Newsreel Archives
Newsreel: July 2010
Jul 31: Endless Cry in the Red Corridor - Gladson Dungdung
Jul 30: Delhi - Public Meeting to protest against the killing of Azad and Hem Pandey, Aug 03 - Concerned Citizens and Forum Against War
Jul 27: Andhra - Interim Report of fact-finding on the police firing at Sompeta
Jul 26: Interview of Himanshu Kumar - Why we should support Tribal Resistance
Jul 26: West Bengal - MASUM Fact-finding report on atrocities committed by Joint Forces and Police in Sonamukhi
Jul 25: Azad’s assassination: An insight into the Indian state’s response to peoples’ resistance - Gautam Navlakha
Jul 24: Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh - Seminar on Working Class Movement in India in the Twenty-first Century, Jul 26-28
Jul 23: Delhi - PUDR Convention against UAPA
Jul 22: West Bengal - Massive protest by women against rapes committed by security personnel in Sonamukhi
Jul 19: Delhi - A discussion on Role of Journalists in Undeclared Emergency, Jul 20 - organized by Journalists For People
Jul 18: Getting to know the Second Green ‘Revolutionary’ Ruler-Corporates! by Forum Against Monopolistic Aggression
Jul 18: Threat to democratic rights in West Bengal - APDR statement
Jul 17: Andhra - NAPM condemns the brutal killings and lathicharge on Srikakulam villagers
Jul 17: Statements on the killing of Azad, spokesperson of CPI(Maoist), in an alleged fake encounter- PUDR, PUCL, Intellectuals, Campaign for Peace and Justice
Jul 12: West Bengal - Police atrocities on the women of Sonamukhi near Jhargram
Jul 11: Kolkata - Pamphlet protesting the charging of Debalina Chakrabarty with UAPA - Matangini Mahila Samiti
Jul 11: Kolkata - Deputation by FAMA to Agriculture Minister regarding the proposed 2nd Green Revolution
Jul 02: Statement on arrest of Dr. Nisha Biswas and other civil rights activists in Lalgarh
Newsreel: June 2010
Jun 29: Terrorizing the Democratic Space: A Report on Ranchi Rally Against OGH - Gladson Dungdung
Jun 27: APDR memorandum submitted to District Magistrate of West Midnapore
Jun 25: Letters from P. Chidambaram and CPI(Maoist) to Swami Agnivesh regarding the possibility of dialogue
Jun 24: Gujarat - 14 trade union activists arrested in the name of Maoist activity - Kavita Srivastava
Jun 24: Ranchi - Rally against Green Hunt, Jun 25
Jun 23: Stop the witch-hunt - Statement by Civil Society groups and concerned citizens
Jun 23: Delhi - In defence of democracy: remembering the Emergency, Jun 25-26
Jun 22: Delhi - Rally for Justice in Bhopal, 24 Jun
Jun 21: Lalgarh Mancha - Appeal for unconditional release of activists arrested in Junglemahal
Jun 21: PUDR Statement condemning recent spate of repression in Lalgarh
Jun 19: Bringing out the kill - Siddhartha Mitra
Jun 19: I Have Seen Her Crying - Gladson Dungdung
Jun 17: Lalgarh - Statement against arrest of activists - Sanhati
Jun 17: Delhi - Convention against slum evictions for C’wealth Games, Jun 19
Jun 16: Why India’s AFSPA should be scrapped ? - Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights
Jun 13: Kolkata - Protest against one year of joint forces in Lalgarh, Jun 18
Jun 10: CRPF violating PESA Act in Jharkhandi villages - Stan Swamy
Jun 09: Responses to Judgement on Bhopal Gas Leak of 1984; Kolkata protest on Jun 15
Jun 08: Maharashtra - Fact Finding Report on Police firing at Dhulia
Jun 07: Distorted reporting of Arundhati Roy’s Mumbai Speech - Protest letter to PTI
Jun 06: The Indian Government Should Surrender To The Maoists: An Immodest Proposal - Jesse Ross Knutson
Jun 04: State violence in Kalinganagar - Those who appeal to the judiciary are not spared either
Jun 04 : Kolkata - Bidroher Gaan, Jun 11 - A Cultural Programme against Green Hunt
