The government said it has no information about police violence against citizens while enforcing the coronavirus-induced lockdown last year As many as 348 people died in police custody in different parts of the country in the last…
Coalition Against Genocide letter demands action over the…
October 6, 2011 Recipients: The Honorable President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devsingh Patil The Honorable Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh The Honorable Chief Justice of India, Justice S. H. Kapadia Dear Honorable Sir/Madam…
Sessions court in Delhi Reserves Bail Judgement against…
PRESS RELEASE ARRESTED TRIBAL TEACHER SONI SODHI OF DANTEWADA APPLIES FOR BAIL IN DELHI SESSIONS COURT SESSIONS COURT RESERVES JUDGEMENT FOR 7th October, 2011 N.Delhi 5th October, 2011 Tribal Teacher Soni Sodi of Dantewada, arrested…
INDIA: Police force a child to gather severed…
6 oct 2011 Despicable it might be, yet it is a relatively irrelevant incident in India. The latest is the case of Firoz, a 12-year-old boy who is now reportedly suffering from serious psychological trauma…
After surviving an attempt on her life, she…
6 oct 2011 G Vishnu New Delhi Thirty-six-year-old Soni Sori from Chhattisgarh, aunt of arrested activist and journalist Lingaram Kodopi was arrested in New Delhi on Tuesday by the Delhi Crime Branch in collaboration with…
INDIA: Government allows attacks on protesters while ignoring…
6 oct 2011 The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that on September 26, hundreds of people hired by a construction company attacked villagers protesting against the construction of a coastal road, allegedly…
INDIA: Woman commits suicide after suffering from police…
6 Oct 2011 Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learnt that a woman victim of police abuse committed suicide in Jemoumapara village, Murshidabad district, West Bengal, India. Ms Mithu Dey was abused…
Press Statement of PUCL condemning the search in…
6 Oct 2011 1. People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) (National) strongly condemns the high handed police action in raiding and searching the house of Kavita Srivastava, a respected social activist who is the National…
Chhattisgarh police raids my house-probably they came to…
Oct 3 2001 Dear friends, The police today raided my house between 6.30 and 7 am. I was out of the house when they did it. One of those days when I was not at…