Available at Gulf News 10 September 2019 Girls are disappearing from some communities, some are bought as ‘slaves’ by the men Dubai: Women are being forced to take several husbands at once amid ‘wife shortage’ in the Baghpat district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. An August 2019 story by the Telegraph shares the account of […]
THE WEEK 05 September 2019 New Delhi, Sep 5 (PTI) The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed a plea seeking direction to the Centre to enact a suitable stand alone comprehensive legislation based on UN Convention on custodial torture, observing that it is under the government’s “active consideration”. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi rejected […]
Available at The Tribune 28 July 2019 On an average, five Indians died in custody every day between April 2017 and February 2018, a report claims The death in custody on July 21 of Amritsar-based importer Gurpinder Singh (29), a key accused in last month’s 532-kg record heroin haul at the Wagah-Attari border, has once […]
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 […]
Available at The Tribune 03 June 2019 Despite signing the UNCAT in 1997, India has not ratified it, due to which getting fugitives extradited from foreign countries also becomes difficult The alleged custodial death of a 58-year-old man at the Bawana police station in Delhi has once again brought to the fore the inhuman face […]
Available at Economic and Political Weekly 18 April 2019 Despite police reforms being formulated and implemented, India still has not managed to deal with police brutality adequately. Custodial deaths are a frequent enough occurrence in India to be a systemic problem, but its pervasiveness has not been recognised when formulating policies. Between 2010 and 2015, there […]
Available at The Telegraph Published 15.03.19 Our antiquated jail manuals need overhauling, and our police need to be able to work free of political pressure Indians are often unable to tell the difference between vengeance and the popular notion of justice. As a result of this, the use of violence and torture on undertrial prisoners and […]
Available at News Click 23 January 2019 Abdul Raheem, 38, who was arrested in suspicion of theft charges, died in King George’s Medical University (KGMU) in Lucknow on Monday, January 21, after allegedly suffering third-degree torture in jail. The family of the victim alleged that he was beaten black and blue by the police. There […]
The Los Angeles Times By PARTH M.N. and SHASHANK BENGALI AUG 20, 2018 | 11:45 AM The men barged into Surendra Kumar’s home after a court hearing tied to his daughter’s accusation that a politician from the country’s most powerful party had raped her. The four assailants beat him with sticks, guns and belts, leaving him unconscious, family members […]
The New Indian Express Published: 19th August 2018 08:50 AM The rights body took the action after a complaint was lodged by the families of the victims killed in the alleged fake encounters. By Kanu Sarda Between April and July this year, as many as 745 deaths took place in judicial custody and 52 in police custody […]
