On 23 June 2024, five leading Kuki-Zo organisations from Manipur issued a joint statement against the Government of India’s decision to scrap the free movement regime (FMR) and fence the international border with Myanmar, urging people “to refuse to participate in any FMR-related activity”. The decision of the Government of India on 8th February 2023 […]
This first edition of “The Indigenous India“ covers the issues relating to indigenous peoples of India reported in July 2022. The critical issues covered are: the big question whether the appointment of an indigenous woman as President of India will change the fate of the tribals; legal and policy development; denial of tribal certificates; denial […]
On the occasion of the World Environment Day today (5th June) whose theme is ‘Time for Nature’, Indigenous Lawyers Association of India (ILAI) urged the Government of India and the State Government of Arunachal Pradesh to cancel the Dibang Valley Hydropower project, the 3097 MW project to be developed by Etalin Hydro Electric Power Company […]
