Word: harijan
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that it will do much good for the country's 128 million other untouchables, or Harijans. Kuchchi's case only underscores how, despite special laws aimed at protecting them, the Harijans face despicably high levels of oppression. Last week a Harijan woman was reportedly burned to death after being gang raped by three men, again in Fatehpur. In 1989 more than 14,000 anti-Harijan atrocities, including 759 rapes and 479 murders, were registered. Countless others went unrecorded because victims fear the police, who are themselves frequently the perpetrators. Often cruelties against Harijans are considered just part of local custom...