INDIA: Judicial Magistrate takes up the witch-hunt against Ms. Madhuri Krishnaswamay, a human rights defender in Madhya Pradesh state
Urgent Appeal Case : The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Badwani, Madhya Pradesh state regarding the continuing witch-hunt against human rights defender Ms. Madhuri Krishnaswamy of the Jagrut Adivasi Dalit Sangathan (JADS). Having braved an externment notice, followed by attacks from the locally elected Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) and then a vilification campaign by the district magistrate himself, Madhuri is arrested and sent to judicial custody in a 5-year-old case now, which the local police have no interest to pursue. Read More...
INDIA: Judicial Magistrate takes up the witch-hunt against Ms. Madhuri Krishnaswamay, a human rights defender in Madhya Pradesh state
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