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Dongria Kondh

Amnesty International urges Odisha Govt to protect Dongria Kondh from Police Atrocities

Odisha News Insight Nov 20, 2018 0

ONI Bureau: Amnesty India requested the Government of Odisha to uphold law and order in the Niyamgiri hills and protect Indigenous Dongria Kondh community from Police Atrocities. “Allegations of police intimidation and ill-treatment of…

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‘Niyamgiri-The Mountain of Law’ to screen at Kolkata International Film Festival

Odisha News Insight Nov 12, 2018 0

ONI Bureau: A short documentary film highlighting the struggle of Dongria Kondh's against Vedanta in Niyamgiri Hills in the districts of Kalahandi and Rayagada in the south-west of Odisha will be screened at the 2018 Kolkata International…

Celebrating Tradition with Passion: Niyamgiri Festival

Odisha News Insight Mar 14, 2015 0

By Sandip Banerjee: The three day annual Niyamgiri Festival in Kalahandi district has come to become an expression of self-assertion of the Dongria Kondhs that the hills are theirs. The same was held this year from 20th to 22nd of February…