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Kamayani
Apr 17, 2018, 11:12:22 AM4/17/18
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Pavitri Manjhi, the Adivasi Sarpanch (elected head) of the Bhengari village council in Chhattisgarh, central India was visited by two men at her home on 3rd April 2018 and told to ¡§withdraw all the cases filed against the company¡¨. Despite telling them she did not want to talk, the men continued to harass her saying that ¡§nothing will happen with the complaints you filed, better to withdraw all your complaints¡¨ and ¡§everyone who helped you file the complaints are outsiders and will not be able to save you and we will silence them¡¨. After an hour the men left; however they visited her house for the next two days, continuing to pressure her to withdraw the complaints.
Pavitri Manjhi has been on the frontline of protesting against two private companies who allegedly defrauded indigenous Adivasis of their land, when developing a thermal power plant from 2009 to 2011, and a biomass power plant in 2004 and 2007. Pavitri Manjhi says her own family, like other villagers, were coerced into selling their land to agents acting on behalf of the companies, and that their consent was neither free nor informed. Pavitri Manjhi has faced threats, intimidation and harassment by men she says were acting on behalf of the private thermal company since 2015. In addition, her son is facing criminal charges for what is believed to be a fabricated case initiated to deter her from continuing her campaign. Currently on bail, the case against him has been pending since 2015.
Pavitri Manjhi and other activists set up the Adivasi Dalit Mazdoor Kisan Sangharsh in 2017, a community group that supports individuals to file formal complaints in line with the provisions of India¡¦s Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act ¡V a special law to protect Dalit and Adivasi rights that criminalizes the dispossession of Adivasi land without their consent.
In June 2017, scores of Adivasi villagers filed complaints to the state police alleging unlawful dispossession of their land. However, the police have refused to register First Information Reports (the first step of a criminal investigation).
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Pavitri Manjhi has been on the frontline of protesting against two private companies who allegedly defrauded indigenous Adivasis of their land, when developing a thermal power plant from 2009 to 2011, and a biomass power plant in 2004 and 2007. Pavitri Manjhi says her own family, like other villagers, were coerced into selling their land to agents acting on behalf of the companies, and that their consent was neither free nor informed. Pavitri Manjhi has faced threats, intimidation and harassment by men she says were acting on behalf of the private thermal company since 2015. In addition, her son is facing criminal charges for what is believed to be a fabricated case initiated to deter her from continuing her campaign. Currently on bail, the case against him has been pending since 2015.
Pavitri Manjhi and other activists set up the Adivasi Dalit Mazdoor Kisan Sangharsh in 2017, a community group that supports individuals to file formal complaints in line with the provisions of India¡¦s Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act ¡V a special law to protect Dalit and Adivasi rights that criminalizes the dispossession of Adivasi land without their consent.
In June 2017, scores of Adivasi villagers filed complaints to the state police alleging unlawful dispossession of their land. However, the police have refused to register First Information Reports (the first step of a criminal investigation).
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