Articles by Gladson Dungdung

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Killing, Denial and Manipulation
Gladson Dungdung – Gandhi Foundation, 19 Sep 2011

When I completed this piece [30 Aug 2011], a report in the newspaper stated that the Adivasis of Tholkabad village in Saranda Forest have vacated their village in fear of the police torture. Right from when I started writing on so-called anti-Naxal operations, I have been mentioning that the ‘Operation Green Hunt’ was launched with the clear intention to create fear, insecurity and livelihood crisis in the villages. The Jharkhand government has allotted iron-ore to 19 steel companies including Mittal, Jindal, Tata, Atro-Steel and Torian in Saranda Forest. Therefore, of course, they want to clear the land.

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Endless Cry in the Red Corridor
Gladson Dungdung – The Gandhi Foundation, 28 Feb 2011

Now both the parties – the Security Forces and the Maoists have been exploiting the innocent villagers but they can do nothing except shouting, weeping and crying… Whenever, a vehicle enters the village, all the villagers including children, women and men run away to hide, shield and protect themselves. These days, the police visit the village almost every day and humiliate, beat and torture the innocent villagers and also destroy their food and shelter. Therefore, they assume that each vehicle entering their village belongs to the Police.

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