Jun 03 : Delhi - Protest demonstration against arrest of activists in Gujarat, Jun 4
Jun 02 : Orissa Situation Worsening - Surya Shankar Dash
Newsreel: May 2010
May 31: Mumbai - Report of May 25 Stop Posco demonstration
May 30: Institute Inquiry into Gyaneshwari Express Sabotage - PUDR Press Statement
May 29: Open Letter to the President of India - Peace Now in Tribal Areas - B. D. Sharma
May 29: News Management on the North-east - Hiren Gohain
May 27: Amitav Ghosh and the Dan David Prize - A Letter from Concerned South Asians
May 25: PUDR-AFDR Statement on State Repression in Punjab
May 24: Lalgarh - Third PCAPA letter to APDR, Lalgarh Mancha and the Intellectuals, Apr 29
May 24: Chhattisgarh - Attack on bus in Dantewada : Responses from different organisations
May 23: Lalgarh - Second PCAPA letter to APDR and Lalgarh Mancha and Intellectuals, Apr 21
May 22: A member of the civil society responds to Chidambaram - A. K. Agarwal
May 22: Mumbai - Struggle of the urban poor against slum demolitions
May 21: Protest against MHA’s attempt to silence dissent - an Open Letter to Chidambaram
May 21: Kolkata - National Meeting on “Displacement and Democratic Space”, May 22
May 20: Why climate change activists must support the people no matter what - Anandi Sharan
May 19: Orissa - story of the injured in the anti-POSCO villages - Partho Sarathi Ray
May 18: Dodgy development: DfID in India (Part 4) - Impact in Orissa - Richard Whittell
May 17: Jharkhand - Illegal detention of Human Rights Activists, Writer and Photographer
May 15: Orissa - Stop Police Attacks On Peaceful Protesters - Appeal By Concerned Citizens
May 15: Jharkhand - Another bloodbath is on the way - Gladson Dungdung
May 15: Mumbai - Slum hutments demolished
May 14: Orissa : POSCO Pratirodh Sangram Samiti - Urgent Appeal to join Resistance Week (May 15 - May 21)
May 14: PUDR - Stop State Violence on People’s Movements in Orissa
May 13: Halt the Offensive Against People and End Militarisation of the Forests - Joint Statement of Forest People’s Movements
May 13: The non-names of the non-entities - Siddhartha Mitra
May 11: Uttar Pradesh : Forest Rights Act subverted in Sonebhadra district - Independent Citizens’ Fact Finding Team’s Media Release
May 10: Kolkata : Protest against MHA’s Press Note warning intellectuals - Statement by Forum of Artistes, Cultural Activists and Intellectuals
May 09: Evolving Nepal : In Kathmandu - Kaveri Rajaraman; Reports by Jed Brandt
May 09: Lalgarh : PCAPA report to State Human Rights Commission, Dec 2009
May 08: CDRO opposes draconian UAPA
May 07: Statements against Government’s attempts to suppress dissent - Sanhati, Gladson Dungdung
May 06: Kolkata - Convention against Indo-US Agricultural Knowledge Initiative May 8
May 05: A Background Note to new Civil Society initiative for talks between the Centre and the ULFA - Hiren Gohain
May 04: Searching for Jake Sully in India’s heartland - Harsha Walia
May 01: Can There Be Any Hope? - EPW
Newsreel: April 2010
Apr 30: Am I a Maoist ? - Gladson Dungdung
Apr 29: Harassment and persecution of activists in North Bengal - a NFFPFW Press Release
Apr 27: Narayanpatna, Orissa: Chronological reporting- Custodial Death of Gangula Tadingi, A PUCL Report
Apr 25: Kolkata - Street Meeting on Chernobyl Day Apr 26
Apr 25: Development for Dummies - Javed Iqbal
Apr 24: Don’t choke off dissenting voices - Opposing plans to prosecute Arundhati Roy
Apr 21: Independent People’s Tribunal Reveal the Underbelly of Indian Development - Deepankar Basu
Apr 21: Delhi : Public Meeting against Green Hunt, Apr 24
Apr 20: CDRO condemns disinformation campaign against civil rights team
