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Barbara WellsMartin Macwan Martin Macwan Indian human rights activist (born 1959) Martin Macwan (born c. 1959[1]) is a Dalit human rights activist in Gujarat, India. Life and career He is one of 11 children.[2] As a student, he watched assaults and killings of fellow Dalits, which motivated him to become an activist for Dalit rights.[1] He barely escaped death in 1986 when colleagues were murdered during a land rights campaign.[3] Since suffering this tragedy, Macwan has fought to bring the killers, a group of feudal Darbars, to justice.[4] He founded the Navsarjan Trust in 1989 to promote the rights of Dalits, addressing issues of land rights, minimum wages, and women’s rights.[2] He served as the organization's director until 2004, and he… (Source: Wikipedia)
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