WRITE FOR RIGHTS 2018 PAVITRI MANJHI, INDIA
Description: WRITE FOR RIGHTS 2018 PAVITRI MANJHI, INDIA PAVITRI MANJHI, INDIA Our lives are dependent on our land and forest and we will fight for our rights. What is it about? In Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh, Adivasi communities have been
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slide1. WRITE FOR RIGHTS 2018 PAVITRI MANJHI, INDIA<br>
slide2. PAVITRI MANJHI, INDIA “Our lives are dependent on our land and forest and we will fight for our rights.”<br>
slide3. What is it about? In Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh, Adivasi communities have been fighting for years against what they say is the illegal takeover of their land – through coercion, fraud and misinformation – by private companies.
Approximately 100 civil cases were filed, under Pavitri’s leadership, before the local authority of the Sub Divisional Magistrate of Gharghoda village, against two companies seeking restoration of land. Pavitri also organised the mass filing of 98 criminal complaints.
Local police served notice to all complainants stating that their complaints would not be registered as First Information Reports (FIRs), the first step in a criminal investigation. The stated reason was that the villagers had already filed civil cases before the Sub Divisional Magistrate.
Pavitri gave her statement on the harassment she has faced. The inquiry is in process.<br>
slide4. PAVITRI MANJHI, INDIA Important: avoid religious cards, Bollywood references or Hindu religious imagery.<br>
slide2. PAVITRI MANJHI, INDIA “Our lives are dependent on our land and forest and we will fight for our rights.”<br>
slide3. What is it about? In Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh, Adivasi communities have been fighting for years against what they say is the illegal takeover of their land – through coercion, fraud and misinformation – by private companies.
Approximately 100 civil cases were filed, under Pavitri’s leadership, before the local authority of the Sub Divisional Magistrate of Gharghoda village, against two companies seeking restoration of land. Pavitri also organised the mass filing of 98 criminal complaints.
Local police served notice to all complainants stating that their complaints would not be registered as First Information Reports (FIRs), the first step in a criminal investigation. The stated reason was that the villagers had already filed civil cases before the Sub Divisional Magistrate.
Pavitri gave her statement on the harassment she has faced. The inquiry is in process.<br>
slide4. PAVITRI MANJHI, INDIA Important: avoid religious cards, Bollywood references or Hindu religious imagery.<br>