adivasi rights

Devi Lal

This Is How States Illegally Rejected Forest-Dwellers’ Land Claims

Forest Rights Act 2006, Supreme Court, tribal eviction, FRA, forest dwellers, timber, State Level Monitoring Committees, ordinance, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram,

Nearly 20 Lakh Tribals Vulnerable to Eviction Thanks to Supreme Court Order

Children in Lakhapadar.

Odisha’s Niyamgiri Hills – and Its People – Are Still Under Threat

Community Forest Rights Still a Dream in Many Adivasi-Dominated Areas in and Around Maharashtra

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Conflicting Laws Are Criminalising Forest Communities for Exercising Their Rights