NewsX Published on Feb 1, 2014 In a gruesome incident, a boy from Arunachal Pradesh, Nido Taniam, was allegedly beaten to death in Delhi. The incident took place on Wednesday at Lajpat Nagar in Southeast Delhi. Nido Taniam, a student, was the son of an Arunachal MLA. His body is in the mortuary of the […]
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India: The price of change
Al Jazeera 14 September 2013 Will the New Delhi gang rape verdict help change social attitudes and stem violence against women? The four men found guilty of raping and murdering a 23-year-old woman in New Delhi in December 2012 have been given the strongest punishment possible in the Indian legal system – death. The fact […]
‘Juveniles in Kashmir denied justice’
Irfan Quraishi Press TV Published on Apr 27, 2013 In a stark revelation on the grim human rights scenario in Kashmir, a fact finding report by New Delhi based Asian Centre for Human Rights has termed the situation of juveniles in Kashmir as the worst in India. The report, which happens to be the first […]
Press Releases
Year Wise: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2017 ACHR welcomes commutation of death sentence of Krishna Mochi & others by President Pranab Mukherjee, 23 January 2017 2016 Rs 5.5 lakhs compensation to family of Chongkham Sanjit Singh, victim of extrajudicial execution in Manipur, 14 […]
Inside Story – The ‘genocide’ of India’s daughters
Al Jazeera English Published on Jan 11, 2013 India has a problem of genocide proportions — rampant female foeticide and infanticide. How can the country change its patriarchal mindset and ensure that related laws are properly enforced? Guests: Mitu Khurana, Suhas Chakma, Sadanand Dhume. At Al Jazeera English, we focus on people and events that […]
Why does violence continue to plague Assam?
As India boosts security in the northeastern state we ask what has kept tensions alive in the region for decades. Al-Jazeera Inside Story: 27 Jul 2012 Dozens have been killed and tens of thousands more displaced as violence breaks out in India’s northeastern Assam state. “The central government pumps in money for economic progress and military […]