14 January, 2013
An Unsung Nirbhaya In Kandhamal
By Asha Kowtal
This is the story of a young girl in a remote village in Kandhamal district of Odisha. On Oct. 26, 2012, she went to watch a movie with her male friends from her village during the Dussera celebrations. She was brutally assaulted, gang raped and murdered. The next morning, her body was found in the bushes nearby. This case resembles the recent Delhi case in all aspects, except that the ‘outrage’ expressed from all corners of the country differs vastly
Rape And Murder Of Dalit And Minority Girls In Kandhamal -
Fact Finding Report
By Concerned Citizens
Interim Report of the Fact Finding Investigation of Rape and Murder of Dalit & Minority Girls in Kandhamal, Odisha
10 January, 2013
Sufferings Of The Orissa Victims Still Cotinue
By Countercurrents.org
. The violence that began in 2007 Christmas time followed by a series of attack in 2008 that took away more than 100 lives and made more than 54000 people homeless is not yet over completely. In several parts of Kandamal, people live under severe threats and in dehumanized conditions. While some houses that have been burnt away were rebuilt, their lives have not been turned to normalcy due to the discriminations and rejections for being Christians
27 August, 2012
Kandhamal Communal Violence: Four Years Later
A Fact Finding Report
A synopsis of the fact finding report on the situation of violence affected people in Kandhamal after four years
14 July, 2012
How To Observe The Fourth Anniversary Of Kandhamal
By John Dayal
On 24th August this year, Kandhamal will complete four years of its trial by fire, gun and axe. The violence, which lasted several weeks and saw sporadic incidents even three months later, registered over 52,000 people hiding for their life in nearby Sal forests, almost 6,000 houses burnt to the ground, more than 300 places of worship and church-run institutions destroyed, and perhaps as many as 100 persons, some of them women, killed in the most horrendous manner
24 September, 2010
Kandhamal: The Real Challenges
By RL Francis
The vice chairman of National Commission for Minorities (NCM) Dr HT Sangliana giving a clean chit to Orissa government on Kandhamal violence by praising the steps taken by the state government for bringing normalcy in Phulbani district has given a blow to the Christian organisations allegations against the state government. These organisations had alleged that several thousands of the victims are yet to be rehabilitated in the effected areas of Kandhamal
18 September, 2010
The Plight Of Kandhamal Communal Violence Survivors
By Raphael Cheenath & Dr. Swarupanada Patra
A Memorandum to the Chief Minister of Orissa, Naveen Patnaik
A letter to the Chief Minister of Orissa demanding necessary measures to ensure rightful and adequate restoration and rehabilitation of the children affected due to communal violence in Kandhamal and other districts
26 August, 2010
Preliminary Findings And Recommendations Of
National People’s Tribunal On Kandhamal
By The National People’s Tribunal Jury
The jury observes, with concern, the institutionalised communal and casteist bias of state agencies, and their deliberate dereliction of constitutionally mandated duties, their connivance with communal forces, participation in and support to the violence and a deliberate scuttling of processes of justice through acts of commission and omission. The state agencies have blatantly failed to extend much- needed institutional support to victim-survivors and protect them from ostracism, socio-economic boycott and subjugation by non-state actors
23 August, 2010
Tribunal On Kandhamal Opens In Delhi
Initial Testimonies highlight abject failure of state machinery
16 August, 2010
Online Exhibition On Kandamal By Dalit Artists
By Orissa Concerns
Dalit artists, Shashi Memuri and Venkatesh have completed a series of paintings and sketches for an exhibition on the situation in Kandhamal after visiting more than 50 villages in the area recently. These can be downloaded and print outs can be taken in A/3 size
15 August, 2010
Definitive Dossier On Kandhamal Communal Violence
By Vikas Adhyayan Kendra
Definitive dossier on Kandhamal communal violence of August-September 2008 where as per the official figures, more than 600 villages were ransacked, 5600 houses were looted and burnt, 54000 people were left homeless and 38 people were murdered. Human rights groups estimate that over 100 people were killed, including women, disabled people, children, Adivasis and Dalits. Three women were gang raped and many were injured. 295 churches were destroyed
