Just Learn How they BEHAVED with Aborigine Indigenous Mulnivasi Bahujan as Human safaris exploit Jarawas with cops' aid
A shocking video of the endangered Andaman tribal people, including their women folks who live uncovered waist up, dancing to entertain tourists published by the British newspapers The Observer and The Guardian has created a controversy with the authorities in the archipelago coming under attack from all quarters now.
Brahamin Bania Raj Upgraded to Corporate Zionist LPG Mafia Rule never did implement Fifth and sixth Schedule since the infamous Powe Trasfer and killed the Constitutional safeguards ensured by DR BR Ambedkar. Most of the Aborigine Mulnivasi Adivasi Humanscape is under Afpsa and monopolistic Aggression all on the e name of development and national integrity. The Tribal people are cut off from the mainstream lifeline of the nation and are rather subjected to continuous holocaust. we have been exposing the conspiracy from the forums of Mulnivasi Bamcef, Bharat Mukti Morcha, Rashtriya Mulnivasi Sangh and Adivasi Ekta Parishad. The Two Day National convention of the Parishad is scheduled to be held in Megh Nagar, Jhabua in MP which is a follow up of the Gulbarga Vasavanna Nagar Anubhav Mandap Mulnivasi Bamcef Convention. It is hightime that all Mulnivasi bahujan specifically SC,OBC and Minorities, Non Brahamin and Non Aryan Communities should stand united rock solid in resistance aignst the Persecution and ethnic cleansing of ST Communities. How Grave is the situation, it is megnified by the Andaman incident.The Jarawa tribe have lived in peace in the Andaman Islands for thousands of years. Now tour companies run safaris through their jungle every day and wealthy tourists pay police to make the women - usually naked - dance for their amusement. This footage, filmed by a tourist, shows Jarawa women being told to dance by an off-camera police officer.
According to sources, the 'human safari' is being overseen by the police. "I've read the report in the newspapers, what I saw in the clips was disgusting. I've asked for a report and will certainly take action on it," said V Kishore Chandra S Deo, Tribal Affairs Minister. Meanwhile,Airtel, one of country's leading private telecom operator, is going to connect Hutbay, the southernmost Islands of Andaman Group of Islands by April. The Ministry of Home Affairs has asked for a status report on the Andaman tribals after a video of the Jarawa tribe allegedly being forced to dance surfaced. However, the Andaman police has downplayed the video, calling it an 'old one' and blamed the British journalist of forcing the Jarawas to dance for the tourists.
The controversies surround the tourist video of the Jarawas who are a little over 400 in number living in South Andamans. The Union Home Ministry has reportedly asked for report from the local authorities following the report while Andaman police said it was shot in 2002 perhaps and not a new one. The report by British journalist Gethin Chamberlain says a policeman commanded the tribal women to dance before the tourists who captured it on camera.
"The role of the police is to protect tribespeople from unwelcome and intrusive outsiders. But on this occasion the officer had accepted a £200 bribe to get the girls to perform. 'I gave you food,'he reminded them at the start of the video," the report posted on the Guardian website read, adding that the tourists throw bananas and other food at the tribal people as if they are animals in a safari park. "What do you mean by Jarawa women made to dance naked? They are naked. They live naked. This video may be ten years old now being brought out for someone's purposes," said S B Deol, Director General of Police, Anadamans.
