The South Asian: The Human Shield Experiment

July 14, 2008

The Human Shield Experiment

People in Chattisgarh continue to bear the brunt of violence by the state

Dear friends,

As you know in the 3 years after the start of Salwa Judum, more than 700 villages in South Bastar have experienced barbaric violence .

47,000 people are living in roadside camps.

No body knows of the whereabouts of the rest of the people, estimated at about 3 lakh, but we do know that many of them had to take shelter in neighbouring States.

The administration claims that no one lives in these villages, and they have stopped providing support for education, health and PDS etc.
We know that many people are still living in these villages.

The time has come to start a process for people to return to their homes and attempt to live a normal life.

Vanvasi Chetna Ashram in Dantewada has made a beginning.

Two villages Nendra in Dantewada and Vechapad in Bijapur have been chosen to start the action in the form of Human Shield.

Here Human Shield members will live with the villagers to give them moral support to restart their lives.

In this page we are putting up stories from Nendra and Vechapal to tell you what happened there in last 3 years and more importantly what is being done now to reverse the trend.

http://www.cgnet.in/FT/humanshield/index_html/document_view

People of Nendra and Vechapal need your help at this hour

Sincerely
Shubhranshu Choudhary
for CGnet moderators team

Posted by collective at July 14, 2008 08:45 AM

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