AASAA Members represent UN Human Rights, Geneva

The AllAdivasi Students Association of Assam(AASAA) central vice president Mr Raphael kujur and chief organising secretary Mr Bosco Chermako represented AASAA in united Nations working group on Indigenous populations held from 18th july 2005 to 22nd july 2005 at the office of the UN high commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, switzerland.

There were nearly 300 participants from free prescription drugs without prescription cialis pills the 103 countries. Mr Raphael Kujur gave the statement of AASAA organisation signed by Kujur and Chermako on 20th july 2005 where representatives of observer states and UN specialised agencies were present.

In his statment he draw the attention of United Nations for Indigenous Adivasis of Assam who were treated as lesser citizens by not granting the scheduling in schedule Tribe (ST) list though their counterparts in other states enjoy the benefites of being Scheduled. The Government has violated our human rights by giving us with insulting names such as Tea Tribe, labour, mazdoor etc and reccommending the same Tea Community name which the Indigenous people does not accept it.

Moreover in the Tea Industry the workers treated as slaves as suppression and oppression still continue with no basic facilities to the workers. More than 1000 workers die every year due to unhygienic living condition in the the labour quarters still the government and Tea management has no concern.employ of child labour with minimum of daily wages, supply of malnutrited rations, no drinking water facilities , no educational facilities to the children are gross violiations to human rights of the Tea Garden people.

In his statement he also welcomed and thanked the Government for the inclusion of two Indigenous languages namely Santali and Bodo in the 8th constitution of India and urged to include other indigenous languages like Kurukh(oraon), Mundari,Kharia, Ho etc in the 8th schedule of the constitution of India.