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We can take our cue from the organisations of Dalits and Burakumin, publicise their situation, support their actions and advocate with our own national governments to take a stand in international fora, most urgently at the WCAR, to end caste discrimination. See?lt;/u>Appendix 5: Final declaration of the Global Conference Against Racism and Caste-based Discrimination: Occupation and descent-based Discrimination Against Dalits, 1-4 March, 2001, New Delhi, India. ?Celebrate INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DALIT SOLIDARITY on 14 April, the birthday of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, a renowned Dalit Leader who worked tirelessly for the liberation of Dalits. ?Visit also the web-site of the Asian Human Rights Commission?lt;/b>www.ahrchk.net for more information and campaign materials on (caste- based) discrimination. You can download ?a series of posters on Dalits discrimination
?a postcard series on various forms of discrimination
?information about the World Conference on Racism ?Contact: the Dalit and Buraku organisations for more information and suggestions for action: National Campaign on Dalit Rights:
Second Floor, 1-8-142/B,
3rd Cross, Penderghast Road,
Secuderabad - 500 003, India, Tel. 040-7812719; Fax. 040-7812672
Email: info@dalits.org Website: www.dalits.org Buraku Liberation League (BLL)
3-5-11 Roppongi, Minato-ku,
Tokyo, Japan 106-0032
Tel. 81-3-3586-7007 Fax. 81-3-3585-8966
Email: honbu@bll.gr.jp
Website: www.bll.gr.jp/ Buraku Liberation and Human Rights Research Institute (BLHRRI)
1-6-12, Kuboyoshi, Naniwa-ku,
Osaka City, Japan 556-0028
Tel. 81-6-6568-0905 Fax. 81-6-6568-0714
Email: webmaster@blhrri.org
Website: www.blhrri.org * BLHRRI publishes a bi-monthly English newsletter "Buraku Liberation News", available on their English website. ?Obtain and show the video : "Lesser Humans" depicting the life of Dalits, mostly women, who are condemned to work at cleaning faeces from dry toilets, carrying the waste in a container on their heads and unblocking sewers in the city, while being fully submerged under the sewerage. (See Appendix 1c. for full description) Order the video from:
Drishti Media Collective
387-C Devang Bungalows
Nr. Goyal Palace
Bodakdev
Ahmedabad 380 054
Tel. 079-6851235 / 6851437
Email: drishti@vsnl.com
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