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We will continually update this page with the latest information about the situation in Kandhamal district, Orissa. When new articles are posted to the aicc website about Orissa, we will also link to them from this page. Below you'll see past press statements, updates, as well as stories from the mainstream India press. If you find a broken website link, please Contact Us.

AICC STORIES

July 11, 2008, Kandhamal Situation Report on Tumudibandh Incident,
http://indianchristians.in/news/content/view/2230/45/

June 4, 2008, Update on Orissa recovery, http://indianchristians.in/news/content/view/2130/45/

April 8, 2008, Christian Council takes relief work in Orissa, http://indianchristians.in/news/content/view/2040/47/

March 31, 2008, Some successes and continuing challenges in Orissa recovery, http://indianchristians.in/news/content/view/2011/45/

March 6, 2008, Latest news from Orissa recovery, http://indianchristians.in/news/content/view/1956/45/

Feb. 21, 2008, aicc summary of Orissa recovery, http://indianchristians.in/news/content/view/1935/45/

AICC PRESS STATEMENTS

Jan. 10, 2008, Speakers at Historic Rally Demand Orissa Government Tell Truth about Christmas Attacks on Christians, http://indianchristians.in/news/content/view/1839/42/

Jan. 8, 2008, Fact Finding Reports Released on Unprecedented Orissa Tragedy, http://indianchristians.in/news/content/view/1829/42/

Jan. 3, 2008, Sporadic Violence against Christians Continues in Orissa, http://indianchristians.in/news/content/view/1812/42/

Jan. 2, 2008, Chennai Leaders Express Solidarity with Fresh Victims of Anti-Christian Attacks in Orissa, http://indianchristians.in/news/content/view/1806/42/

Dec. 31, 2007, Suffering of Orissa's Christians Presented to National Human Rights Commission of India, http://indianchristians.in/news/content/view/1799/42/

Dec. 30, 2007, Fact Finding Teams Tell of Unprecedented Anti-Christian Violence in Orissa, http://indianchristians.in/news/content/view/1794/42/

Dec. 29, 2007, Indian Christians appeal to Vice President of India to stop continuing attacks on Orissa Christians, http://indianchristians.in/news/content/view/1793/42/

Dec. 27, 2007, Indian Christians unite with Civil Society and demand end of Orissa violence against rural Christians, http://indianchristians.in/news/content/view/1789/42/

Dec. 26, 2007, Hindutva Fundamentalist Attacks on Christians in Orissa turns Christmas Eve black, http://indianchristians.in/news/content/view/1795/42/

AICC DOCUMENTS & PHOTOS

Orissa 2007 Attacks Picture Gallery, http://indianchristians.in/news/content/view/1825/123/

Fact Finding Report by aicc Orissa Chapter, http://indianchristians.in/news/content/view/1826/45/

Aicc Secretary-General white paper, http://groups.google.com/group/JohnDayal/browse_thread/thread/17aef1aebe4f1e70

Memo to National Human Rights Commission, http://indianchristians.in/news/content/view/1798/45/

Memo to the Vice President of India, http://indianchristians.in/news/content/view/1792/47/

SELECTED PRESS STATEMENTS BY OTHER GROUPS

Jan. 3, 2008, All India Muslim Majis-e-Mushawarat, "AIMMM Statement on the on-going anti-Christian violence in Orissa", http://www.mushawarat.com/news.asp?id=500

Dec. 31, 2007, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, "CSW calls for justice for victims of violence in Orissa State, India", http://dynamic.csw.org.uk/article.asp?t=press&id=685

Dec. 29, 2007, Human Rights Watch, "India: Stop Hindu-Christian Violence in Orissa", http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/12/28/india17668.htm

Dec. 26, 2007, All India Confederation of SC/ST Organisations, "Killing of Christians and Burning of Churches Condemned", http://www.scstconfederation.org/Press%20Releases/KILLING%20OF%20CHRISTIANS%20AND%20BURNING%20OF%20CHURCHES%20CONDEMNED.htm

SELECTED DOCUMENTS BY OTHER GROUPS

National Commission for Minorities report, http://indianchristians.in/news/content/view/1875/45/

National Commission for Minorities second report, http://indianchristians.in/news/content/view/2094/45/

Memo to Orissa Judicial Commission of Inquiry, by Dr. Angana Chatterji, Associate Professor of Social & Cultural Anthropology, California Institute of Integral Studies, USA, http://indianchristians.in/news/content/view/2133/45/

National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights report, "Fact Finding Mission on the Violence against Dalit and Adivais Kundahamal District", http://groups.google.com/group/wnta/msg/4002dc822352d0ac 

Christian Solidarity Worldwide (UK) report, "Communal violence in Kandhamal District, Orissa: India", http://dynamic.csw.org.uk/article.asp?t=report&id=72&rnd=0.6097376

NRI-SAHI (Non-resident Indians for a Secular and Harmonious India) report, "A community under siege: Christians in Orissa", http://indianchristians.in/news/content/view/1921/45/

SELECTED HISTORICAL & BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS BY OTHER GROUPS

Indian People's Tribunal on Environment and Human Rights report, "Communalism in Orissa”, Sept. 2006, http://www.iptindia.org/pdf/orissa.pdf (298 Kb)

South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre analysis, "Report of the Justice D.P. Wadhwa Commission of Inquiry: Judicial Commission or Injudicious Cover up?", Aug. 1999, http://www.hrdc.net/sahrdc/resources/wadhwa.htm

IMPORTANT NEWS STORIES FROM INDIA'S PRESS

"Next Stop Orissa", Tehelka Magazine, by S. Anand, Vol 5, Issue 2, Jan. 19, 2008, http://tehelka.com/story_main37.asp?filename=Ne190108next_stop.asp

"Orissa Violence: In the name of God", NDTV 24x7 Special, Jan. 9, 2008, 20 minutes, http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/videopod/default.aspx?id=22040

"Kandhamal: The burning issue", NDTV, by Sampad Mahapatra, Jan. 7, 2008
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080037891&ch=1/7/2008%209:19:00%20AM

"Fresh violence in Kandhamal, Patil promises compensation", Press Trust Of India (as seen in Indian Express), Jan. 2, 2008, http://www.indianexpress.com/story/257086.html

"Black Christmas", Frontline magazine, by Prafulla Das, Vol. 25 - Issue 01 Jan. 5-18, 2008, http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2501/stories/20080118509611400.htm

"Caste, tribe, conversion make Orissa district volatile", CNN-IBN, by Jajati Karan, Dec. 30, 2007, http://www.ibnlive.com/news/caste-tribe-conversion-make-orissa-district-volatile/55272-3.html

IMPORTANT OPINION ARTICLES

"State of Terror", The Asian Age, by Seema Mustafa, Jan. 19, 2008, http://indianchristians.in/news/content/view/1872/45/

"A Dangerous Mix", The Hindustan Times, by Soumyajit Pattnaik,  Jan.17, 2008, http://indianchristians.in/news/content/view/1858/45/

"Speaking Out: India's Burning Issue", Christianity Today, by Joseph D’souza, aicc President, Jan. 10, 2008, http://www.ctlibrary.com/52631

"Vandals in Orissa", The Asian Age (also ran in The Deccan Chronicle), by Angana Chatterji, Jan. 7, 2008, http://indianchristians.in/news/content/view/1819/45/

"Orissa: Anti Christian Violence", Countercurrents.org, by Ram Puniyani, Jan. 2, 2008, http://www.countercurrents.org/puniyani020108.htm