Assam: Forest Dwellers Deprived Of Livelihood And Facing Forcible Eviction In Assam

Assam: Forest Dwellers Deprived Of Livelihood And Facing Forcible Eviction In Assam   Summary of BHRPC fact-finding report into the Patharia land-grabbing case   Introduction:   The Barak Human Rights Protection Committee (BHRPC) has learnt that around 300 families of traditional forest dwellers in and around Patharia forest reserve in Karimganj district of the North East Indian state of Assam have forcibly been deprived of their sources of livelihood and now living under severe...

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