The Hindustan Times 16 September 2020 The National Campaign Against Torture (NCAT) said 351 of 1,350 jails across 25 states and Union territories in the country have reported Covid-19 cases till August 31. A non-government organization (NGO) on Wednesday said that 26 percent of India’s 1,350 jails have reported Covid-19 infections since the outbreak of […]
News Click 16 September 2020 By Varsha Torgalkar Activists have been demanding the release of prisoners on health grounds. So far, six inmates have died of COVID-19 in prisons across state and 1,772 prisoners have tested positive out of total 11,267 tests conducted as per the Prison Department data. Pune: On July 12, poet and […]
Al Jazeera 16 September 2020 Country with world’s second-highest caseload confirms more than 90,000 new cases on Wednesday as outbreak accelerates. By Kate Mayberry & Usaid Siddiqui India has now reported more than five million cases of the coronavirus, the second country after the US to report so many cases. Melbourne looks to be on […]
The Sentinel 16 September 2020 Out of the 1,350 jails in India, COVID-19 infections have been reported from at least 351 jails in 25 out of total 36 States or UTs: NCAT New Delhi: The National Campaign Against Torture (NCAT), a rights group based in New Delhi, in its report titled ‘The Status Of COVID-19 […]
Vice 15 September 2020 By Pallavi Pundir In the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, where extrajudicial killings and police brutality are common, the Special Security Force is being seen as dangerous. Pallavi Pundir The northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) announced the formation of a “specialised, well-trained force” with the power to search […]
The Hindu 11 September 2020 They say move will hit indigenous people as mines are mostly concentrated in their lands. Global and Indian NGOs have asked India to stop the use of coal for reviving the country’s economy as coal mines are mostly concentrated in the lands of indigenous people who have been “bearing the […]
The Patriot 28 August 2020 BY SASHIKALA VP With a PIL now filed in the Supreme Court, the ease with which police personnel get away with custodial killing and torture is sought to be addressed. If the force respected rule of law, judicial intervention would not be necessary Baljeet, a 28-year-old from Haryana’s Bhiwani district, […]
Time8 News 26 August 2020 GUWAHATI: The National Campaign Against Torture (NCAT) in its submission to the Committee for Reforms in Criminal Laws of the Ministry of Home Affairs urged the Committee to insert new provisions in the Indian Penal Code i.e. Section 52B, 153C and Sections 509A to define, criminalise and penalise racial offences […]
The Times of India 24 August 2020 NEW DELHI: A father and son were hauled into a small police station in the southern Indian town of Sathankulam in June after arguing with police officers. When friends and family members went to the station, they heard screams emanating from inside, growing louder as night fell. The […]
The New York Times 20 August 2020 Despite evidence of widespread police brutality, no significant grass-roots movement has arisen. For many Indians, day-to-day crime is the more pressing issue. By Jeffrey Gettleman and Sameer Yasir NEW DELHI — A father and son were hauled into a small police station in the southern Indian town of […]
