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INDIA: Custodial death in Manipur Dressed up as Suicide

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from civil society organizations based in Manipur, India, regarding the custodial death of Mr. Thoudam Digbijoy. Mr. Dig...

INDIA: A democracy that gets hurt by books, but not the body bags

By Avinash Pandey At 218 in 2013 and 237 in 2012, one would expect a national outrage on the unusually high number of body bags returning to India from Qatar. One would think especially so, for the fa...

INDIA: 129 (30%) MPs declared Election Expenses of less than 50% during Lok Sabha, 2009. 123 (28%) MPs declared zero election expenditure on electronic/print media campaign.

Press statement March 4, 2014 The government cleared a proposal of the Election Commission recently to raise the expenditure limits for Lok Sabha elections from Rs 40 lakh to Rs 70 lakh for each Lok S...

INDIA: Year after Majoni’s Disappearance, Investigation still Missing

On 10 February, 2013 a young writer and teacher, Ms. Majoni Das working at a private educational institute in the town of Jorhat, located in the eastern Indian state of Assam, went missing. All that h...

INDIA: Law is no exception to god-men or god-women

In India, another controversy has erupted concerning yet another spiritual guru. The exception however is, this time, it is a god-woman from the southern state of Kerala. Otherwise, the script is an o...

INDIA: Most police officers are unfit to serve is now an official position

The report by the Director General of Police (DGP), Mr. K. S. Balasubramanian, in the southern state of Kerala to the government, that most of the police officers of the rank of Sub-Inspector of Polic...

INDIA: Local police torture a lawyer in Thrissur, Kerala state

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the case of brutal attack by the local police of a lawyer, practicing at Thrissur courts. It is reported that...

INDIA: A mandamus writ will not ensure safety

The Supreme Court of India has directed the Union Government to take adequate measures to guarantee the safety of the people from the northeast, in the rest of the country against alleged racial discr...

INDIA: Battle for Budget: Interim Union Budget Denied proportionate allocation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

Battle for Budget: Interim Union Budget Denied Proportionate allocation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes National Confederation of Dalit Organization (NACDOR) is grieved to learn that Union G...

INDIA: Media deadlock continues in Arunachal Pradesh for the second day

Press Statement Journalists’ Forum Assam February 16, 2014 Guwahati, Assam, India JFA urges Nabam Tuki for ending Arunachal media deadlock Expressing grave concern over the cease of publications...

INDIA: भ्रष्टाचार पर सीधा हमला है मुकेश अम्बानी पर एफआईआर

सत्ता कोई भी हो, उसका अपना चरित्र होता है और उसकी राजनीति का अपना व्याकरण. वह ...

INDIA: Invitation to a side event at HRC 25 on 18 March

An Announcement by the Asian Legal Resource Centre The Asian Legal Resource Centre wishes to invite you for a side event on Human Rights in India to be held from 13:00 to 15:00 hrs, on 18 March 2014...

INDIA: Another hunger death fails to shame Uttar Pradesh government

Widespread prevalence of hunger in India is no secret. Neither is complete inaction in making efforts to eradicate hunger recognised as a national shame by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and as the...

INDIA: Letter from Prashant Rahi on Imprisonment and Toruture, and Appeal for Campaign Against Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA in short)

Letter from Prashant Rahi on Imprisonment and Toruture, and Appeal for Campaign Against UAPA – See more at: http://sanhati.com/articles/9031/#sthash.1yVgsvrX.dpuf, January 29, 2014 Dated : Janu...

INDIA: An Open Letter to the Prime Minister from a child suffering from Tuberculosis

Hello Uncle, I am Parvati. I am from Majha village from Panna block of Panna district. The moment I said Panna, your mind must have registered the emerald mines that the place is famous for. I can per...

INDIA: मृत्युदंड: वह सुबह कभी तो आएगी…

Magan’s wives Basanti Bai and Santu Bai with his youngest son Vinod सुप्रीम कोर्ट का शानदार फैसला तमाम और लोगों के सा...

INDIA: Country suffers further indignity from ineffective policing

The rape of a foreigner in the national capital, New Delhi, has placed India in disrepute, internationally. This incident comes just a year after a similar one shook the nation. The rape of a physioth...

INDIA: टी.बी. पीडि़त बच्ची की प्रधानमन्त्री को एक चिट्ठी

पन्ना जिले की तीन साढ़े तीन साल की पार्वती अपनी बीमारी के बारे में यदि सीधे प...

INDIA: प्रयोगों से संभव हुआ खाद्य एवं पोषण सुरक्षा

दमोह जिले के हरदुआ” गांव के धम्मू प्रजापति” अपनी गेंहू की फसल के उत्पादन ...

INDIA: Government overlooked people’s concerns on Mapithal Dam constructions

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Mapithel Dam Affected Villagers Organization (MDAVO), Citizens Concern for Dams and Development (CCDD) and Cent...