According to Survival International, the ancestors of the Jarawa and the other tribes of the Andaman Islands are thought to have been part of the first successful human migrations out of Africa. It says the Jarawas hunt pig and monitor lizard, fish with bows and arrows, and gather seeds, berries and honey. They are nomadic, living in bands of 40-50 people. In 1998, some Jarawa started coming out of their forest to visit nearby towns and settlements for the first time. According to Survival International, the principal threat to the Jarawa's existence comes from encroachment onto their land, which was sparked by the building of a highway through their forest in the 1970s. "The road brings settlers, poachers and loggers into the heart of their land. This encroachment risks exposing the Jarawa to diseases to which they have no immunity, and creating a dependency on outsiders. Poachers steal the game the Jarawa rely on, and there are reports of sexual exploitation of Jarawa women," it said. "Tourism is also a threat to the Jarawa, with tour operators driving tourists along the road through the reserve every day in the hope of 'spotting' members of the tribe. Despite prohibitions, tourists often stop to make contact with the Jarawa," it said.Andaman DGP SB Deol said that the video that has been released by 'The Observer' is a 10-year old video of the year 2002. He also said that whoever shot the video violated the rules and will have to face action. "It is obvious that it is the videographer who is breaking the law of the land and who is inciting the tribals to dance," the Andaman DGP said in a statement.He refuted the allegations that the police took bribe to take the tourists to the Jarawa reserve. The DGP also claimed that at the time when the video was recorded, most of the Jarawas did not wear clothes. However, 'The Observer', the British newspaper that carried the report claims the video was not old. 'The Observer' journalist Gethin Chambarlain added, "Bribing the cops costs Rs 15,000 to the tourists. Six months back, a police officer was disciplined for doing so." The journalist also refused to divulge when it was shot, but said it was not old. Tribal Affairs Minister V Kishore Chandra S Deo asked for a report on the issue. "I've read the report in the newspapers, what I saw in the clips was disgusting. I've asked for a report and will certainly take action on it." 'The Observer' report says that the Jarawa tribes in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are being lured with food to dance for tourists, according to a report. The report says that what's being called a 'human safari' is conducted under the supervision of the policemen. 'The Observer' also released a video, which shows the tribals being forced to dance, allegedly after a bribe was paid to a policeman. Such safaris brazenly flout laws that prohibit close contact with the rare tribals and photographing them. There are just 403 surviving members of the Jarawa tribe who live in reserve forests on south Andaman. The Supreme Court had ordered that the Andaman Trunk Road be closed down in 2002. But in 2004, the Jarawa policy had recommended that the road should be open, but have limited traffic. The issue remained unsolved after that.
The Jarawas are one of the indigenous people of the Andaman Islands and in 1998 they started to venture out of the jungles. In 2007, the government created a buffer zone to protect the Jarawas from outside contact and exploitation. The Jarawas are said to be descendants of some of the first humans to move out of Africa.
January 9, 2012 Police involvement in 'human safaris' exposed in the Andaman Islands British newspaper The Observer has revealed evidence of police involvement in 'human safaris' in India's Andaman Islands. The scandal, first exposed by Survival International in 2010, involves tourists using an illegal road to enter the reserve of the Jarawa tribe. Tour companies and cab drivers 'attract' the Jarawa with biscuits and sweets. The Observer has obtained a video showing a group of Jarawa women being ordered to dance for tourists by a policeman, who had reportedly accepted a £200 bribe to take them into the reserve. One tourist has previously described a similar trip: 'The journey through tribal reserve was like a safari ride as we were going amidst dense tropical rainforest and looking for wild animals, Jarawa tribals to be specific'.
In recent weeks the Islands' administration has again ruled out closing the road, known as theAndaman Trunk Road – but revealed for the first time that it plans to open an alternative route by sea to bypass most of the Jarawa reserve. Survival International has called for tourists to boycott the road, which the Supreme Court ordered closed in 2002. Working with a local organization, SEARCH, Survival has distributed leaflets to tourists arriving at the Islands' airport warning of the dangers of using the road. Survival International's Director Stephen Corry said today, 'This story reeks of colonialism and the disgusting and degrading 'human zoos' of the past. Quite clearly, some people's attitudes towards tribal peoples haven't moved on a jot. The Jarawa are not circus ponies bound to dance at anyone's bidding.'
| Andaman Islanders 'forced to dance' for tourists - video | The Jarawa tribe have lived in peace in the Andaman Islands for thousands of years. Now tour companies run safaris through their jungle every day and wealthy tourists pay police to make the women - usually naked - dance for their amusement. This footage, filmed by a tourist, shows Jarawa women being told to dance by an off-camera police officer. Coming as a shocker from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, members of Jarawa tribes are being lured with food to dance for tourists, said a report.it is OMore dangerous than any Natural Disaster as Tsunami. As a earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale was reported from the Nicobar Islands at 12.57 pm on Friday, Jun 3, said an official, India Meteorological Department. "It was of moderate intensity, and initially there are no reports of any damage or casualty," the official said. "There were no after shocks," said an official, Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services, Hyderabad. A video was released by 'The Observer' which shows the tribals being forced to dance after the police was paid a bribe. |
The controversies surround the tourist video of the Jarawas who are a little over 400 in number living in South Andamans. The Union Home Ministry has reportedly asked for report from the local authorities following the report while Andaman police said it was shot in 2002 perhaps and not a new one. The report by British journalist Gethin Chamberlain says a policeman commanded the tribal women to dance before the tourists who captured it on camera.
"The role of the police is to protect tribespeople from unwelcome and intrusive outsiders. But on this occasion the officer had accepted a £200 bribe to get the girls to perform. 'I gave you food,'he reminded them at the start of the video," the report posted on the Guardian website read, adding that the tourists throw bananas and other food at the tribal people as if they are animals in a safari park. "What do you mean by Jarawa women made to dance naked? They are naked. They live naked. This video may be ten years old now being brought out for someone's purposes," said S B Deol, Director General of Police, Anadamans.
