14.01.2005 - Source: Human Rights Watch

The Indian government should ensure that tsunami victims receive assistance in an equitable manner without caste or religious bias ("India: End Caste Bias in Tsunami Relief") [#28432],  [ID 6915]

"[...]This group of islands, populated by indigenous peoples, some of whom have had little contact with the outside world, are located in the Bay of Bengal, about 1,200 kilometers from the east coast of mainland India. Of thirty-seven inhabited islands, the tsunami and the resulting coastal flooding affected fifteen, thirteen of them in Nicobar. Nearly 300,000 people were affected and seven islands had to be completely evacuated.[...]"

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