Northeast Now 24 December 2020 The National Campaign Against Torture (NCAT) has urged the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to order the Tripura government to hand over the investigation into Pindulal Chakma murder case to the CBI. The NCAT in its complaint to the NHRC also called upon to invoke the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled […]
The Hindu 10 December 2020 Celebrities or rich people often get reprieve by claiming to suffer from kleptomania, says anti-torture group Data culled from the annual reports of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) from 1996-97 to 2017-18 have revealed that 71.58% of the custodial deaths in India were of people from poor or marginalised […]
CNN News / PDF link 03 December 2020 By Mohit Rao Bengaluru, India (CNN) It was minutes into India’s Independence Day when police stormed a slum in the western state of Gujarat where Hira Bajania, 65, was sleeping. In the black of night, he was dragged from his home, taken to a nearby police station and […]
Vice World News 03 December 2020 By Danish Raza There have been more than 1700 custodial deaths in the country in the last 10 years. In a landmark ruling to check excesses in police custody, India’s Supreme Court has ordered the installation of CCTV cameras across police stations and offices of all investigating agencies. Cameras should […]
Erie News Now 02 December 2020 By Mohit Rao It was minutes into India’s Independence Day when police stormed a slum in the western state of Gujarat where Hira Bajania, 65, was sleeping. In the black of night, he was dragged from his home, taken to a nearby police station and accused, with 11 other […]
Scroll 26 November 2020 By Raja Bagga, IndiaSpend.com While poor record-keeping is causing a lack of accountability in the system, better data can save lives, suggest experts. In the last 10 years, the majority (69%) of 1,004 deaths in police custody have been attributed to either illness and natural causes (40%), or to alleged suicide (29%), […]
Business Standard 23 November 2020 In the last 10 years, the majority (69 per cent) of 1,004 deaths in police custody have been attributed to either illness and natural causes (40 per cent), or to alleged suicide (29 per cent), in National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data. Details on whether deaths by illness are because of a prolonged or […]
IndiaSpend 19 November 2020 By Raja Bagga New Delhi: In the last 10 years, the majority (69%) of 1,004 deaths in police custody have been attributed to either illness and natural causes (40%), or to alleged suicide (29%), in National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data. Details on whether deaths by illness are due to a prolonged or […]
National Campaign Against Torture (NCAT) in a recent report has estimated a total of 3,070 people were killed in the conflict-affected areas in Northeast between 2009 and 2019. The report titled, “India: 20 Years Of UNSC Resolution 1325”, explains a total of 9,448 people were killed in conflict areas from 2009 to 2019, and 3,747 persons […]
National Herald 03 November 2020 By MY Siddiqui When law enforcement agencies become perpetrators of violence, it becomes an ominous abuse of authority and custodial deaths unacceptable excesses by police force on citizens. Types of torture by the police documented in India include hammering iron nails in the body, hitting private parts, electric shocks on genitals, […]
