NATIONAL PEOPLE’S TRIBUNAL ON KANDHAMAL INTERIM PREPORT
NATIONAL PEOPLE’S TRIBUNAL ON KANDHAMAL JURY’S PRELIMINARY FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS 24 AUGUST 2010 The National People’s Tribunal (NPT) on Kandhamal, held in New Delhi on 22-24 August 2010, was organized by the National Solidarity Forum – a countrywide solidarity platform of concerned social activists, media persons, researchers, legal experts, film makers,... Read More
STATE COMPLICITY AND IMPUNITY RULE AS JUSTICE IS DENIED VICTIMS OF KANDHAMAL
The National People’s Tribunal (NPT) on Kandhamal is an initiative promoted by the National Solidarity Forum , a nationwide platform of civil society actors, with the purpose of seeking justice for the victims of communal violence in Kandhamal district of Orissa state. Kandhamal witnessed an upsurge of violence against the minority Christian community beginning on Christmas-eve... Read More
Kandhamal Day: Solidarity Protest in Bangalore
NO MORE KANDHAMALs – STOP ALL COMMUNAL VIOLENCE KANDHAMAL DAY Protest in solidarity August 25th 5 pm Town Hall Bangalore Peoples’ Solidarity Concerns Exactly two years ago, one of the worst communal genocide attempts on the Christian community took place in one of the poorest districts of India, Kandhamal of Orissa, this gruesome incident has shaken the conscience of many in... Read More
TRIBUNAL ON KANDHAMAL OPENS IN DELHI
Initial Testimonies highlight abject failure of state machinery New Delhi: The 3-day National Peoples Tribunal (NPT) on the Kandhamal communal violence began today at the Constitution Club here with some 400 people in attendance which included 95 survivors from Kandhamal. The NPT is being organised by the National Solidarity Forum, a coalition of over 65 organisations and peoples’... Read More
Appeal to Strengthen the Protest in Delhi
Dear friends, It is almost two years after the main communal violence that took place in Kandhamal. Human rights groups estimate that in the months of violence against Christian minorities over 100 people were killed, including women, disabled persons and children, adivasis and dalits. Three women were gang-raped and many injured. 295 churches, big and small, were destroyed. 13... Read More
A Report to the Nation on the Second Anniversary of the Pogrom
John Dayal This should scare any parent – in fact any sensitive person – out of his or her complacency. Manorama Mohapatra, a District Social Welfare officer in Orissa, has reported two cases of incidents of trafficking of girl children in the Kandhamal district recently. Many other girls have been rescued from other parts of India, most notably from Hyderabad and other cities... Read More
Exhibition on Kandhamal by Dalit Artists
Dear friends, Perhaps you are aware that even after two years, the Christian adivasi and dalit survivors of the Kandhamal violence are still struggling for justice. Thousands of people cannot go back to their own lands and many are still living in tents in Kandhamal. Education of children is disrupted and their trauma is still continuing. The culprits of communal violence are getting... Read More
Observe 25 August as ‘Kandhamal Day’!
National People’s Tribunal to Probe Kandhamal violence The National Solidarity Forum (NSF) – a countrywide platform of concerned civil society organizations has called for observation of 25 August 2010 as ‘Kandhamal Day’. Thousands of Christian minorities in the Kandhamal region of Orissa were victims of organized violence by Hindu fundamentalists for over nine... Read More
National People’s Tribunal on Kandhamal, 22-24 August 2010
The National Solidarity Forum (NSF) – a countrywide platform of concerned social activists, media persons, researchers, legal experts, film makers, artists, writers, scientists and civil society organizations aims to take up solidarity actions to help the victims and survivors of the Kandhamal violence. With a view to creating pressure on the Indian government... Read More
National tribunal on Kandhamal violence to be held in New Delhi
The Hindu National tribunal on Kandhamal violence to be held in New Delhi Link between violence, corporatisation must be analysed: Dhirendra Panda The communal violence that took place in Orissa was part of a new phenomenon that started in the 1990s, keeping pace with liberalisation privatisation and globalisation. The link between communal violence and corporatisation must be... Read More
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