Apr 20: The Biggest Reservation of All - Anandi Sharan Meili
Apr 17: Kolkata : Prominent human rights activist Kirity Roy arrested - MASUM Statement; Discussion Meeting on Apr 19
Apr 15: “Adivasis forced into violence” - Arundhati Roy on CNN-IBN
Apr 15: Chidambaram’s Crocodile Tears - Gladson Dungdung
Apr 14: Bastar : Business as usual - Siddhartha Mitra
Apr 12: Statements against attack on freedom of expression - Sanhati; JNU Teachers
Apr 12: Narmada Indefinite Action Begins
Apr 11: People’s Tribunal on Land Acquisition, Resource Grab and Operation Green Hunt April 09-11, New Delhi - Press Release (Day 1,2,3), Interim Recommendations
Apr 09: Kolkata : Prominent human rights activist Kirity Roy arrested - MASUM, ACHR Statements
Apr 07: Chattisgarh : Death of CRPF jawans - PUDR Statement; A Response by Sumanta Banerjee
Apr 05: Cleansing The Maoists? - Gladson Dungdung
Apr 05: State violence in Kalinganagar, Orissa: Developing News
Apr 03: Kolkata : Development Discontent - A Film Festival
Newsreel: March 2010
Mar 31: Oppose Green Hunt - Krishak Committee
Mar 28: Arundhati Roy on GritTv - Becoming Internal Security Threats
Mar 28: West Bengal : Kenddungri - Against Green Hunt, a leaflet from the villages
Mar 26: Orissa - Tata sponsored ‘Green Hunt’ in Kalinga Nagar
Mar 24: Kolkata - Laid off Workers wage lone battle - Nilanjan Dutta
Mar 24: Coca-Cola Liable for Rs 216 crore for Damages – Government Committee
Mar 16: Chattisgarh : Arrest of Ekta Parishad activist
Mar 07: The murder of Lalmohan Tudu and two others by CRPF - statements by Concerned Citizens, PUDR and Sanhati
Feb 12: In conversation with Ganapathy - Jan Myrdal and Gautam Navlakha
Apr 13: Kolkata : Campaign against OGH, UAPA, Apr 14 - Arundhati Roy, Gautam Navlakha
Mar 25: Kolkata - Meeting on anti-POSCO movement, Mar 26
Mar 24: Kolkata - Lecture by Felix Padel on bauxite mining in tribal lands, Mar 27 , organised by Radical Humanists
Mar 22: Is it Operation Maoist Hunt ? - Gladson Dungdung
Mar 22: Foreign universities bill to sell education - Anil Sadgopal
Mar 16: Forgotten Country: The Cut-Off Area Of Malkangiri - Javed Iqbal
Mar 16: Orissa - Throttling of Freedom of Thought and Expression
Mar 13: Operation Green Hunt: its stated and unstated targets - Kumar Sanjay Singh
Mar 07: Kolkata Public Meeting by Himanshu Kumar on Mar 9 - organized by Ekhan Bisangbad
Mar 06: Abduction of a social activist in Kolkata
Mar 06: Iron in the Soul: Looking forward at Rio Tinto’s diamond mining lease in India
Mar 05: Protesters in Eastern India Battle Against Mining Giant Arcelor Mittal - Moushumi Basu
Newsreel: February 2010
Feb 28: Press statement against vilification of civil liberties groups
Feb 28: January Bulletin of Coordination of Democratic Rights Organizations
Feb 26: Judicial probe of Tudu’s death, the NSCN model of ceasefire, and the assault on Gandhian movements - Sumanta Banerjee
Feb 25: Gujarat - Protests against proposed cement plant - 5000 farmers detained
Feb 24: Government should respond to Maoist offer - Concerned Citizens’ Press Release
Feb 20: All India Protest against Operation Green Hunt, Feb 22 - organised by CDRO; Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore events
Feb 20: PUDR Press Release on 17 February killings in Jamui, Bihar
Feb 16: Campaign Condemns Environment Ministry’s “Review” of the Forest Rights Act
Feb 15: Himachal Pradesh - Contractors attack activists protesting against proposed Hul Hydro Power Project
Feb 15: On the eviction of slums in Kolkata: A leaflet and documentary film
Feb 13: Vedanta Mining - Amnesty exposes violations; Journalist detained
Feb 10: Dodgy development : DfID in India - Richard Whittell