According to Survival International, the ancestors of the Jarawa and the other tribes of the Andaman Islands are thought to have been part of the first successful human migrations out of Africa. It says the Jarawas hunt pig and monitor lizard, fish with bows and arrows, and gather seeds, berries and honey. They are nomadic, living in bands of 40-50 people. In 1998, some Jarawa started coming out of their forest to visit nearby towns and settlements for the first time. According to Survival International, the principal threat to the Jarawa's existence comes from encroachment onto their land, which was sparked by the building of a highway through their forest in the 1970s. "The road brings settlers, poachers and loggers into the heart of their land. This encroachment risks exposing the Jarawa to diseases to which they have no immunity, and creating a dependency on outsiders. Poachers steal the game the Jarawa rely on, and there are reports of sexual exploitation of Jarawa women," it said. "Tourism is also a threat to the Jarawa, with tour operators driving tourists along the road through the reserve every day in the hope of 'spotting' members of the tribe. Despite prohibitions, tourists often stop to make contact with the Jarawa," it said.Andaman DGP SB Deol said that the video that has been released by 'The Observer' is a 10-year old video of the year 2002. He also said that whoever shot the video violated the rules and will have to face action. "It is obvious that it is the videographer who is breaking the law of the land and who is inciting the tribals to dance," the Andaman DGP said in a statement.He refuted the allegations that the police took bribe to take the tourists to the Jarawa reserve. The DGP also claimed that at the time when the video was recorded, most of the Jarawas did not wear clothes. However, 'The Observer', the British newspaper that carried the report claims the video was not old. 'The Observer' journalist Gethin Chambarlain added, "Bribing the cops costs Rs 15,000 to the tourists. Six months back, a police officer was disciplined for doing so." The journalist also refused to divulge when it was shot, but said it was not old. Tribal Affairs Minister V Kishore Chandra S Deo asked for a report on the issue. "I've read the report in the newspapers, what I saw in the clips was disgusting. I've asked for a report and will certainly take action on it." 'The Observer' report says that the Jarawa tribes in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are being lured with food to dance for tourists, according to a report. The report says that what's being called a 'human safari' is conducted under the supervision of the policemen. 'The Observer' also released a video, which shows the tribals being forced to dance, allegedly after a bribe was paid to a policeman. Such safaris brazenly flout laws that prohibit close contact with the rare tribals and photographing them. There are just 403 surviving members of the Jarawa tribe who live in reserve forests on south Andaman. The Supreme Court had ordered that the Andaman Trunk Road be closed down in 2002. But in 2004, the Jarawa policy had recommended that the road should be open, but have limited traffic. The issue remained unsolved after that.
The Jarawas are one of the indigenous people of the Andaman Islands and in 1998 they started to venture out of the jungles. In 2007, the government created a buffer zone to protect the Jarawas from outside contact and exploitation. The Jarawas are said to be descendants of some of the first humans to move out of Africa.
| Andaman Islands: Police involvement in human safaris exposed Tuesday, 10 January 2012, 5:05 pm Press Release: Survival International |
January 9, 2012 Police involvement in 'human safaris' exposed in the Andaman Islands British newspaper The Observer has revealed evidence of police involvement in 'human safaris' in India's Andaman Islands. The scandal, first exposed by Survival International in 2010, involves tourists using an illegal road to enter the reserve of the Jarawa tribe. Tour companies and cab drivers 'attract' the Jarawa with biscuits and sweets. The Observer has obtained a video showing a group of Jarawa women being ordered to dance for tourists by a policeman, who had reportedly accepted a £200 bribe to take them into the reserve. One tourist has previously described a similar trip: 'The journey through tribal reserve was like a safari ride as we were going amidst dense tropical rainforest and looking for wild animals, Jarawa tribals to be specific'.
In recent weeks the Islands' administration has again ruled out closing the road, known as theAndaman Trunk Road – but revealed for the first time that it plans to open an alternative route by sea to bypass most of the Jarawa reserve. Survival International has called for tourists to boycott the road, which the Supreme Court ordered closed in 2002. Working with a local organization, SEARCH, Survival has distributed leaflets to tourists arriving at the Islands' airport warning of the dangers of using the road. Survival International's Director Stephen Corry said today, 'This story reeks of colonialism and the disgusting and degrading 'human zoos' of the past. Quite clearly, some people's attitudes towards tribal peoples haven't moved on a jot. The Jarawa are not circus ponies bound to dance at anyone's bidding.'
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