Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Life and Death: Defending Land Rights in India a Dangerous Job

(Version anglaise seulement)

Bhupendra Vira, an activist who tried to expose political links to illegal land dealings in Mumbai, was watching television at his suburban home one evening in October when he was shot dead. Vira, 61, had sought information under India's Right to Information Act on encroachments of public land and illegal land dealings in a city that has among the world's priciest real estate. The arrest of a former civic official and his son in connection with the killing shocked the city. A...

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