cent of the population here, their lives are not safe. The state records the highest number of atrocities against them, and it’s only rising.
#MadhyaPradesh #adivasis #tribals #gond #bhil #sahariya #rajputs #CasteViolence #BJP #hindutva #HumanRights #caste #india
https://ruralindiaonline.org/en/articles/living-in-fear-tribals-in-madhya-pradesh/
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1992 Vachathi brutality: Madras High Court confirms conviction, sentence imposed on forest, police and revenue officials
Justice P. Velmurugan dismisses all criminal appeals filed by the convicts in 2011 challenging the judgement passed by Dharmapuri Principal Sessions Court. The court also directed Tamil Nadu government to pay a compensation of ₹10 lakh each to the 18 rape victims and to initiate appropriate action against the then Collector, Superintendent of Police and District Forest Officer for having failed to take action despite complaints regarding the atrocities.
#TamilNadu #dharmapuri #vachathi #VachathiRapes #rape #ViolenceAgainstWomen #CasteViolence #tribals #StateViolence #TNPolice #india
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The Long Struggle of India’s Sanitation Workers
For centuries, the caste system has forced Dalit laborers to handle human waste in deadly conditions. Now they are rising up.https://www.nybooks.com/online/2023/08/24/the-long-struggle-of-indias-sanitation-workers/
#ManualScavenging #SanitationWorkers #dalits #caste #CasteDiscrimination #CasteViolence #untouchability #inequality #HumanRights #labour #india #LongRead
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TN sanitation worker dies by suicide, panchayat officials booked for casteist abuse
The family of Sudalaimadan, a 55-year-old sanitation worker, alleged that he had been facing casteist abuse from former and current panchayat officials of Udangudi in Thoothukudi, for seeking a promotion at work.
#TamilNadu #casteism #CasteViolence #thoothukudi #udangudi #SanitationWorkers #caste #suicide #panchayat #dalits #dalit #SC #arunthathiyar #india
TW: suicide