Female foeticide and India’s bride bazaar: The case of Haryana

UN expresses grave concern about torture by the Taliban

The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) expressed grave concern about credible accounts of Taliban subjecting detainees to ill-treatment and actions that may amount to torture, as well as serious allegations that some detainees were killed. UNAMA’s preliminary findings derive from face-to-face interviews with 13 detainees freed from a Taliban-run detention facility in Uruzgan on […]

5 Custodial Deaths In India Daily, most victims are Tribals, Muslims, Dalits: Report, The Indian Awaaz

The Indian Awaaz Published on 28 June 2020 Torture methods include hammering iron nails in body, hitting private parts, urinating in mouth A total of 1,731 persons died in custody in India during 2019. It suggests almost five such deaths daily and most of the victims belong to the poor and marginalised communities including Dalit, […]

‘George Floyds of India’: Outrage mounts over police custody deaths, Deutsche Welle

Deutsche Welle 30 June 2020 The deaths of a father and son from alleged police brutality have sparked outrage and a debate on custodial deaths in India, with many drawing parallels with the killing of George Floyd in the United States. J. Jayaraj, 58, and Benicks Immanuel, 31, were arrested by police on June 19 […]