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PRESS RELEASES

2013

  • Sanaulla’s custodial death taken up with NHRC, India urged to pay compensation of Rs 25 lakhs, 09 May 2013
  • Thousands recruited as child soldiers, India defends the records of the terror groups before the UN Child Rights Committee, 09 May 2013
  • DU introducing Hindi and other MILs without any assessment, 07 May 2013
  • ACHR welcomes commutation of death sentence of M N Das and demands Bhullar’s death sentence too be commuted to life imprisonment, 01 May 2013
  • Prachanda should be asked to ensure violence free-elections and accountability for past abuses, 29 April 2013
  • UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women urged to intervene against custodial rape
  • 48,338 child rape cases from 2001 to 2011 with 336% increase of child rape cases from 2001 to 2011, 20 April 2013
  • President Mukherjee urged to consider Bhullar’s mercy plea in the light of the already set precedence to consider mercy pleas more than once by the President, 18 April 2013
  • Supreme Court’s judgement on Bhullar is an opportunity lost to recognize death row syndrome, 12 April 2013
  • 74% of the mercy petitions were rejected by Presidents of India since 1981
  • Delhi University’s action is against national integration - NHRC urged to intervene against “Hindi-sation” for exclusion of the North Easterners, 02 April 2013
  • Children being detained, tortured and executed in India’s conflict afflicted districts, 22 March 2013
  • India undermining resolution against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC in Geneva, 08 March 2013
  • Mizoram lacks will to improve the state of children in difficult circumstances, 27 February 2013
  • Maharashtra Chief Secretary summoned to appear personally over woman’s custodial death, 26 February 2013
  • India set to become one of the top five executioners of the world - Prime Minister urged to stop execution of Veerappan’s associates, 18 February 2013
  • 1,455 persons awarded death penalty in India from 2001 to 2011 – one death penalty in less than every third day in India, 14 February 2013
  • Children tortured in police custody in Assam - juvenile justice in shambles, 28 January 2013
  • Govt’s funding of hundred of crores to NGOs is a scam - CAG audit is in-frequent, inadequate and not inclusive of NGOs, 18 January 2013

    • 2012

  • 45 custodial rapes between 2002 and 2010 - Justice Verma Committee urged to recommend removal of prior sanction requirement, 26 December 2012
  • Juvenile justice in Manipur suspended because of corruption, 22 Ocotber 2012
  • Himachal Pradesh - Juveniles being denied access to justice, 16 October 2012
  • Inquire the role of the Army during the Assam Riots - Kokrajhar bore the brunt of migration/illegal immigration more than Assam, 11 September 2012
  • NCM asked to clarify on the status of Bodos as religious minorities, 5 September 2012
  • Over 50,000 North Easterners have fled so far - Centre is failing to ensure security, 20 August 2012
  • Attacks on the North Eastern people should be proven by the CBI, 16 August 2012
  • Karnataka: Juveniles attempt to commit suicide – administration of juvenile justice remains deplorable, 5 April 2012
  • India urged to expel Sri Lanka’s envoy for lowering the image of Indian parliament and parliamentarians, 15 March 2012
  • 137 DEATH PENALTY IN 2010: India urged to pledge for the abolition of the death penalty before the United Nations, 19 January 2012

    • 2011

  • Jammu & Kashmir: Juveniles detained without trial, girls compulsorily sent to prisons and police lock ups, 16 November 2011
  • 12 RTI activists killed since 2010: ACHR demands amendment of the Act to protect the activists, 2 September 2011
  • Only in 1.73% of the 77,925 cases registered by the Central Vigilance Commission permission for prosecution has been given, 23 August 2011
  • Bru repatriation to resume from tomorrow; Mizoram asked to resettle the returnees in the villages, 11 April 2011
  • 50,000 displaced Rabhas and Garos facing discrimination, 21 January 2011
  • About 30,000 remaining Bru IDPs agree to return, Home Ministry assures further assistance to the returnees, 6 January 2011
  • NHRC overrules Meghalaya government, orders Rs 5 lakh compensation, 5 January 2011

    • 2010

  • Mining companies are arming the Maoists, 8 December 2010
  • ACHR condemns killing of 18 civilians in Assam by NDFB, 9 November 2010
  • MHA and North Eastern states not complying with Supreme Court order for vacating school premises by the security forces, 8 November 2010
  • Resumption of Bru repatriation to Mizoram welcomed, 03 November 2010
  • Orissa: Torture and sexual abuse forced juveniles to flee Berhampur Observation Home, 06 October 2010
  • Maoists urged to release 4 Chhattisgarh policemen, 30 September 2010
  • Rajya Sabha urged to reject Prevention of Torture Bill, 2010, 27 August 2010
  • Compensation of 3 lakhs for death of a Mizo juvenile detainee is highly insensitive and inadequate, 23 August 2010
  • ACHR condemns attack on the Gyaneshwari Express by the Maoists, 28 May 2010
  • 154 displaced Bru families returned to their homes in Mizoram today, 21.05.2010
  • Repatriation of the displaced Brus to Mizoram to start on 21 May 2010 on Home Ministry’s assurance, 19 May 2010
  • Maoists’ dastardly attack on civilians in Chhattisgarh uncondonable, 18 May 2010
  • 41.66% increase of custodial deaths under the UPA from 2000, 13 April 2010
  • Arrest of prominent human rights activist, Kirity Roy, condemned, 7 April 2010
  • Army asked to pay compensation for torture of innocents in Assam, 15 March 2010
  • Wanton killing of civilians by alleged Maoists in Bihar condemned, 18 February 2010
  • NHRC directs Manipur to report about 111 fake encounter killings, 2 February 2010
  • Mizoram arrests Bru leader to sabotage talks and return of the Brus: Chidambaram urged to intervene, 23 January 2010
  • Mizoram failed to protect the Brus: November repatriation was a recipe for chaos and conflict, 21 January 2010
  • NHRC rejects BSF authority’s report, awards Rs 6.5 lakhs compensation to victims, 8 January 2010

