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HRD Attack

14 Jan 2022

Debendra Swain - Anti-POSCO Movement

Incident date
14 Jan 2022
Date accuracy
All Correct
Debendra Swain
Male
Anti-POSCO Movement
Human rights group
Arbitrary detention
Target: Individual
Location of Incident: India
JSW Steel India Metals & steel Company Response
Other actors

Sources

Debendra Swain is an elected member to a panchayati raj institution in Odisha, India. He is a prominent anti-displacement activist and leader of the Anti-POSCO Movement. On 14 January 2022, Debendra Swain and human rights defenders Narendra Mohanty and Muralidhar Sahoo, were arrested by police officers because of their support for the peaceful protest by the local community against the land acquisition by the district administration for Jindal Steel Work Utkal Limited, and the forcible destruction of community betel vine plantations. Police reportedly violently repressed the protest, injuring many including women and children, and arrested over 500 villagers from the protest site, including Nimai Mallick, Manguli Kandi and Trinath Mallick.

Police in Odisha had also filed a criminal case against Debendra Swain on December 4, 2021, because of his leadership role in the protests.

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