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October 05, 2008

KHAIRLANJI DEATH SENTENCES ARE NOTHING TO CELEBRATE

In this commentary S. Anand, publisher of Navayana books, sets the long-awaited verdict against those accused of taking part in the Khairlanji massacre (see anti-caste: KHAIRLANJI MASSACRE (September 29, 2006)) in perspective, and abhors the use of the death penalty—of which untouchables are disproportionate victims—even to punish a crime as inhuman as this one.

Understanding the Khairlanji Verdict by S. Anand (The Hindu, October 5, 2008)

"The Khairlanji Verdict, in which six persons were awarded the death penalty for the massacre of dalits, is anything but historic. In treating the massacre as a purely criminal act, it actually masks caste realities."

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