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July 05th, 2015

topic:	Poverty
by:	Shuriah Niazi

Amidst a spiraling crisis of farmer suicide, authorities in central India have received reports of farmers selling their children into forced labour.

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April 21st, 2015

topic:	Child rights
by:	Shuriah Niazi

"Akshay Tritiya" on April 22nd is the day considered by Hindus to be an auspicious day for marriages - even for child marriages.

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April 13th, 2015

topic:	Women’s rights
by:	Shuriah Niazi

Her relatives, who suspected her of practising witchcraft, beat an Indian woman to death in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Not a single case.

The total number of people enslaved by region

November 17th, 2014

by:	Vanessa Ellingham

More than 35 million people are trapped in some form of modern day slavery, with 61% of those coming from just five countries. Human trafficking, [...]

TO GO WITH STORY 'INDIA-MONSOON-ECONOMY-

October 13th, 2014

by:	Gurmeet Singh

There are many questions people have asked: why is it happening? Where is it taking place? Does the rate of suicides among farmers significantly differ from suicides in any other profession? Is it even [...]

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October 13th, 2014

by:	Vanessa Ellingham

On Friday the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to two champions of children's rights: Pakistani schoolgirl and inspiring leader Malala Yousafzai and [...]

india juvenile criminalization

October 09th, 2014

by:	Neelo Aysha Scholz

A 23-year-old pharmacy student was brutally gang raped by six men on a moving New Delhi bus in Dec 2012. Later, she died from her injuries whilst in [...]

Peaceful Forest Protest in India

September 10th, 2014

by:	FairPlanet Editorial Team

Greenpeace is urging people to sign a petition to stop a crackdown in Mahan, India, on those protesting the building of a mine which will destroy a forest and key [...]

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March 04th, 2014

by:	Rebecca Silus

Currently under development, the project will use mobile phones to create labor networks that would connect potential employees with employers and [...]

Gay pride Bangalore

December 15th, 2013

by:	Redaktion

Men and women in India now face police harassment and life imprisonment. This hateful decision is being met with outrage around the world and from gay rights supporters in India. Avaaz has made a petition to reverse [...]

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September 26th, 2013

org:	Survival International

Currently the season runs from September to May, when thousands of tourists take the ‘human safaris’ every week as they drive through the [...]

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org:	Survival International

Following worldwide media coverage, (The Hindu, The Telegraph, International Business Times) over two thousand people have pledged not to visit the [...]

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January 23rd, 2013

by:	Jack Bicker

India has a systemic problem with sexual violence: one woman is raped every 22 minutes, as is one child raped every hour. The recent high-profile [...]

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January 20th, 2013

org:	Survival International

Despite the scandal attracting widespread condemnation, authorities on the Andaman Islands have continued to ignore a subsequent court order that [...]

February 20th, 2012

by:	Sara Jabril

„Ich bin mir sicher, dass wir einen farbenfrohen, fröhlichen und herzlichen Auftritt Indiens erleben werden”, verkündete Dr. Gerd Müller vom [...]

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