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Evictions and Land Confiscation in Singur, Hooghly District, West Bengal |
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| Type of violation |
Forced eviction Dispossession/confiscation |
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| Date | 02 December 2006 | ||||||||
| Region | A [ Asia ] | ||||||||
| Country | India | ||||||||
| Location | Singur1 | ||||||||
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| Proposed solution | The request the national and local government to ensure that the Government of India respects the Sinpur peasants’ land rights and provides adequate rehabilitation programmes to the affected people. | ||||||||
| Details |
AHRC-WestBengal1206.pdf AHRC-WestBengal2.pdf |
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| Costs | € 0 | ||||||||
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