By Fr. Bijo Thomas, Station Director, Community Radio Mattoli, Wayanad, Kerala, India.
 

Radio Mattoli, a community radio station in  Dwaraka, located in the Wayanad district of Kerala, India, won the award for best thematic radio program by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The station was recognized for having the best quality and most relevant and timely coverage of climate mitigation and Indigenous practices out of 448 community radio stations in India. The award was presented to Radio Mattoli on July 23, 2023. 

By Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Koĩts-Sunuwar, CS Staff) 

On November 10, 2022, UN member states reviewed India’s human rights record during the 41st Session of the Universal Periodic Review, a process carried out by the UN Human Rights Council. This was India’s fourth cycle of review since 2008. The final outcome of the 41^st session will be adopted by the plenary of the Human Rights Council at its 52^nd regular session in March 2023.

By Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Koĩts-Sunuwar, CS Staff)

Droupadi Murmu (Santhal) made history on Monday, July 25, 2022, for being sworn in as India's first Indigenous woman president. It is a rare achievement for a member of a Scheduled Tribe to hold the country's highest post. Many Indigenous Peoples in India now have great hopes that their issues will be addressed through this appointment. However, several worry that this is just a superficial political move by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, which has been the ruling political party since 2014.

By Jerome Gerald Kujur (Oraon) and Isha Savani
 

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In March 2022, Jharkhand Indigenous and Tribal Peoples for Action, KAT News Channel, and Cultural Survival submitted a joint stakeholder report on the observations of Indigenous rights and human rights generally in India. It was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review of India at the 41st Session of the Human Rights Council.

By Santosh Gedam

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By Dev Kumar Sunuwar

The 2019 Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) was passed by the parliament of India on December 11, 2019, amending its existing Citizenship Act of 1955, and causing violent protests throughout the country. The protests were seen mostly in India’s northeast regions, particularly in Assam and Tripura, home to more than 230 different Indigenous Peoples. India’s northeast seven states share borders with Bangladesh, Myanmar (also known as Burma) and China.
 

By Hani Abidi

112 days. That is how long it has been since the government of India stripped Kashmir of its autonomy by revoking Articles 370 and 35A. 112 days of silence from the region, since India imposed a communications blackout that still has not been lifted. 112 days since 8 million Kashmiris have been cut off from the rest of the world by the “largest democracy on earth.” 109 days since India sent thousands of additional troops to Kashmir, already the most militarized zone in the world.