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India: This land is ours: Mine puts indigenous community at risk ...
29 July 2009

Plans to open a mine in the Niyamgiri Hills, south-west Orissa, are threatening to undermine the lives and livelihoods of the Dongria Kondh, an adivasi, Indigenous ...

Document       ASA 20/010/2009

India: No exploten nuestras vidas. Tarjetas
29 July 2009

India: No exploten nuestras vidas. Tarjetas

Document       ASA 20/008/2009

India: Our land, our choice: A healthy environment is a human ...
29 July 2009

India: Our land, our choice: A healthy environment is a human right: Demand Dignity - postcard

Document       ASA 20/009/2009

Proposed Vedanta mine threatens livelihoods and cultural identity ...
9 July 2009

The Indian government should immediately withdraw the clearance granted to a massive mining project that threatens the lives and livelihoods of a protected indigenous

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India's ruling against 'sodomy' laws is first step to equality ...
3 July 2009

A Delhi high court has decided to decriminalize homosexuality. The ruling overturns a 19th century British colonial law.

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India: Historic ruling against “sodomy” laws, the first step ...
2 July 2009

Amnesty International welcomes the historical decision by the high court in Delhi to decriminalize homosexuality. The decision is a significant step toward ensuri

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India: Time to end torture: Open letter to Indian authorities
26 June 2009

In this open letter Amnesty International expresses its concern that torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment are still inflicted widely ...

Document       ASA 20/013/2009

India: Authorities should avoid excessive use of force in West ...
19 June 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI index: ASA 20/006/2009. 19 June 2009. India: Authorities should avoid excessive use of force in West Bengal. ...

Document       ASA 20/006/2009

One killed, 150 injured as protests continue in Jammu & Kashmir ...
10 June 2009

Protesters in Jammu & Kashmir continued to press for the Indiangovernment to seriously pursue allegations that members of the CentralReserve Police Force raped.

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India: Dodging responsibility: Corporations, governments and the ...
28 May 2009

In December 1984 thousands of tonnes of deadly chemicals leaked from Union Carbide's pesticide plant in Bhopal, central India. Around half a million people were ...

Document       ASA 20/002/2009