    • 2009

  • ACHR concludes Bru displacement fact finding mission, 15 December 2009
  • ACHR accepts offer of the Mizoram government to visit the communal affected areas if security can be guaranteed, 27 November 2009
  • CBI investigation sought into the communal attacks on the Brus in Mizoram, 20 November 2009
  • Orissa pays compensatioon for custodial death of a prisoner, 14 September 2009
  • Naxals condemned for massacre of civilians in Jharkhand, 7 September 2009
  • Meghalaya flayed for pre-judging NHRC’s impending order on custodial death, 27 August 2009
  • NHRC awards Rs 5 lakhs compensation, 22 August 2009
  • UN Rapporteur on Torture urged to intervene against NHRC of India, 3 August 2009
  • Govt urged to place anti-torture Bill before the Parliamentary Standing Committee, 21 July 2009
  • NHRC not complying with Delhi High Court orders, 2 July 2009
  • Police torture kills 1,184 persons in custody in India in the last eight years, 25 June 2009
  • India Human Rights Report 2009, 29 May 2009

    • 2003-2008

  • "India Human Rights Report 2008" released, 9 December 2008
  • NHRC condemned for the failure to act on Orissa, 3 September 2008
  • Torture in India 2008: 7,468 custodial deaths in the last five years, 25 June 2008
  • Arrest of Irom Sharmila condemned, 08 March 2008
  • Naxal leaders must be held responsible for the Jharkhand killings, 27 October 2007
  • Naxal violence kills 384 persons in India, 03 October 2007
  • Expulsion of “Doctors Without Borders” from Chhattisgarh is counter-productive, 11 August 2007
  • Naxal killings decrease by 45% during first half of 2007, 04 July 2007
  • Government urged to develop a National Law on prevention of Torture, 25 June 2007
  • Fact finding report on the custodial killing of Rohtas Singh, Faridabad released, 13 June 2007
  • Armed groups are responsible for more violations, police firing endemic, 30 May 2007
  • 749 killed in 2006 in the Maoists' conflict in India : Salwa Judum campaign prolongs the conflict, 10 January 2007
  • President Kalam urged to demand release of Aung San Suu Kyi, 08 March 2006
  • ACHR deplores Maoists' massacre in Jharkhand, 13 September 2005
  • Don’t penalise the tribals - Young MPs urged, 06 May 2005
  • NHRC approached against tattooing of prisoners in Punjab, 26 April 2005
  • Vulnerable children's rights not protected in India, ACHR study, 30 October 2003
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    REPORTS

    Nobody’s children: Juveniles of Conflict Affected Districts of India

    22 March 2013

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    The State of Death Penalty in India 2013: Discriminatory treatment amongst the death row convicts

    14 February 2013

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    The State of Death Penalty in India 2013: Discriminatory treatment amongst the death row convicts

    14 February 2013

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    Assam: The State of Juvenile Justice

    28 January 2013

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    India's Funds to NGOs Squandered

    18 January 2013

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    Madhya Pradesh: Snail speed on implementation of juvenile justice

    28 December 2012

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    The State of Juvenile Justice in Himachal Pradesh

    16 October 2012

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    Assam Riots: Preventable but not prevented

    11 September 2012

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    National Commission for Minorities: Communalising Assam Riots?

    21 August 2011

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    Torture in India 2011: 14,231 custodial deaths from 2001 to 2010

    21 November 2011

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    Juveniles of Jammu and Kashmir: Unequal before the Law & Denied justice in Custody

    16 November 2011

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    India Human Rights Report Quarterly

    Issue3-4: January-June 2011

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    RTI activists: sitting ducks of India, 2 September 2011

    Issue3-4: January-June 2011

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    India Human Rights Report Quarterly

    Issue-2 : October-December 2010

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    India Human Rights Report Quarterly

    Issue-1 : July-September 2010

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    Orissa: Juveniles fleeing from torture and abuse

    06 October 2010

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    Torture in India 2010

    January 2010

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    The Brus of Mizoram: Unequal, Unwanted and Unwelcome

    January 2010

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    ACHR's Actions Against Torture and other forms of Human Rights Violations in India

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    Torture in India 2009

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    India Human Rights Report 2009

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    India Human Rights Report 2008

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    South Asia Human Rights Index 2008

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    Torture in India 2008
    A State of Denial

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    India Human Rights Report 2007, May 2007

     

    India Human Rights Report 2006, 31 January 2007

     

    SAARC Human Right 2006

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    India Human Report 2005
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