2020
- The Northeast Now
Rights group urges NHRC to order Tripura government to hand over Pindulal murder case to CBI, 24 December 2020 - The Hindu
Poor account for 71% of custodial deaths in India, 10 December 2020 - UCA News
Christians welcome Indian order to record interrogations, 04 December 2020 - CNN News
Indian police use violence as a shortcut to justice. It’s the poorest who bear the scars, 03 December 2020 - Vice World News
To Check Custodial Deaths, India to Install CCTV Cameras in Police Stations, 03 December 2020 - Azad Hind News
Torture And Discrimination: How Police Brutality Became Endemic In India, 03 December 2020 - KCTV News
Indian police use violence as a shortcut to justice. It’s the poorest who bear the scars, 03 December 2020 - Erie News Now
Indian police use violence as a shortcut to justice. It’s the poorest who bear the scars, 02 December 2020 - Scroll
Existing data on custodial deaths in India fails to give a full picture, 26 November 2020 - Business Standard
Suicide or prolonged illness, death in police custody is India’s shame, 23 November 2020 - India Spend
How Better Data Could Help Prevent Custodial Deaths, 19 November 2020 - National School of Journalism (NSJ)
The Mystery of Custodial Deaths in India, 18 November 2020 - News Track
Conflicts in Northeast between 2009 and 2019 has killed around 3,070 people says NCAT, 07 November 2020 - The News Mill
Assam records highest cases of sexual violence by armed forces in 20 years: NGO, 03 November 2020 - National Herald
Nobody knows how many Indians die in custody because official figures vary wildly, 03 November 2020 - The Hindustan Times
Assam records highest cases of sexual violence by armed forces in 20 years: NGO, 01 November 2020 - Northeast Now
3,070 people killed in conflict-hit areas of Northeast from 2009 to 2019: NCAT, 01 November 2020 - The Sangai Express
3,070 killed in NE from 2009 to 2019 : NCAT, 01 November 2020 - Tehelka
Time to tame torturers, 29 October 2020 - Business Standard
60% custodial deaths within 24 hrs of arrest; most in Maharashtra, Gujarat, 26 October 2020 - IndiaSpend
Over 60% Of Deaths In Police Custody Are Within 24 Hours Of Arrest, 26 October 2020 - Arunachal Times
NHRC issues reminder to secy defence and Longding SP on Pumao firing incident, 16 October 2020 - Deccan Herald
NHRC Foundation Day: Commission received over 73,000 cases in last one year, 12 October 2020 - Time8 News
351 jails infected with COVID-19; infections in prisons increasing fast: NCAT, 17 September 2020 - Northeast Indian24
At least 351 jails infected with COVID-19, infections in prisons are increasing fast- NCAT, 17 September 2020 - The Times of India
Andhra Pradesh has 5th highest number of prisons with Covid cases, 17 September 2020 - Gplus
Assam’s Jails Among Highest with COVID-19 Infections in India, 17 September 2020 - Daily Hunt
Assam’s Jails Among Highest with COVID-19 Infections in India, 17 September 2020 - The Hindustan Times
‘One-fourth jails in India report Covid-19 cases, many ‘highly’ congested’: Report, 16 September 2020 - Al Jazeera
Coronavirus cases in India cross 5 million: Live news, 16 September 2020 - The Sentinel
351 jails infected with COVID-19, infections in prisons rising fast: National Campaign Against Torture, 16 September 2020 - Toplivenews
‘One-fourth jails in India report Covid-19 circumstances, many ‘extremely’ congested’: Report, 16 September 2020 - Daily Hunt
351 jails infected with COVID-19, infections in prisons rising fast: National Campaign Against Torture, 16 September 2020 - News Click
