Government plea sees India’s top court halt eviction of millions of forest-dwellers
Thomson Reuters Foundation India’s Supreme Court on Thursday stayed its earlier ruling that had ordered the forced evictions of millions of indigenous people whose land claims were rejected, after the central government said states needed more time to examine claims. Earlier this month the Supreme Court issued an order to remove forest-dwellers in 21 states […]
India forest dwellers to fight mass eviction order with protests
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation India’s forest-dependent communities are to petition and protest against a court order to evict more than one million Indigenous people whose land claims were rejected, land rights campaigners said on Monday. Earlier this month, India’s Supreme Court asked officials in nearly two dozen states to submit details of claims that were […]