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INDIA: State supported mob violence against Dalits and Muslims not internal matter

Avinash Pandey One doesn’t often see a respected international media house asking a democratic republic’s prime minister to break his silence in an editorial. Even more rare is it to see this “s...

INDIA: Save yourselves, women of India, as the Republic will not

Avinash Pandey Delhi, the national capital of India, has witnessed another gory incident involving the rape-murder of a minor. This time, a 16-year-old was allegedly raped, strangled, and then set on...

INDIA: Another starvation death at Dumchipara Tea Garden 

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM about yet another starvation death in Dumchipara Tea Garden owned by Duncans group. The tea plantation has be...

INDIA: 11 Farmers hospitalized following assault by Border Security Force officers in West Bengal

Dear Friends, The AHRC has received the following information from its partner organisation MASUM in West Bengal. Following an attack of approximately 25 Border Security Force personnel, 11 farmers ha...

INDIA: Turning cows into man-eaters

Avinash Pandey Gujarat is simmering again. Dalits are agitating over criminals indulging in criminality. These criminals, who are fondly referred to as “cow vigilantes” by the mainstream media, ha...

INDIA: Cycles of violence and revenge must end

On 8 July 2016, the Supreme Court, in the case of Extra Judicial Execution Victim Families Association (EEVFAM) & Anr. v. Union of India & Anr., ruled that victims of extrajudicial executions ...

INDIA: Gang rape survivor gang raped by the same accused again

In a rule of law jurisdiction, the story of a victim of gang rape being raped by the same accused against whom court proceedings continue, might be outlandish. But, in India today, these are the commo...

INDIA: Schoolgirl commits suicide following alleged sexual assault by BSF Personnel in West Bengal

Dear Friends, The AHRC has received the following information from its partner organisation MASUM in West Bengal. In West Bengal, a Border Security Force (BSF) Guard allegedly sexually assaulted a 12-...

INDIA: Female textile workers in Kerala stand over 10 hours daily and are denied use of the toilet

Dear Friends, It has come to the AHRC’s attention that basic human rights are being neglected in Kerala’s textile shops. The women textile workers are forced to stand for over 10 hours per day and...

INDIA: Cow worshippers chew up the rule of law

Avinash Pandey A magisterial / judicial order directing the police to register a first information report and investigate a family that lost its provider in a mob lynching would seem impossible for an...

INDIA: In West Bengal, starvation related deaths, trafficking and extensive human rights abuses in tea plantations owned by Duncans Industries

Dear Friends, The AHRC has received the following information from its partner organisation MASUM in West Bengal. Sabita Pradhan, wife of Mr. Mani Pradhan, about 48 years old, died at Dumchipara tea g...

INDIA: Innocent woman on her way to sell vegetables allegedly assaulted and tortured by Border Security Force Personnel in West Bengal

Dear Friends, The AHRC has received the following information from its partner organization MASUM in West Bengal. A woman, about 40 years of age, was allegedly assaulted and tortured by Border Securit...

INDIA: Ruby Rai and the joke called Juvenile Justice

The Bihar police have arrested Ruby Rai, a 17-year-old girl, under Sections 420, 465, 467, 468, 471, and 120(B) of the India Penal Code on 26 June 2016 and have duly sent her to jail, i.e. an adult ja...

AHRC TV: JUST ASIA, Episode 128

This week’s episode of Just Asia focuses on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. June 26 is marked around the world to speak out against the heinous crime of torture and to stand ...

INDIA: Young migrant labourer allegedly abducted by Bangladesh Border Guard on Indian territory near the Indo-Bangladesh border

Dear Friends, The AHRC has received the following information from its partner organization MASUM in West Bengal. A man, about 21 years of age, was allegedly forcibly picked up by Bangladesh Border Gu...

INDIA: Jungle-raj in the police and judiciary

Avinash Pandey Mathura, a city in Uttar Pradesh, witnessed a sensational encounter between the police and a semi-religious cult that left at least 21 dead, 2 senior cops among them, yesterday. The pol...

INDIA : Déjà vu Marries Amnesia In Kerala

An article from Countercurrents.org forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Polling has concluded in Kerala but political parties and commentators alike have missed out on a crucial need in the...

INDIA: Police reforms must be priority for new governments

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) congratulates all the candidates who have secured a victory in the elections to the State Legislative Assemblies that have concluded in the four states and a u...

THAILAND: Inconsistent with the Truth: The Thai Representative’s UPR Statement on Military Courts

An article from Thai Human Rights for Lawyer (THRL) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission The second cycle of the Universal Periodical Review (UPR) of Thailand was held on 11 May 2016 in Gene...

INDIA: Young man shot dead by a Border Security Force personnel in West Bengal

Dear Friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward an appeal from our partner organization MASUM in West Bengal. The appeal alleges that a young man was shot dead by Border Sec...