3oth Nov 2020 New Delhi The National Confederation of Human Rights Organizations (NCHRO) joined the protest held at the Sindhu border by the farmers and farmer unions collectively. The border has a heavy deployment of…
Prashant's Death
Anne Gowda, Live Journal 19 Jan 2005 My mother-in-law called, early evening, on January 6th, to inform us about the death of one of my husband’s cousin. It turns out that, my husband’s cousin, Prashant,…
The Human Rights Impact Of Counter-Terrorism Measures In…
A Human Rights Watch Briefing Paper for the 59th Session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights[ This chapter looks at human rights concerns raised by counter-terrorism measures in China, Egypt, Georgia, India, Indonesia,…
Amnesty Briefing on the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance…
INTRODUCTIONSuccessive Indian governments have introduced or attempted to introduce legislation to cover offences linked to ''terrorist activities''. In 1987 the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) was enacted. It remained in force till May…
'Encounters' in Andhra Pradesh
Letter to the editor: Friends, In reaction to the recent spate of encounter deaths in the State of Andhra Pradesh (just yesterday 6 people more were murdered, and today 12 more - in last 15…