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Nobody knows how many Indians die in custody because official figures vary wildly, National Herald

National Herald 03 November 2020 By MY Siddiqui When law enforcement agencies become perpetrators of violence, it becomes an ominous abuse of authority and custodial deaths unacceptable excesses by police force on citizens. Types of torture by the police documented in India include hammering iron nails in the body, hitting private parts, electric shocks on genitals, […]

Survey finds : 89% of people excluded from Assam NRC suffering from mental punishment

APN News 24 August 2019 By Bhupen Goswami Guwahati : In a shocking (but not entirely unexpected revelation), it has been discovered that about 89% who have been excluded from the National Register of Citizens (NRC) are suffering from anxiety. This staggering figure has been revealed by a survey by the National Campaign Against Torture […]

UN Action Against Torture, June 2018

In May 2018, the UN bodies took a number of actions for the prevention of torture. A. UN Committee Against Torture: Tajikistan On 18 May 2018, the UN Committee against Torture (UNCAT) concluded its sixty-third session during which the Committee adopted concluding observations and recommendations on Belarus, Czech Republic, Norway, Qatar, Senegal and Tajikistan on […]