Urgent Appeal Case : Thirty-one-year-old Nishansa, an auto-rickshaw driver with a 50% speech defect was detained and tortured by the Aayiroor police in Kerala. Late at night on 2 March 2016, Nishansa parked his auto-rickshaw in the shed near his house, and while he was locking the shed, a man on a bike approached him and asked for directions to Paravoor. A short while later, a police jeep with Sub Inspector(S.I.) Shahir and three other police constables stopped and asked him what he was doing there late at night. He replied that he was just parking his auto in the shed and that he lives there. They then questioned him about the biker and accused him of planning something in conjunction with the biker. Read More...

More on India

Urgent Appeal Case : On 25 March 2016, at 12:00 am, seven students who were enjoying street food at Tugu Gempa Padang were suddenly targeted by a sweeping operation and attacked by Satpol PP personnel. The Satpol PP accused them of disturbing public order, and six of the students were beaten and kicked. One student, Gianesha, was arrested after he tried to clarify that his girlfriend Berlian, who is also a student, has an identity card and they were there only for sightseeing and enjoying street food. Subsequently, Gianesha was brought to the Satpol PP office. Read More...

More on Indonesia