Maharashtra: Families of Prison Inmates with Co-morbidities and Age Issues Worried, Only Those Without Serious Offences Released, 16 September 2020 - Vice
A Police Force in India Can Now Search and Arrest People Without a Warrant, 15 September 2020 - The Hindu
Global NGOs against auctioning of coal blocks by India, 11 September - IWGIA
Bearing the Brunt: The Impact of Government Responses to COVID-19 on Indigenous Peoples in India, 10 September 2020 - The Patriot
Getting a grip on violence in lockups, 28 August 2020 - Time8 News
Criminalise racism in India: NCAT to Committee for Reforms in Criminal Laws, 26 August 2020 - The Times of India
Hundreds of police killings in India, but no mass protests: NYT, 24 August 2020 - Mainstream Weekly
Letter to the Readers – Mainstream, August 29 – Lockdown Edition No 23, 23 August 2020 - The New York Times
Hundreds of Police Killings in India, but No Mass Protests, 20 August 2020 - Time8
NCAT lambasts MHA’s Committee for exclusion of torture from its agenda, 18 August 2020 - The New Indian Express
Panel for criminal laws reform flayed for exclusion of torture from agenda, 18 August 2020 - The Wire
Activists Question MHA as Torture Left Out of Criminal Law Reforms Panel’s Agenda, 18 August 2020 - Peppertales
Panel for criminal laws reform flayed for exclusion of torture from agenda, 18 August 2020 - Stuff
Gruesome coronavirus lockdown killings in India ignite fierce debate on police brutality, 17 August 2020 - The Washington Post
Lockdown deaths in India ignite debate on police brutality, 17 August 2020 - ABC News
Lockdown deaths in India ignite debate on police brutality, 17 August 2020 - News18
Lockdown Deaths in India Ignite Debate on Police Brutality and Custodial Killings, 17 August 2020 - News Panda
Lockdown Deaths in India Ignite Debate on Police Brutality and Custodial Killings, 17 August 2020 - Yahoo News
Lockdown Deaths in India Ignite Debate on Police Brutality and Custodial Killings, 17 August 2020 - Boston 25 News
Lockdown deaths in India ignite debate on police brutality, 16 August 2020 - The New York Times
Lockdown Deaths in India Ignite Debate on Police Brutality, 16 August 2020 - Business Standard
Five deaths in police custody every day over 10 years, but few convictions, 06 August 2020 - India Spend
5 Deaths In Police/Judicial Custody Every Day Over 10 Years, But Few Convictions, 06 August 2020 - Taaza Khabar News
Why are police custody deaths so common in India?, 30 July 2020 - Sabrang
Custodial killings in Kerala: Deconstructing facts, 29 July 2020 - Latest Laws
Custodial Death & Torture a Human Rights abuse: Indian and International perspective, 24 July 2020 - Sabrang
Gujarat: 6 policemen accused of custodial murder of Telangana man remain untraceable, 24 July 2020 - Lexforti
Custodial Death in India- When our saviour becomes a slayer!, 22 July 2020 - TRT World
India’s George Floyd cases shed light on police brutality in the country, 20 July 2020 - The Frontier Post, 20 July 2020
India’s George Floyd cases shed light on police brutality in the country - South Asia Journal
Policeman as the mighty hero: How cinema normalises violence by Policemen?, 19 July 2020 - Live Law
Custodial Torture And Deaths: The Dark Side Of Indian Police, 17 July 2020
- Jadaliyya
India’s George Floyd Moment: Custodial Torture and Policing in a Democracy, 16 July 2020 - The Wire
Watch | Explained: Why Reforms to Hold the Police Accountable Have Not Been Adequate, 15 July 2020 - The Pioneer
Fix accountability, 14 July 2020 - Kanooniyat
Baddest Apples: On Custodial Killings in India, 13 July 2020 - North West Arkansas
