The Hindu 24 August 2019 They are unable to cope with the fear of deportation, separation from family members, it says. About 89% of the more than 41 lakh people excluded from Assam’s National Register of Citizens (NRC) have been suffering from extreme mental torture because of the fear of being marked as a foreigner […]
Nagaland Post 24 August 2019 Around 89% of the more than 41 lakh people left out of the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) list have been suffering from acute mental torture. According to a survey conducted by the National Campaign Against Torture (NCAT), the fear of being marked as a foreigner and its consequences […]
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 […]
The New Indian Express 23 August 2019 Around 37 lakh of over 41 lakh people excluded from NRC have been suffering from extreme mental torture due to the fear of being identified as foreigners, says rights body NCAT. GUWAHATI: Human rights body National Campaign Against Torture (NCAT) has claimed that around 37 lakh or 89% […]
New Delhi: Releasing its report, “Assam’s NRC: Four Million Tales of Mental Torture, Trauma & Humiliation”, containing the survey on the state of mental health of those excluded from the National Register of Citizens (NRC), the National Campaign Against Torture (NCAT) stated that about 37 lakhs or 89% of over 41 lakhs excluded from the […]
Andhra Pradesh has been infamous for extrajudicial executions in the context of countering the Naxalites. Torture has been an integral part. The National Human Rights Commission registered cases against 80 deaths in police custody during 2009-2010 to 2018-19, six cases of custodial rapes reported between 2014 and 2016 and 765 deaths in judicial custody. Apart […]
Blitz 04 July 2019 Vijaya Laxmi Tripura An organization named ‘Campaign Against Torture in India’ has called upon to ratify the United NGO Campaign Against Torture (UNCAT). The “Campaign Against Torture in India” while releasing “India: Annual Report on Torture 2018” on the United Nations Day Against Torture stated that during 2018, a total of 1,966 custodial deaths […]
Counterview Thursday, July 04, 2019 Counterview Desk A European Commission (EU)-funded report, “Campaign against Torture in India: Prevention, Accountability and Rehabilitation”, has regretted that, despite a sharp rise in deaths caused by torture, the Government of India has failed to frame a law on custodial torture and inhuman treatment, even though India is a signatory […]
On 25 June 2019, a day ahead of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the Karnataka State Human Rights Commission (KSHRC) ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to investigate the custodial death of undertrial prisoner Syed Fairoz, aged 21 years, at Parappana Agrahara Central Prison, Bengaluru on 24 January this year. The […]
The Tribune 26 June 2019 The absence of a comprehensive standalone anti-custodial torture legislation and the consequential non-ratification of UNCAT have strengthened the case of criminals to resist the government’s attempts to extradite them to stand trial in India. Ashwani Kumar Former Union Minister for Law and Justice June 26 is observed annually as the United […]
