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Religions > Atheism |
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"maff" |
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22 Jan 2005 10:19:56 AM |
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OT: Caste |
'Untouchable' caste find themselves deprived of tsunami aid
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/story.jsp?story=603453
By Justin Huggler in Delhi
22 January 2005
International aid agencies in India have been horrified to find, even
amid the suffering caused by the tsunami, some survivors being refused
access to basic relief because they are considered "Untouchables".
Accounts have emerged of members of the former Untouchable castes not
being allowed to drink clean water from a tank provided by Unicef
because other castes believed it would pollute the water in the tank.
Dalits, as the former Untouchables are known today, have been thrown
out of government relief camps by the other survivors staying there.
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Justin Huggler
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India
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