Feb 09: Citizens protest against war orchestration of Chidambaram and chief ministers in Kolkata: A report
Feb 08: Delhi Convention on Communities, Commons and Corporations; Feb 24-25 - organised by Perspectives
Feb 06: Statement from poets, academics, and activists on Swapan Dasgupta’s death in UAPA custody
Feb 06: Orissa - Fear of attack on Anti-POSCO movement
Feb 02: Descent into darkness - Colin Gonsalves
Newsreel: January 2010
Jan 30 : Howard Zinn - a Sanhati tribute
Jan 25: West Bengal : Downright assault on Human Rights activists - a NAPM statement
Jan 23: Haiti and Bastar: Comparative notes on disappeared peoples - Siddhartha Mitra
Jan 23: Lalgarh - Chhatradhar Mahato responds to Mamata Banerjee
Feb 04: Chandigarh - Public Meeting on State’s War against People
Jan 31: Resistance to Dispossession - Binayak Sen interview by Karan Thapar
Jan 21: South City Projects Ltd.: A montage of anti-people activities in Kolkata
Jan13: Kolkata - Press Statement of the Citizens’ Expert Committee on BT Brinjal
Jan 6: War Against the People and the Historic Lalgarh Movement - Amit Bhattacharyya
Jan 12: In the State of Telangana - Kalpana Kannabiran
Jan 9: West Bengal - Labour leader Sunil Pal killed in Asansol
Jan 8: Chattisgarh - The Jan Sunwai That Never Was - a PUDR Press Statement
Jan 5: The Strange Case Of Sodi Sambo - Siddhartha Mitra
Jan 1: Almond Workers’ Strike in Delhi - 15 Day long strike comes to conclusion
Jan 1: West Bengal - Pollution caused by sponge iron factories - Leaflet by Nagarik Mancha and others
Newsreel: December 2009
Dec 17: Dantewada Padyatra - Women activists not allowed to enter
Dec 15: Rally Against War on People, December 17, New Delhi
Dec 12: All India National Convention against SEZ, land-grabbing, displacements - December 13, New Delhi
Dec 11: Chattisgarh - Activist and lawyer illegally detained
Dec 7: Chattisgarh : Dantewada Padyatra, Satyagraha and Jan Sunwai, December 14 - January 7
Dec 8: Dialogue in Democracy: Challenges for Government-Maoist Talks - Manoranjan Mohanty
Dec 1: Jean Dreze on hunger in India
Newsreel: November 2009
Nov 30: PUDR Statement denouncing the derailment of Tata-Bilaspur train
Nov 26: Democracy and ban cannot go together - Amit Bhattacharyya
Nov 22: Starvation deaths in West Bengal - AHRC, MASUM joint statement
Nov 17: Anatomy of Chidambaram’s Tehelka Interview: “Give me 72 hours!“
Nov 2: Citizens Initiative for Peace and the Maoist Challenge - Nandita Haksar
Newsreel: October 2009
Oct 29: Your Mama! Or The Blitzerization Of Indian TV
Oct 27: Lohandiguda, Bastar: The threat of a desi East India Company?
Oct 21: Burnt in oil: A fact-finding report on State operations in Dantewada in September-October 2009
Oct 21: A message of solidarity from Cordillera Peoples Alliance, Philippines
Recent Statements: Oct 12:
Statement from national platform of adivasi and forest dwellers’ mass organisations (Campaign for Survival and Dignity) on Government offensive, Oct 10: PUDR statement condemning Francis Induwar’s death, Oct 9: Statement of intellectuals on the comments of the Home Minister characterizing all dissent as Maoist [PDF, Bengali] », Oct 6: Arrests begin in Kolkata: Sanhati statement, Oct 6: Statement on the arrest of Chhatradhar Mahato by Radical Socialist, Sept 28: Condemnation of Chhatradhar Mahato’s arrest by organizations and individuals, Sept 28: CPIML - Liberation statement on Operation Green Hunt, Sept 27: Statement on Lalgarh by writers and intellectuals of West Bengal
Oct 9: Perspectives on Operation Green Hunt:
Weapons Of Mass Desperation (Tehelka), An interview with Arundhati Roy (Democracy Now), Discussions between Gautam Navlakha, Swapan Dasgupta, and Sudeep Chakravarti (CNN-IBN)
