Find in this article the complete programme of the event around non-violence and land rights in Colombia, organised by International Initiatives, with Rajagopal and Jill Carr-Harris.

"The Indian government’s conundrum over the linkages between mining, social development and tribal extremism has resurfaced, with a Minister questioning the sanctioning of mining in forests.

Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has raised questions over the approval of iron-ore and mining projects in the Saranda forest in the East Indian state of Jharkhand, by the apex Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. (...)"

"The advisor of the commissioner in the right to food case, Clifton D'Rozario, has submitted a detailed report to the central government on malnutrition deaths in Attapadi and recommended urgent welfare measures to support the tribal community.The report states the state government must constitute a special land tribunal to redress the grievances related to land alienations within one year.(...)"

"(...) 35 Ekta Parishad activists out of the state comittees from seven states gathered, including Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Bihar, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Kerala. (...)"

“The distress of adivasis can be used by people who believe that they can bring about change through violence. The distress of the adivasis needs to be addressed so that people who believe in violence cannot move in. You can isolate them (Maoists) only by solving the problems of advisasis and by protecting their life and the culture,” says land activist PV Rajagopal.