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Letter to SHRC – Mob violence in Doddaballapura, Bangalore

10.07.2023 · Posted in Communal Violence, Human Rights, Minorities

To, Chairperson,Karnataka State Human Rights Commission (KSHRC)4th floor, 5th phase, MS Building, Dr Ambedkar Street,Bengaluru – 560001 October 7, 2023 Subject: Seeking your immediate intervention in a mob violence case that took place in Doddaballapura on September 24, 2023 Dear Sir/Ma’am, We wish to bring to your attention a disturbing incident that took place in ...

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PUCL-K’s open letter to CM & Governor of Karnataka regarding economic boycott of Muslim businesses in temple fairs in Karnataka

03.28.2022 · Posted in Human Rights, Minorities, Press Releases

To, Shri Thawar Chand Gehlot,Governor of Karnataka,Raj Bhavan Road,Karnataka state – 560001 Shri. Basavaraj Bommai,Hon’ble Chief Minister of Karnataka,Vidhana Soudha,Bengaluru, Karnataka – 560001 Dear Sir, Sub: Regarding the dangerous unconstitutional economic boycott of Muslimbusinesses in temples fairs in Karnataka. The PUCL-K is deeply disturbed by the range of media reports for the barring of Muslimsfrom ...

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Press Release | Death of Two Manual Scavengers in Bengaluru

11.01.2016 · Posted in Human Rights, Minorities, Press Releases

*** Download the Full Statement Here *** PUCL-BENGALURU CONDEMNS THE DEATH OF TWO MANUAL SCAVENGERS IN SHANTINIVAS APARTMENT NEAR YESHWANTPUR RAILWAY STATION, BENGALURU On October 18, 2016, two manual scavengers named Venkataramana, 24, a dalit, and Manjunath, 32, died in the septic tank of Shantinivas Apartment, near Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru, due to asphyxiation. The owners/residents of ...

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Press Release | Kaveri Water Issue

09.16.2016 · Posted in Minorities, Uncategorized

The Kannada Press Release is Available Here The Supreme Court has given its’s verdict over the sharing of Kaveri between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, and directed the Karnataka government to release forthwith 15000 cusecs of water every day for ten days to Tamil Nadu. This verdict has created tremendous tension in Karnataka and resulted in continuous ...

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|Press Release| Demolition of EWS quarters and the Eviction of Residents

01.19.2013 · Posted in Human Rights, Minorities, Urban Poverty

PRESS RELEASE Demolition of EWS quarters and the Eviction of Residents Saturday, January 19, 2013, Bangalore The BBMP today began demolition of homes and evicting residents from the EWS quarters at Ejipura.  During the process of demolition and eviction protestors were lathi charged, physically dragged by the police and arrested – all of them women. ...

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|Fact Finding Report| Attacking Pubs and Birthday Parties ~ Communal Policing by Hindutva Outfits

[Read the full report Here] On January 24, 2009, Pramod Muthalik’s men belonging to the Sri Ram Sene in coordination with Subash Padil (then of the Sri Rama Sene) stormed into a pub in Mangalore and violently attacked girls, on the ground that drinking was against Hindu culture. Three years later on July 28, 2012, Subash Padil (now ...

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|Preliminary Fact Finding Report| Attack on a Dalit in Maddur for attempting to enter a temple

05.08.2012 · Posted in Minorities, Report

In Hemmanahalli, a village near Maddur, Kemparaju, a Dalit priest was assaulted on March 15 this year for challenging a social convention that bars Dalits from entering the ‘garba griha’ of the local Chowdeshwari temple. Kemparaju was hospitalised due to injuries, and a case has been foisted against him by the police. This incident is ...

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|Fact Finding Report| – Manual Scavenger Deaths – Tiptur and Dharwar

04.12.2012 · Posted in Human Rights, Minorities

A Fact-finding Report on the Deaths of 2 Manhole Workers in Tiptur {Available HERE} On 18.12.2011, Jagdish Bin Manjashetty, resident of KB Hala village, Lakki Hobli, Chikmaglur district, and Dharma, resident of Kennere village, Arsikere taluk, Hasan district, labourers in a UGD project in Tiptur, Tumkur district, were working in a newly constructed manhole on ...

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|Preliminary Report| Death of Kitta Koraga, Safai Karamchari in Kinnigoli

11.27.2011 · Posted in Human Rights, Minorities, Report

Download the Report HERE In yet another tragic incident of death by manual scavenging in Karnataka, Shri Kitta Koraga, 45 years old, succumbed to asphyxiation while engaged in cleaning a soak pit in Kinnigoli town, Dakshina Kannada district on 6.11.11. On 7.11.11, PUCL, Bangalore, was contacted by Shri Balraj, member of Koragara Abhivrudda Sanghada Okkoota, ...