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India: Patna Arrests of Bihar Nav-Nirman Abhiyan for the land rights - 15 April Delhi Solidarity Protest Photos & Petition

17 April 2015

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On 15 April 2015 there was a demonstration at the Bihar Bhavan, Delhi, in support of the Bihar Nav-Nirman Abhiyan, formed of nine organisations two years ago to struggle for the land rights of the people. On 9 April this year, around 400 satyagrahis gathered outside the chief minister’s house. They were peaceful and were prepared to be arrested and taken to jail, but the administration made the police react in an inhuman way. Five leaders were taken to jail, and the remaining hundreds were put into buses and dumped — it was after 10 p.m. — some 40 kilometres from the city.

(photos by Mukul Dube)

Petition to Bihar Chief Minister: Secular Lands and Livelihoods of Dalits, Adivasis and Kosi flood affected families and drop changes against those detained on April 9th peaceful protest in Patna
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