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'''Gladson Dungdung''' (born 2 May 1980) is a [[human rights]] [[Human rights activists|activist]] researcher, writer, motivator and public speaker based in [[Ranchi]], India. He is founder of the Adivasis Publications, Adivasis Hunkar and Jharkhand Human Rights Movement.

He comes from the [[Kharia people|Kharia]] [[Adivasi]] community in [[Jharkhand]] (India). His family was displaced for an irrigation project built at [[Chhindwara|Chhinda]] River in [[Simdega]] district of Jharkhand in 1980. His parents were brutally killed in June 1990 while they were going to attend the civil court, Simdega in a land related dispute of a family in the village. Consequently, he has had to undergo through a long struggle for survival. He was unable to get admission in the college for lack of Rs. 250. He worked as daily wage labourer, cycle mechanic and helper in tea shop.

He was one of the first [[authors]] published by [[Adivaani]] with the [[English language]] book "Whose Country is it Anyway?", launched in 2013 at the [[New Delhi World Book Fair]].<ref name="publisher">{{cite news |title=Voice of the santhals |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-12-31/kolkata/45739002_1_adivasi-tribal-children-santhali |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202195028/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-12-31/kolkata/45739002_1_adivasi-tribal-children-santhali |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 February 2014 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=31 December 2013}}</ref><ref name="voice">{{cite news |title=A new voice |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/a-new-voice/article5076553.ece|work=The Hindu|date=31 August 2013}}</ref><ref name="interview">{{cite AV media | date=6 February 2013 |title=Writer and the Politics: Gladson Dungdung |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty4wSQHJNYo| medium=video | publisher=Tehelka TV}}</ref>

He has spoken internationally on human rights issues, including police atrocities and gross violation of the rights of [[indigenous peoples]].
<ref name="Australian">{{cite news |title=India rocked again by rape case|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/india-rocked-again-by-rape-case/story-e6frg6so-1226808940289#|publisher=The Australian|date=24 January 2014}}</ref><ref name="passport">{{cite news |title=Human rights activist's passport seized |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2014-01-21/ranchi/46409989_1_passport-office-police-verification-passport-act|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202195032/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2014-01-21/ranchi/46409989_1_passport-office-police-verification-passport-act|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 February 2014|work=[[The Times of India]] |date=21 January 2014}}</ref>

==Issues with the government==
His [[Indian passport|passport]] was taken in January 2014, following "a sensitive report from state police" related to his travel to Germany and Thailand to speak about the gross human rights violation. He reported refusing to pay [[bribes]] during his passport application process.<ref name="passport"/><ref name="bribes">{{cite news |title=Jharkhand human rights activist Gladson Dungdung alleges harassment
|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/jharkhand-human-rights-activist-gladson-dungdung-alleges-harassment/article5578877.ece|work=The Hindu|date=15 January 2014}}</ref> In May 2016, he was also offloaded from a [[Delhi]]-[[London]] [[Air India]] flight, on his way to attend an international seminar highlighting the situation of Adivasis. On this occasion, he was branded an ‘anti-State and [[Maoism|Maoist]] sympathizer’, even though he has always impartially criticized both sides in the Maoist conflict, and believes that criticism of wrongdoings by State officials should be understood in a positive light, as part of an effort to bring about changes for the better.

In 2016, his bank account with the [[State Bank of India]] was blocked in alleged suspicious of his involvement in [[money laundering]]. In June 2017, two cases were filed against him for protesting against the amendment of Chotanagpur Tanacy Act 1908 and [[Santhal Pargana division|Santhal Pargana]] Tanacy Act 1949, falsely accusing him for instigating the Adivasis for protesting against the [[Jharkhand Government|Jharkhand government]].

==Books==
He is the author of more than two dozen books, which includes:

* Adivasis and Their Forest.
* Endless Cry in the Red Corridor.
* Mission Saranda: A War for Natural Resources in India.
* Whose country is it Anyway? – Untold Stories from India's Indigenous Peoples.
* Crossfire.
* Asuron Ki Pida.
* Adivasi aur Vanadhikar.
* Vikas Ke Kabargah.
* Jharkhand main Asmita Sangharsh.
* Ulgulan Ka Sauda.

He has edited two others: Nagri Ka Nagara and Jharkhand Human Rights Report, 2001-2011. He has also written more than 500 articles focused on human rights issues, Adivasi rights, displacement, politics and [[social change]] published in edited books, daily newspapers, magazines, journals and news web portals.

==Speeches==
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He has spoken in the international seminars and conferences held in

* [[The Hague|Hague]] (Netherlands),
* [[Paris]] (France),
* [[Geneva]] (Switzerland),
* [[Copenhagen]] (Denmark),
* [[Bonn]], [[Berlin]] and [[Bad Boll|Bad boll]] (Germany),
* [[University of Sussex]] (England),
* [[Chiang Mai]] (Thailand).

He served as an honorary member in the Assessment and Monitoring Authority under the [[Planning Commission (India)|Planning Commission of India]] ([[Government of India|Govt. of India]]) from May 2011 to April 2013, and was awarded the Samata Ratan Award, 2014, for his extraordinary work for the Adivasi communities of India.

==References==
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imported>Walter Görlitz at 22:43, 20 August 2021