FACAM: A joint platform of worker, students, lawyers, academics organization and activists resisting corporate loot and militarization of resource-rich regions.
Human rights defenders from 11 countries staged a protest today in front of the UN in Geneva today demanding peace talks between the indian government and Maoists.
There has been news coming from Jharkhand about state terror that is being unleashed upon the Adivasi peasantry by the Indian state as part of its Operation Clean.
For 15 days, the villagers faced intermittent firing. There were even instances of rocket launchers being fired outside the villages. In the past months, there have also been instances of two fake encounters happening in the Kolhaan region.
@_facam demands the Indian state be held accountable for the genocide it is committing in Bastar and for the violations of the Geneva Convention it is committing in its so-called 'war against Maoism."
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With the beginning of this month, the state yet again unleashes its attack on the Adivasi peasantry with the killing of 4 Adivasi peasants and arrests of about 90 Adivasi peasants after red tagging them. It continues its genocidal attack on Adivasi. On 3rd of July, as part of the
One can see a pattern in which the state operates. The Adivasi peasants are red tagged by the state and then they are criminalized, their civil rights vanish instantly after they are tagged. Then they can be arrested or worse, killed.
After this, on 8th of July, 90 Adivasi peasants were arrested after they were red tagged by the security forces. This happened in the Usur police station in Bijapur district of Bastar.
During one such combing operation, four villagers were killed by the paramilitary forces in the Ghamandi forests of Narayanpur district. happened. After this, on 8th of July, 90 Adivasi peasants were arrested after they were red tagged by the security forces.