02.03.2006 - Source: Amnesty International

9 perpetrators of a massacre during the Gujarat communal violence in 2002 sentenced to life imprisonment ("Gujarat Violence Four years On: Amnesty International welcomes due process of justice [ASA 20/006/2006]") [#45549],  [ID 7109]

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11.08.2004 - Source: Asian Centre for Human Rights

Article on Draft National Policy on Tribals and the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes ("Spanners in the Draft National Policy on Tribals (ACHRF/33/04)") [#24835],  [ID 7108]

"[...]Mr Swami further informed that while 24,792 cases were reported against Scheduled Castes, as many as 3,691 crimes were committed against Scheduled Tribes. Madhya Pradesh topped the list in atrocities against Scheduled Tribes with 1643 cases. The statistics pertaining to the calendar year 2001 show that the States of Uttar Pradesh (7356 cases), Madhya Pradesh (4336 cases), Rajasthan (1996 cases), Gujarat (1760 cases), Andhra Pradesh (1288 cases) and Orissa (1125 cases), collectively accounted for 82.39% of total number of 21,678 cases charge sheeted in the courts under the Act.[...]The majority of the States have failed to set up Special Courts under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. As of 2 February 2003, exclusive Special Courts have been set up only in Andhra Pradesh (12), Bihar (11), Chhatisgarh (07), Gujarat (10), Karnataka (06), Madhya Pradesh (29), Rajasthan (17), Tamil Nadu (04), Uttar Pradesh (40) and Uttranchal (01). [...]"

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