Odisha: Rights Group Condemns Police Firing On Anti-POSCO Activist


Odisha: Rights Group Condemns Police Firing On Anti-POSCO Activist   The Coalition for Protection of Human Rights' Defenders (CPHRD) strongly condemns the police firing on Umakant Biswal, a young anti-POSCO movement activist and farmer from Dhinkia village district of Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha   According to the information received by us from activist friends in Dhinkia, on 2nd of March 2012, while Mr. Bisawal was working on his farm near the village, the Police came on motor...

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