Broken people
Subtitle: caste violence against India's "untouchables".
Contributors: Human Rights Watch (Organization)
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
Subjects: Dalits -- Civil rights -- India; Caste -- Law and legislation -- India; Dalits -- India -- Social conditions; Dalits -- India -- Political activity
Description: Recommendations--The Context of Caste Violence--The Pattern of Abuse:Rural Violence in Bihar and the State's Response--The Pattern of Abuse:Southern District Clashes in Tamil Nadu and the State's Response--The Ramabai Killings--Discrimination and Exploitative Forms of Labor--The Criminalization of Social Activism--Attacks on Dalit Women: A Pattern of Impunity--Failure to Meet Domestic and International Legal Obligations to Protect Dalits--Conclusion
Notes: "This report was researched and written by Smita Narula"--Acknowledgments.