India: Protect Education in Naxalite Conflict

by via HRW

Wed, Dec 9, 2009 7:03AM

(Ranchi) - The ongoing conflict between Maoist insurgents and government forces is disrupting the education of tens of thousands of India's most marginalized children, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today.

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The 103-page report, "Sabotaged Schooling: Naxalite Attacks and Police Occupation of Schools in India's Bihar and Jharkhand States," details how the Maoists - known as Naxalites - a longstanding, pan-Indian armed militant movement, are targeting and blowing up state-run schools. At the same time, police and paramilitary forces are disrupting education for long periods by occupying schools as part of anti-Naxalite operations. The report is based on visits to 22 schools in Bihar and Jharkhand, and interviews with over 130 people, including 48 children, as well as with parents, educators, police, and local officials.

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