On the 27th of January 2026, the Joint Committee to Stop Repression in India (JCSRI) and other organisations protested outside the Consulate General of India in Birmingham. These organisations did so in protest of the Indian state's genocidal "Operation Kagar" which, under the cover of fighting communism, has involved severe abuses and displacement of Adivasi/Tribal communities alongside repression of progressive activists across India. The mineral-rich and forested region of Bastar has been turned into one of the world's most militarised zones.
This was the first protest against Operation Kagar in Britain and coincided with protests at the European Parliament and the Indian Embassy in Brussels the same day and comes following the Indian Republic Day on the 26th. These protests in Birmingham and Brussels have been conducted to oppose EU-India Free Trade Agreement negotiations the same day as well as ongoing meetings of the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights. The call from protestors is that instead of enabling and supporting human rights abuses in India under Operation Kagar, global institution should condemn these. The UK-India Free Trade Agreement has been opposed by groups for similar reasons.
International resistance to Operation Kagar is not only needed but has been shown to work, with especially academic pressure helping to end "Operation Green-Hunt" in 2014. The JCSRI was founded with the explicit goal of furthering the mounting international pressure for the end of these operations. The struggle against Operation Kagar is deeply linked to the world struggle against militarism, with Adani Group being a major beneficiary of the displacement of Adivasi communities while also being deeply involved in the genocide in Palestine through owning Haifa Port and having arms manufacturing collaborations with Israel's Elbit Systems. It is in this context we only see our work growing as movements against militarism, imperialism and genocide only continue to flourish everywhere.
Long live the people's call for Jal, Jangal, Jameen. Long live the people's resistance to genocide, down with Imperialism, down with Operation Kagar!
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