Mr. Manas Ranjan Kar is a social leader and right to information activist. He has been supporting villagers in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur District, India, who have been protesting the land acquisition for the Jindal Steel Works Ltd (JSW) project. Ms. Sarita Bardhan is an advocate associated with Human Rights Law Network and a wellknown human rights defender in Odisha, India. Father Pradipta Satpathy and Ms. Kali Swain are active members of JSW Pratirodh Samiti, which is spearheading the movement against JSW Utkal’s proposed steel complex in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district. They have participated in numerous peaceful, democratic protests demanding scrapping of the project, and have also filed appeals regarding police repression and eviction in the project area in Odisha High Court. The human rights defenders and Dhinkia villagers were reportedly assaulted by a mob on February 19, 2022 in presence of the police and senior administrative officials. The villagers were on their way to meet the High-Court appointed committee of lawyers and submit their concerns regarding the ongoing clampdowns in the name of acquiring land for JSW.