RESPONSE: INDIA: Dalit beaten to death for praying at village temple

ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION - URGENT APPEALS PROGRAMME

Urgent Appeal Case: UA-30-2001-01
ISSUES: Caste-based discrimination,

Shri Kishan Motwani

State Minister for Devasthan (Temple worship)

c/- Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Secretariat

E-mail : rajassem@raj.nic.in <mailto:rajassem@raj.nic.in>

 

PRESIDENT K.R. NARAYAN

Office of the President

Rashtrapati Bhavan

New Delhi 110 001

Email: pressecy@alpha.nic.in <mailto:pressecy@alpha.nic.in>

 

Mr. Justice J.S. Verma

Chairperson

National Human Rights Commission

Dear sirs

 

I have been reading about the unconsciencable treatement of Dalits in parts of India, supported by Police abnd State apparatus.

This discimination is an abominable stain of India and has got to stop.

 

Rob Wesley-Smith

Australians for Free East Timor

Darwin

Document Type : Urgent Appeal Case
Document ID : UA-30-2001-01
Countries : Indonesia,
Issues : Caste-based discrimination,