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India ‘refuses’ to ratify UN convention on torture despite 19% rise in custodial deaths

Counterview Desk A European Commission (EU)-funded report, “Campaign against Torture in India: Prevention, Accountability and Rehabilitation”, has regretted that, despite a sharp rise in deaths caused by torture, the Government of India has failed to frame a law on custodial torture and inhuman treatment, even though India is a signatory to the United Nations’ convention […]

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NHRC: Cooked up post mortem reports in the custodial death of Saukhi Lal Kushwah raises questions about criminal justice system

That autopsies are critical for the administration of justice is undisputed. In cases warranting death sentence, autopsy reports determine the issue of death or life. Yet, autopsy reports in India are often doctored by the medical professionals, raising serious questions about administration of justice. On 2 August 2013, the Asian Centre for Human Rights  (ACHR)submitted […]

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Vijay Mallya’s Extradition Judgment Day: India’s Diplomatic Assurances Not Enough, 29% of India’s fugitives deported from the UAE only

New Delhi: Releasing its 360 page report, “Torture: India’s Self Made Hurdle to Extradition” (http://www.achrweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IndiaRefoulement.pdf) analysing judgments of the foreign courts on India’s extradition requests, the Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) stated that diplomatic assurances on improving prison conditions are not sufficient to extradite fugitives like Vijay Mallya.. During the hearing, Mallya, inter alia, […]

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Prison reform: Can Justice (retd) Amitava Roy Committee reform India’s shameful prisons?

Prisons in India are synonymous with deplorable conditions amounting to inhuman and degrading treatment and deaths of the prisoners from denial of basic medical facilities to torture. Prison reform is the least priority of the society and the State. Would Justice (retd) Amitava Roy Committee therefore be able to reform the shameful prisons of India? […]