Lallu Nayka

Gruesome coronavirus lockdown killings in India ignite fierce debate on police brutality. Stuff

Stuff 17 August 2020 For two and a half minutes the popular Indian radio DJ described in graphic detail what she said was the torture and killing of a father and son in police custody. The father was arrested for flouting coronavirus lockdown rules by keeping his mobile phone shop in southern India open past curfew, Suchitra […]

Lessons for India from neighbourhood: Sri Lanka’s anti-torture law, June 2018

Article 11 of the Constitution of Sri Lanka specifically prohibits torture by stating that “no person shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment”. This prohibition is made absolute by Article 15, which prohibits any limitation on Article 11 under any circumstance, even for reasons of national security and […]

Activists Question MHA as Torture Left Out of Criminal Law Reforms Panel’s Agenda, The Wire

The Wire 18 August 2020 The National Campaign Against Torture has pointed out that several IPC sections dealing with torture need changes. New Delhi: Though Union home minister Amit Shah stated last year that “The era of third degree is gone. Use forensics as evidence to nail criminals”, his ministry’s Committee for Reforms in Criminal Laws […]