Al Jazeera English Published on Jan 11, 2013 India has a problem of genocide proportions — rampant female foeticide and infanticide. How can the country change its patriarchal mindset and ensure that related laws are properly enforced? Guests: Mitu Khurana, Suhas Chakma, Sadanand Dhume. At Al Jazeera English, we focus on people and events that […]
As India boosts security in the northeastern state we ask what has kept tensions alive in the region for decades. Al-Jazeera Inside Story: 27 Jul 2012 Dozens have been killed and tens of thousands more displaced as violence breaks out in India’s northeastern Assam state. “The central government pumps in money for economic progress and military […]
On 3 August 2009, the ACHR submitted a complaint before the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) seeking its urgent interventions against the trafficking of 29 tribal minor children including 11 girls from Nagaland to Andhra Pradesh in the name of providing free education. According to the complaint, one Henry Rongmei, claiming himself […]
NewsX Published on Jul 17, 2010 The Brus, a tribe from Mizoram, fled the state in the wake of inter-community violence. Some 35,000 of them are now stranded in six camps in North Tripura. Our correspondent Ratnadip Choudhury traveled to these camps to understand why the government has done nothing for them for nearly 13 […]
On 28 January 2010, Asian Centre for Human Rights submitted a petition to the National Commission for Women seeking its action against trafficking of three girls from Mizoram by Mr. H. Kapthuama, Chairman of Jan Shikshan Sansthan under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India in the name of providing job at Ramada […]