The world in brief, 12 July 2020 - Taipei Times
Indian police kill suspect in deaths of eight officers, 11 July 2020 - India Legal
Making the State Culpable, 11 July 2020 - Herald Malaysia Online
India’s shocking toll of custodial deaths, 11 July 2020 - The New York Times
Indian Police Kill Top Crime Suspect in Deaths of 8 Officers, 09 July 2020 - South China Morning Post
India’s George Floyds: custodial deaths raise question of who’s policing the police, 09 July 2020 - Madhyamam
Culprits of Sathankulam, 09 July 2020 - The Wire
Custodial Torture Continues Unabated in India Amidst Culture of Impunity: Report, 08 July 2020 - Deccan Herald
Custodial Torture: Affront to our conscience, 08 July 2020 - Huffington Post
Ex-IPS Officer On Police Brutality: ‘Punish Such Officers Swiftly, Demystify The Police’, 07 July 2020 - La Croix International
India’s shocking toll of custodial deaths, 07 July 2020 - Firstpost
Seventeen years since Khwaja Yunus died in Mumbai Police custody, Indian cops still unaccountable for custodial deaths, 07 July 2020 - The Wire
Most States Have Flouted Mandatory Judicial Inquiry into Custodial Deaths for 15 Years, 07 July 2020 - Ground Xero
About Thoothukudi and Other Custodial Police Violence During Lockdown: Part 2, 06 July 2020 - Global Village Space
Has India legalised the use of torture on its citizens?, 05 July 2020 - Milli Gazette
On rights and wrongs, 04 July 2020 - The Hindu
Retired HC judge should head SPCA, demands MNM, 03 July 2020 - Boom Live
Custodial Deaths: Official Data Does Not Reveal The Full Picture, 03 July 2020 - The Hindu
Learning to bend a knee, 03 July 2020 - ABC News
Jeyaraj and Beniks: Indian deaths in custody spark national debate about police brutality,03 July 2020 - The Hindu
India’s torture culture needs to end now, 03 July 2020 - The Pioneer
The enemies within, 03 July 2020 - The Wire
Watch | ‘India’s 23-Year-Old Failure to Ratify UN Convention Against Torture is Shameful’, 02 July 2020 - Ground Report
Five custodial deaths in India daily : Report, 02 July 2020 - The South China Morning Post
Indian policemen arrested over ‘George Floyds of India’ custody deaths, 02 July 2020 - The Wire
Justice for Jayaraj and Bennix Means Ending a Culture of Impunity, 02 July 2020 - PM News Nigeria
5 Indian policemen arrested over death of father, son, 02 July 2020 - The Print
Don’t just question police for custodial killings of Jayaraj-Bennix. Courts also responsible, 01 July 2020 - The Hindustan Times
Police not trained enough in human rights, reveal surveys, 30 June 2020 - Deutsche Welle
‘George Floyds of India’: Outrage mounts over police custody deaths, 30 June 2020 - The Leaflet
CHRI demands strong action in the deaths of P Jayeraj and Bennix in Tuticorn; and recommends immediate implementation of Police Reforms, 30 June 2020 - The Hindu
Thoothukudi deaths: Demand for police reforms, ratification of anti-torture convention, 29 June 2020
- Live Law
Jeyaraj-Bennix Custodial Deaths: Bring In Law Against Torture, Ratify UN Convention Against Torture; CHRI Urges Centre, 29 June 2020 - Maktoob
In 2019, India registered average five custodial deaths daily, 29 June 2020 - Outlook
“Ratify UN conventiona:” Human Rights body on Thoothukudi custodial killings, 28 June 2020 - The Free Press Journal
#JusticeforJayarajAndFenix: Why debate about custodial deaths in India should go beyond this particular case?, 28 June 2020 - The Indian Awaaz
5 Custodial Deaths In India Daily, most victims are Tribals, Muslims, Dalits: Report, 28 June 2020 - Dalit Camera
Why the police kills?
