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Appendix I Villagers from the following villages reported killings—Sankanpalli (seven), Durma (three), Kamarguda (three), Kothooru (one), Lingagiri (four), Nayapara (eight), Boreguda (four), Etagatta (15), Mukudtong (one), Kotacheru (five), Nendra (four), and Neeram (two). Villagers from the following villages reported abductions—Nayapara, Pisheypara, Ramavaram, Pidmel, Nendra, Birla, Gorgonda. Villagers from the following villagers witnessed looting—Sankanpalli, Durma, Darbha, Surpanguda, Lingagiri, Boreguda, Pisheypara, Ramavaram, Pidmel, Tolnai, Mukudtong, Etagatta, and B2. Villagers from the following villages witnessed their villages being burned— Sankanpalli, Nambi, Kamarguda, Surpanguda, Kothooru, Lingagiri, Korsagudem, Boreguda, Pisheypara, Etagatta, Mukudtong, Gorgonda, Bechapal, and B2. These villagers also gave Human Rights Watch names of 26 villages neighboring villages that they knew were burned by Salwa Judum and police. Dongrigudem, Ethuguppa, Mukram, Singaram, Nillampalli, Kamarguda, Penta, Baiyampalli, Parlagatta, Tolewarti, Kursangal, Kariguda, Gondupalli, Kondasawali, Gorkha, Nendra, Kotacheru, Chintagupha, Nagaram, Bandaras, Gaganapalli, Gomapad, Regadgatta, Maraiguda, Tetrai, and Arlampalli. Villagers from the following villages witnessed beatings— Sankanpalli, Durma, Darbha, Kothooru, Nambi, Boreguda, Nayapara, Pisheypara, Etagatta, Pidmel, Mukudtong, Birla, Kannaiguda, Padiyarpara, Bechapal, and Satwa. 155 Human Rights Watch July 2008
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH 350 Fifth Avenue, 34 th Floor New York, NY 10118-3299 Tel: 212-290-4700 Fax: 212-736-1300 Email: hrwnyc@hrw.org Appendix II Kenneth Roth, Executive Director Michele Alexander, Development & Outreach Director Carroll CHILDREN'S Bogert, Associate RIGHTS Director DIVISION Emma Lois Whitman, Daly, Communications Executive Director Director Barbara Jo Becker, Guglielmo, Advocacy Finance Director & Administration Director Peggy Hicks, Global Advocacy Director Zama Coursen-Neff, Deputy Director Iain Levine, Program Director Andrew Clarisa Mawson, Bencomo, Deputy Researcher Program Director Suzanne Elizabeth Nossel, Calvin, Chief Advocate of Operations Dinah Aruna PoKempner, Kashyap, Alan General R. and Counsel Barbara D. Finberg Fellow James Juliane Ross, Kippenberg, Legal & Policy Senior Director Researcher Joe Bede Saunders, Sheppard, Deputy Researcher Program Director Program Simone Troller, Directors Researcher Brad Kennji Adams, Kizuka, Asia Associate Holly Cassandra Cartner, Mikicic, Europe Associate & Central Asia David Fathi, United States Peter A DVISORY Takirambudde, COMMITTEE Africa José Robert Miguel G.Schwartz, Vivanco, Chair Americas Sarah Bernardine Leah Whitson, Dohrn, Vice-Chair Middle East & North Africa Joseph Mie Lewis, Amon, Vice-Chair HIV/AIDS Peter Bouckaert, Emergencies Goldie Alfasi-Siffert Bruni Burres, International Film Festival Ishmael Beah Richard Dicker, International Justice Bill Mark Frelick, Allen Refugee Belsey Policy Arvind Michael Ganesan, Bochenek Business & Human Rights Steve Rachel Goose, Brett Arms Janet Pam Walsh, Bruns Women’s Rights Scott Long, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Rights Lucinda Franks Joanne Mariner, Terrorism & Counterterrorism Judy Gaynor Lois Whitman, Children’s Rights Alice Henkin AKathleen dvocacy Hunt Directors Steve Eugene Crawshaw, Isenberg United Nations Juliette Janet Kagan DiRivero, Geneva Jean-Marie Sheila B. Kamerman Fardeau, Paris Marianne Heuwagen, Berlin Rhoda Karpatkin Lotte Leicht, European Union Tom Miriam Malinowski, Lyons Washington DC Tom Joy Porteous, Moser London Elena Nightingale Valerie Pels Board of Directors Wendy Smith Meyer Jane Olson, Chair Bruce Judith J. Greenberg Klatsky, Vice-Chair Seinfeld Sid Javier Sheinberg, Stauring Vice-Chair John Anne J. Studzinski, Vice-Chair Omar Ramona Amanat Sunderwirth Lloyd Tony Axworthy Tate David M. Brown Yodon Thonden Jorge Castañeda Tony Lisa Elliott Woll Hassan Elmasry Michael Roland G. Algrant, Fisch Vice-Chair (1998-2008) Michael E. Gellert Richard J. Goldstone Vartan Human Gregorian Rights Watch James Kenneth F. Hoge, Roth, Jr. Executive Director Wendy Michele Keys Alexander, Development & Outreach Director Robert Carroll Kissane Bogert, Associate Director Joanne Emma Leedom-Ackerman Daly, Communications Director Josh Barbara Mailman Guglielmo, Finance & Administration Director Susan Peggy Manilow Hicks, Global Advocacy Director Kati Iain Marton Levine, Program Director Linda Andrew Mason Mawson, Deputy Program Director Barry Suzanne Meyer Nossel, Chief of Operations Pat Dinah Mitchell PoKempner, General Counsel Joel James Motley Ross, Legal & Policy Director Samuel Joe Saunders, K. Murumba Deputy Program Director Catherine Jane Olson, Powell Chair, Board of Directors Sigrid Rausing Victoria Riskin Shelley Rubin Kevin P. Ryan Darian W. Swig John R. Taylor Shibley Telhami April 28, 2008 Sri E.S.L. Narasimhan The Hon’ble Governor of Chhattisgarh Raj Bhawan Raipur—492001 Dear Governor Narasimhan: Human Rights Watch is an independent, non-governmental international organization that monitors human rights developments in over 70 countries around the world. We would like to draw your attention to the failure of the Andhra Pradesh government to properly address the needs of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Chhattisgarh, who fled there because of the conflict between the Naxals and the Salwa Judum and government security forces. Not only have