India: WikiLeaks: India’s Tribes ‘Exploited And Abused’

India: WikiLeaks: India’s Tribes ‘Exploited And Abused’   American diplomats consider the Indian government ‘unwilling and unable’ to ‘end the exploitation and victimisation’ of the country’s 84 million tribal people according to secret cables released by The Hindu newspaper.   The cables reveal that the American government feared this neglect ‘plays into the hands of Naxalites’ – the Maoist extremists who are currently engaged in an armed insurgency in India.   While the Indian government is...

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