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Urgent: Police Brutally Assaults Women Protestors & Filmmaker

videorepublic — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:00:33 +0000

Video Report by KBK Samchar The vegetable garden of Odishais going to be submerged and more than 50 villages displaced; and the name of the game is ‘Development at Gunpoint’ — meaning ‘peaceful industrialization’ as the chief minister claims! Thousands of farmers of the Lower Suktel plateau in Bolangir are protesting against this upcoming dam [...]

URGENT: Lower Suktel Dam affected protest at gunpoint

videorepublic — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 05:41:59 +0000

“The Lower Suktel Irrigation Project (LSIP) has been in controversy and stalled since over a decade due to people’s resistance. A handful of people namely the land mafia, politicians & rich people from Bolangir town have been involved in land grabbing in the area and have purchased vast patches of land in the proposed submergence [...]

Lease of life for whom… ?

videorepublic — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 05:10:17 +0000

Local people in Niyamgiri have long been demanding that the idea to mine their sacred hills be scrapped. Now, after the Supreme Court ruling on 18 April 2013, they have to say it yet again — in a gram sabha. But, as no public hearing has ever been ‘free and fair’ with Vedanta’s presence in [...]

The Betel Leaf

videorepublic — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 04:12:38 +0000

What is there in a betel leaf? Why people are dying to protect it? This small episode from Samadrusti TV’s Madhayantara video news magazine ( Vol 5 )may give us some clues if any one is interested in exploring answers to the above questions? Video by Tarun Mishra, Madhyantara Vol 5, Samadrusti.

Bomb Atack by POSCO backed Mafia kills Farmers

videorepublic — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:43:22 +0000

Bombing in POSCO Area:When we don’t question.. by Tarun Mishra (Samadrusti TV/Madhyantar) It is not even a month old when armed police force invaded Govindapur to forcibly acquire land for POSCO. Since February 3, 2013 this area has been turned in to an armed police camp. Excepting pro-posco goons no one can enter the village [...]

The POSCO Menace

videorepublic — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:42:28 +0000

Again for POSCO (A Madhyantar Update) Tarun Mishra (Samadrusti TV) On February 3, 2013 armed police force entered in to the area at 3 AM and unleashed a reign of terror. Atrocities and torture on men and women have been alleged. Demolition of betel vines began. But soon people could organize themselves and put up [...]

URGENT: Police brutalises women to demolish homes in Sion Koliwada

videorepublic — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 10:13:14 +0000

Shot by a resident of Sion Koliwada, this video captures shocking images of police brutality during forced evictions. Ultimately 25 women and a man were arrested for peacufully protesting the illegal demolitions. Read more: http://khareastandolan.wordpress.com/2012/06/01/land-of-mumbais-oldest-residents-under-threat/

Leader of Niyamgiri Struggle Faces Life Threat

videorepublic — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:59:41 +0000

KBK Samachar interview of Dodi Pusika, President of Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti, who is being targeted by para-military and Vedanta goons.

Niyamgiri Villagers Tortured

videorepublic — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:05:23 +0000

KBK Samachar reveals how 3 members of the Dongria Kondh tribe were randomly picked by paramilitary while travelling on a train, then taken to a campsite where the three men were stripped and tortured for hours.

Blood Stains on Jindal Part 2

videorepublic — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:22:52 +0000

This is Part II of “Blood Stains in Jindal Steel”. Samadrustitv team visited Angul District Hospital and interviewed victims of Jindal assault. Video by Tarun Mishra and Madan who belongs to the affected village.