UK MPs call for end to Andaman ‘human safaris’
UK MPs call for end to Andaman ‘human safaris’
The ‘human safaris’ scandal in the Andaman Islands has reached the UK Parliament, with MPs tabling a motion calling on India to close the illegal road that cuts through the Jarawa tribe’s reserve.
Presented to the House of Commons by Liberal Democrat MP Andrew George, it calls for an end to recently contacted Jarawa being treated like attractions in a “human safari park”.
Read more at: http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/16241
We thank Muna Killingback for bring this article to our attention.
Muna Killingback, Academic Program Coordinator
Center for Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disasters (CRSCAD)
John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies
University of Massachusetts, Boston