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INDIA: Custodial death and torture by police must end in Meghalaya

Civil Society Women’s Organisation 29 May 2014 Shillong, Meghalaya The Civil Society Women’s Organisation (CSWO), an anti-corruption and women’s rights organization, Shillong, is dee...

INDIA: NHRC issues notice to DGP, Assam in case of custodial torture in Jorhat (23.5.2014)

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from National Human Rights Commission, New Delhi, India regarding a case of custodial torture in Jorhat, Assam, India. Earlier, Asian Hu...

INDIA: Detainee succumbs to torture by police

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Civil Society Women’s Organization (CSWO), an anti-corruption and women’s rights organization based in ...

INDIA: बदलाव से पहले सही आंकड़े तो सामने लाईये

हमें अपनी नयी सरकार से सामान्य ज्ञान का एक सवाल पूछना चहिये कि यदि हमारे यहा...

INDIA: Custodial torture by Police in Assam, actions awaited

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Women in Governance (WinG-Assam), a network of women human rights defenders in Assam, about the custodial torture...

INDIA: Officer accused of forgery set to head Punjab police

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed an application in a CBI Special Court seeking approval for criminal charges to be framed against the Director General of Police, Mr. Sumedh Singh Sa...

INDIA: नयी सरकार के सामने पकी-पकाई चुनौतियां

भारत के लोगों ने भारतीय जनता पार्टी के नेतृत्व में राष्ट्रीय जनतांत्रिक गठ...

INDIA: Will the new government prioritise the rule of law?

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) congratulates the people of India and the Election Commission for successfully concluding a free and fair national election. This election has shown once again...

INDIA: A woman dies in illegal custody

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Nervazhi – a human rights organization based in Kerala, concerning the custodial death of a young woman aged 23...

INDIA: NCDHR strongly condemns “calculated” expulsion of three marginalised EFLU students

New Delhi: The National Campaign for Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) strongly condemns the calculated expulsion of three marginalised students from the English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) in ...

INDIA: Enduring Discrimination

In February 2014, the Government of India decided to constitute a committee to study and frame remedial measures to address the concerns of citizens hailing from North East India residing in different...

INDIA: Youth tortured brutally by police in Assam, leg amputated

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Women in Governance (WinG-Assam), a network of women human rights defenders in Assam regarding the brutal torture o...

INDIA: व्यवस्था छीन लेती है विकलांगों से मतदान का अधिकार

लोकसभा चुनाव 2014 के पहले चरण के मतदान के दौरान मध्यप्रदेश के होशंगाबाद जिले क...

INDIA: Fear over fundamentalism real but misdirected

India faces the threat of being won over by religious fundamentalists; so say many experts, commenting in light of the on-going elections. Nothing could be more unfortunate for India, which has stood ...

INDIA: Four dalit girls raped in Haryana, state and privileged communities try to silence the victims

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information concerning the kidnapping and rape of four dalit girls in the north Indian state of Haryana. The crime was committed to ...

INDIA: Marginalized Children Denied Education

Dear friends,  We wish to share with you the following statement from Human Rights Watch. Asian Human Rights Commission  Hong Kong ————- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-FST-029-20...

INDIA: Is judicial morale that low?

The decision of a high court judge in Kerala to stop hearing a case, following the visit of a lawyer who allegedly trying to influence him, is another symptom of low morale within the judiciary as wel...

INDIA: Judiciary not a traffic warden

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) appreciates the Supreme Court of India’s initiative to institute a panel that will suggest measures to prevent road accidents and to ensure road safety i...

INDIA: Clinical trials kill 254 women under Supreme Court’s watch

Unethical clinical trials conducted without obtaining informed consent of the participants have struck India again, killing 254 women from the most marginalised sections of society. The deaths, or rat...

INDIA: Women barred from food ration in Meghalaya

Dear friends, Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received disturbing information from Civil Society Women’s Organisation (CSWO), an anti-corruption and women’s rights organization ba...