Friday, July 21, 2006

In Solidarity With The Kamaiya Movement




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The April Revolution might not have earned equality yet for all Nepalis, but it sure has earned them the right to peacefully protest. I find it fundamentally offensive that the protesting Kamaiyas are getting arrested and beaten up. This has to come to a complete stop, or some people in power are going to have to start to resign.

We should encourage the protests as much as possible. It is very hard for the oppressed to get organized. So when they do organize, that has to be seen as good news. We want more and more of them to get organized, and peacefully protest. That is an exhibition of political consciousness. We should be glad for it.

That is the first step.

The second step is that their grievances have to be heard.

Why Were The Women Beat Up? (June 19, 2006)

On The Web

The Kamaiya Movement in Nepal
MS Nepal - Development Through Partnership
MS Nepal - Development Through Partnership
Anti-Slavery - Dilli Chaudhary's Award acceptance speech
Anti-Slavery - Submissions 2000 - Kamaiya Movement
HURIGHTS OSAKA - A Fight against Kamaiya System: an Experience Review
Player Bio: Kamaiya Warren :: Women's Track
eKantipur.com - Nepal's No.1 News Portal
[PDF] Kamaiya Family Freed from Bondage and Given New Life
DirectAthletics | Kamaiya Warren
Nepal :: Kamaiya Labor (Prohibition) Act, 2002
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Impacts of Intervention on Kamaiya - PREFACE
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MS Nepal - Example of Kamaiya Child Labor
MS Nepal - Kamaiya women, doubly disadvantaged
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[PDF] 1 THE KAMAIYA SYSTEM OF BONDED LABOUR IN NEPAL INTRODUCTION The ...
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Martin Chautari
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Kamaiya census - Nepali Times
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Shapla Neer - Project in Nepal
Freed Kamaiyas
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In The News

Over 150 former Kamaiyas arrested Nepalnews.com, Nepal
Nepal Bonded Laborers Continue Fight for Land, Rehabilitation Nepal human Rights News
Over 100 former kamaiyas arrested Nepalnews.com
Chaudhary calls for political settlement for ex-Kamaiyas Gorkhapatra, Nepal
UML Asks Govt To Help Freed Kamaiyas Himalayan Times, Nepal
Freed Nepali Laborers Protest OhmyNews International, South Korea
Kamala Sarup: Bonded labourers Continue to Die Scoop.co.nz (press release), New Zealand
Deuba felicitates all freed Kamaiyas Gorkhapatra, Nepal
Ex-Kamaiyas Awaiting Rehabilitation Himalayan Times, Nepal
Former `kamaiyas' freed, continue sit-in protests Nepalnews.com, Nepal
Freed Kamaiyas Ask Govt To Meet Pledges Himalayan Times, Nepal
Nepal's 'Abe Lincoln' arrested for championing freed 'slaves Telugu Portal, India
Protesting workers held in Nepal BBC News, UK

Press Statement by SDN in connection with the Freed Kamaiya Peaceful Movement-2006

I would like to release a press statement on the behalf of SDN in connection with the Freed Kamaiya movement-2006 has been progress in Nepal especially western Nepal. SDN is a NGOs network working in the western Nepal for sustainable development. This Network (SDN) has fully supported to the Kamaiya Movement and has appealed to the government of Nepal to solve the problem and don't arrest the people of kamaiya movement.

As we already know that, the Government of Nepal has declared Freed Kamaiya (Freed bounded labor) on all the bonded labor since July 2000, but still now, there are no any more specific positive intervention with appropriate activities have made for the Freed Kamaiya of Western Nepal. Still more than 90 percentage Freed Kamaiyas are under threat of living with disease, nutrition, shelter and human basic need because of poverty. They have no nominal food and shelter facilities to livelihood. Any kinds of support have been been provided by the Government of Nepal although they have declared bounded labour freed for seven years.

To solve these kinds of problems, freed kamaiyas from western Nepal has started a symbolic Agitation by the name of Kamaiya Movement. They have stared this kind of agitation from the 17th July (seventh anniversary day of Freed Kamaiya declaration); a huge number of Freed Kamaiya from western Nepal, have been organizing march pass and strict related activities in Dang, Banke, Bardia, Kailali and Kanchanpur. In connection with this, a symbolic peaceful agitation for Rehabilitation of Freed Kamaiya has been progress in Kathmandu with the leadership of the founder leader of Kamaiya movement and President of this SDN Mr. Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary.

We deeply sorry to hear about the Democratic Government stand on the peaceful Kamaiyas Movement, and our president Mr. D. B. Chaudhary with various social activists have been arrested in Kathmandu and more than dozen of Freed Kamaiya have been injured, among them two women are under serious condition.

I on the behalf od SDN would again like to draw attention of government of Nepal to solve the Kamaiyas' Problems and the demand of the movement. Similarly I would like to request all the human rights and social activists to support in this matter.

Again, I on the behalf of SDN would like to draw attention all of you, well wisher of the social movement and SDN, for your kind information and necessary support in the agitation.

With Best Regards

Damodar Sharma

Email: dmdr_sharma@yahoo.com

General Secretary, SDN

20th July 2006

Nepalgunj, Nepal


Dear All, Greetings! Update Kamaiya (bonded labor) Movement in Nepal

BASE is leading Kamaiya movement in Nepal start July 18, 2006, Kamaiya start movement in 5 western districts(Dang, Banke, Bardia, Kailali and Kanchanpur) demanding their rehabilitations, Kamaiya identification and implementation law and abolish kamaiya syster. Kamaiya are demostrating rallies in front of Land reform offices in those districts. Large number of Kamaiya are arrested bye police and some are injured in those Districts One group Kamaiya and their support are demostrating rally in from of parliament building in Kathmandu Nepal. From the rally BASE president Dilli Bahadur Chaudhari including Kamaiya arrested yesterday and they were released in the evening. Around 20 kamiaya are injured. Government representative gave word they will make dicision by Sunday and Kamaiya are waiting government decesion. After Sunday the movement and demostration might increase. If you need any more information regarding the matter please contact me.
Mahabir Chaudhari
Board Committee Member
Backward Society Education (BASE-Nepal)
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