Monday, October 26, 2015

India - MODI's Regime repession - Jharkhand’s 98% undertrials arrested under false charge of Naxalism

says study based on interview with undertrials
An eye-opening study — based on interactions with family members and co-villagers of 102 undertrials in Jharkhand, as also each of them while they were on bail — has found that in 98 per cent of cases the charge against them of being involved in Naxalite activities is not true. In fact, none, except two, were found to have some connection with a Naxal group. The study was carried out by Stan Swamy, a Jesuit human rights activist associated with the NGO Bagaicha, says that this suggests how falsely vulnerable sections of society are “accused and arrested for daring to speak assertively against violation of their constitutional and human rights, such as the right to possess and protect their land and livelihood resources.”

Pointing out that adult life these undertrials has been “ruined”, with families “reduced to destitution”, the study says, 68% of the undertrials are “young and in the middle-age group”, and “78% are married.” Income to the family, whether through agriculture (63%) or casul labour (17%), came by their labour.

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