Reports
This page hosts a collection of Reports of particular interest to the Indian American community:
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In August 2008 radical Hindutva groups unleashed an orgy of violence against the Indian Dalit Christians and Adivasis in Kandhamal district of Orissa state in India. There was a surge in violence since the Christmas-eve in 2007 which got considerably aggravated in August 2008, following the murder of the VHP leader Swami Lakshmananda Saraswati.
According to official figures, over 600 villages were ransacked, 5600 houses were looted and burnt, 54,000 people were left homeless and 38 people murdered. Three women were gang raped, while many others were injured and 295 churches were destroyed. Thousands of people are unable to return, and are still living in temporary tents.
What makes this horrific carnage ironic is that most of the people responsible for it, are walking around free, and the few accused are being acquitted.
Include below is the report of the National People's Tribunal which included several prominent activists and headed by Mr. A.P. Shah, former Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court. The eminent jury of the tribunal heard from 43 survivors and released a report on Aug 24, 2010.
Read the full report: NATIONAL PEOPLE’S TRIBUNAL ON KANDHAMAL - JURY’S PRELIMINARY FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS
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In May 2010, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) governemnt has completed 1 year of its second 5-year term with Dr.Manmohan Singh completing his 6th consecutive year as the Prime Minsiter of India.
How has the UPA focused on socio-economic and regional inclusion, the empowerment of women, the minorities and the weaker sections of Indian society?
A report was released by UPA governemnt on completion of its 1st year in current term titled "UPA Goverment Report to the People 2009-2010"
Read More: UPA Goverment Report to the People 2009-2010
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Report of the National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities (Ranganath Misra Report), Dec 2009
"The National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities (NCRLM) also known as Ranganath Misra Commission was tabled in the Indian Parliament on Friday, Dec 18, 2009. The Government of India constituted the Ranganath Misra Commission (NCRLM) to recommend practical measures for the welfare of socially and economically backward sections among religious and linguistic minorities."
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Report of Liberhan Ayodhya Commission of Inquiry, Nov 2009
"After Seventeen years, 399 sittings and examining 100 witnesses the Liberhan Comission has submitted its 1000 page report inquiring the circumstances that lead up to the demolition of the 16th century Babri Masjid in Ayodhya by Hindu extremists on Dec 6th 1992"
Liberhan Commission Report tabled in the Lok Sabha, the Indian Parliament on November 24, 2009
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Asian Center for Human Rights, India Report, May 2009
"Police torture kills 1,184 persons in custody in India in the last eight years"
ACHR Releases India Human Rights Report 2009
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Fact-finding Committee Report on illegal arrests/torture of Muslim youth in Hyderabad, India
Hyderabad Torture and Illegal Arrests Report
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Prime Ministers High Level Committe (PMHLC) Report on the socio-economic conditions of Muslims in India
(Also known as Sachar Committee Report after its Chairman, Justice Rajinder Sachar)
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Reports on Tehelka news weekly under-cover expose of Gujarat pogroms, Nov 2007 :
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