they suffered loss of livelihood and property as they fled from their homes, but they have also faced unlawful forced evictions by Andhra Pradesh forest officials without any regard to their security and well being. As recently as on April 5, 2008, there was a violent crackdown by the Andhra Pradesh forest department against an IDP settlement in Kothooru in Khammam district. We are happy to learn that you participated in an official meeting on April 8, 2008 in Bhadrachalam to jointly work with the Andhra Pradesh government to safeguard the interests of tribal communities. We also appreciate you for having given several local activists and IDPs the opportunity to present their case before you. We have Robert L. Bernstein, Founding Chair, (1979-1997) Jonathan F. Fanton, Chair (1998-2003) “Being Neutral is Our Biggest Crime” 156 Bruce Rabb, Secretary BERLIN · BRUSSELS · CHICAGO · GENEVA · LONDON · LOS ANGELES · MOSCOW · NEW YORK · PARIS · SAN FRANCISCO · TORONTO · WASHINGTON
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VI. Plight of Persons Displaced by
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Gram Panchayat/ Panchayat ICCPR ICE
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of villages in Bijapur and Dantewad
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Since 2006 local nongovernmental or
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Frightened, many villagers hid for
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Salwa Judum, particularly Salwa Jud
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of camp residents and other displac
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Vanvasi Chetna Ashram, People’s U
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egion between June 2005 and June 20
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through underground village committ
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health care. 17 Census data from 20
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The Naxalite problem has led to lac
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egular battalion to counter Naxalit
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NGO fact-finding teams have also ap
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The ‘Salva Judum’ movement is p
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persons also gave Human Rights Watc
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Sometimes senior police officials,
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were sick we had to go and report i
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to our village had bows and arrows,
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All able-bodied men had to particip
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them with escorts. We go with them
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there [pointing to a location about
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V. Abuses by the State Although the
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and my sister’s in the fields. My
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camps. 109 Two SPOs came forward to
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Gangi, one of the villagers, said t
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weeks [from the first visit to the
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One of the boys got beaten a lot wi
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A woman from Nendra said she saw th
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member of the fact-finding team tha
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In 2006 the Chhattisgarh government
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under Indian penal law. 163 Many NG
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independent and report because ther
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eing beaten up by Salwa Judum membe
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the country, to liberty and freedom
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electricity, adult literacy centres
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only 10 health workers to attend to
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dependent upon the state for their
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camps were started. 233 Assuming th
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Impediments to return The Chhattisg
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villagers’ access to markets maki
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1. Prior to carrying out evictions,
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our huts. About 10 forest departmen
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A volunteer with an NGO that provid
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met with further retributive measur
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Despite the court’s orders, fores
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for at least 100 days a year. 303 T
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In many places, displaced persons d
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Naxalites beat and kill villagers,
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that they rubbed small stones [grav
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Similarly, Naxalites beat and haras
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