- The Hindu
Five custodial deaths in India daily, says report, 27 June 2020 - The Better India
After TN Custodial Deaths, 3 Top Cops on What India Needs to Fight Police Brutality - Justice News
Five custodial deaths in India daily, says report, 27 June 2020 - Time8
India records daily five deaths in custody, 26 June 2020 - The News Mill
India records daily five deaths in custody; Assam, Tripura and Manipur also in list, 26 June 2020 - The Straits Times
Four men convicted of brutal rape in Delhi in 2012 hanged, 20 March 2020 - Aljazeera
India hangs four men over 2012 Delhi bus gang rape and murder, 20 March 2020 - Eko Hot Blog
India Hangs Four Men Over 2012 Delhi Bus Gang Rape And Murder, 20 March 2020 - Post of Asia
India hangs 4 males over 2012 Delhi bus gang rape and homicide, 20 March 2020 - News Day24
India hangs four men over 2012 Delhi bus gang rape and murder, 20 March 2020 - My Value News
India hangs four men over 2012 Delhi bus gang rape and murder, 20 March 2020 - The Hindu
CAA has made 6 lakh refugees forever stateless, says rights group, 19 March 2020 - Amar Ujala
श्रीलंका, म्यांमार और तिब्बत से आए शरणार्थियों को भी नागरिकता दे सरकार: सुहास चकमा, 18 March 2020 - News Digest
CAA has made 6 lakh refugees forever stateless, says rights group, 18 March 2020 - India Legal
SC asks Centre, states why Section 176 (IA) is not being properly implemented, 24 January 2020
2019
- The Telegraph
Child abuse worry in Assam, 20 November 2019 - The New Indian Express
96 children sexually-assaulted every day in India, Madhya Pradesh tops list, Assam second, 19 November 2019 - The Asian Age
‘Chakmas and Hajongs face regular torture in Arunachal’, 17 October 2019 - Eastern Chronicle
Chakmas, Hajongs subjected to torture regularly: NCAT, 17 October 2019 - The Telegraph
NGOs’ Glare on ‘Torture’, 17 October 2019 - Eastern Mirror
Chakmas, Hajongs subjected to torture regularly — NCAT, 17 October 2019 - Outlook
Chakmas, Hajongs subjected to torture regularly: NCAT, 16 October 2019 - India News Diary
Chakmas- Hajongs facing tough time in Arunachal Pradesh, alleges NCAT, 16 October 2019 - The Hills Times
Chakmas, Hajongs face regular torture in Arunachal: Report, 16 October 2019 - The News Mill
Chakmas, Hajongs In Arunachal Subjected To Torture Regularly: NCAT, 16 October 2019 - The Weekend Leader
Chakmas, Hajongs subjected to torture regularly: NCAT, 16 October 2019 - Northeast Now
Chakmas, Hajongs face regular torture in Arunachal: Study, 16 October 2019
- Nagaland Post
Chakmas, Hajongs regularly tortured: NCAT, 16 October 2019 - The People’s Chronicle
Chakmas, Hajongs subjected to torture regularly: NCAT, 16 October 2019 - The Morung Express
Chakmas, Hajongs subjected to torture regularly: NCAT, 16 October 2019 - NewsD
Chakmas, Hajongs subjected to torture regularly: NCAT, 16 October 2019 - Social News
Chakmas, Hajongs subjected to torture regularly: NCAT, 16 October 2019 - PRAG NEWS
Assam government to provide financial aid to poor excluded from NRC, 3 September 2019 - The New Indian Express
Aliens in their own land, 01 September 2019 - MIG
Status of the stateless – Assam on edge after the final NRC list is out, 31 August 2019 - Vice
Millions Living in India Risk Becoming Stateless From August 31, 30 August 2019 - Money Control
89% of people excluded from NRC in Assam suffer from mental torture: Survey, 27 August 2019 - the independent
89pc suffering from mental torture: Survey, 26 August 2019 - GPlus
89% People Excluded From NRC Suffer From Mental Torture: Survey, 26 August 2019 - Justice News
89% of people excluded from Assam NRC suffering from mental torture, finds survey, 25 August 2019 - The Hindu
89% of people excluded from Assam NRC suffering from mental torture, finds survey, 24 August 2019 - Northest Now
89% of people excluded from NRC suffering from extreme anxiety: Survey, 24 August 2019 - Nagaland Post
89% of people excluded from NRC suffering from extreme anxiety: Survey, 24 August 2019 - APN NEWS
Survey finds : 89% of people excluded from Assam NRC suffering from mental punishment, 24 August 2019 - Duta
89% OF PEOPLE👥 EXCLUDED FROM ASSAM NRC SUFFERING👉 FROM MENTAL TORTURE, FINDS SURVEY, 24 August 2019 - The New Indian Express
Most people left out of NRC are suffering from trauma and humiliation, finds survey, 23 August 2019 - Los Angeles Times
5 detainees die every day in India’s jails. Little is being done about it, 20 August 2018
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