HRD Alert - India - Appeal for Action – Chhattisgarh: Social Activist and human rights defender Ms. Soni Suri and her colleagues threatened by Inspector General of Police, Bastar region, Chhattisgarh, Mr. SRP Kalluri on 1st August, 2015 for exposing extra-judicial killing of an unarmed tribal villager Mr. Hemla Podiya in Nahadi village of Dantewada district- regarding

Greetings! 

Human Rights Defenders Alert - India has issued urgent appeal to the Focal Point for Human Rights Defenders in National Human Rights Commission, Delegation of the European Union to India, The Chairperson of Chhattisgarh Human Rights Commission, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Chief Secretary of Govt. of Chhattisgarh, Director General of Police Chhattisgarh, District Collector of Dantewada District, Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights Defenders-Geneva, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) Bangkok, Frontline-The International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, OMCT International Secretariate-Geneva & The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders-Switzerland writing to express our grave concern regarding the threat of excommunication issued against Soni Sori and other social activists by the  Inspector General of Police, Bastar region of  Chhattisgarh , Mr. SRP Kalluri on 1^st  August, 2015 raising fears of further harassment and personal safety of human rights defender Ms. Soni Sori and her family.

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Secretariat - HRDA India