Jesuit lawyer Father Santhanam Arokiasamy on May 16 proposed a three-fold legal assistance to the victims of the recent violence in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur.
Father Arokiasamy, who is the convener of the National Lawyers Forum of Priests and Religious (NLFRP), made the proposals in a letter addressed to the chief justice of India and the chairman of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA).
India’s poor deserve better than this
Concerns are being raised about whether the needs of poor and marginalized communities in India are receiving enough attention in current government policies. Observers say
