Jadaliyya 16 July 2020 By Jinee Lokaneeta George Floyd’s death, the outrage and protest against it, and renewed movement for police and prison abolition has resonated in different corners of the world, including the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. In Sathankulam, protests erupted after a father-son duo Jayaraj and Bennix were allegedly brutally tortured to death by […]
The Wire 15 July 2020 According to a report from the National Campaign Against Torture, India recorded 1,723 cases of custodial deaths from January to December 2019. The custodial deaths of Jayaraj and his son Benicks in Tamil Nadu’s Tuticorin on June 22, has sparked outrage against police brutality. Reports have emerged on how the […]
The Pioneer 14 July 2020 The only way to prevent and eliminate custodial deaths is to make the senior police officers directly accountable whenever such incidents occur in police stations under their jurisdiction On June 26, three days after the father-son duo, P Jayaraj and Bennix, died after being brutally tortured in police custody in […]
North West Arkansas 12 July 2020 Police say suspect killed in flee attempt LUCKNOW, India — A top suspect in dozens of crimes, including the killings of eight police officers last week, was fatally shot Friday in police custody while allegedly trying to flee, officials said. Vikas Dubey snatched a gun from officers after their […]
Taipei Times 11 July 2020 A top suspect in dozens of crimes, including the killings of eight police officers last week, was fatally shot yesterday in police custody while allegedly trying to flee, officials said. Vikas Dubey snatched a gun from officers after their vehicle overturned on a highway near the northern Indian city of […]
India Legal 11 July 2020 By Inderjit Badhwar The brutal torture-murder of the father-son duo, P Jayaraj and J Benicks, by the Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu) police and subsequent arrest of some of the alleged perpetrators following a national outrage of protests has focused renewed attention on the latest report of the National Campaign Against Torture […]
Herald Malaysia Online 11 July 2020 By Bijay Kumar Minj India records an average of nearly five custodial deaths each day and most victims are from the Muslim, Dalit and tribal communities. India records an average of nearly five custodial deaths each day and most victims are from the Muslim, Dalit and tribal communities. A […]
The New York Times 09 July 2020 LUCKNOW, India — The top suspect in the ambush killings of eight police officers last week and dozens of other crimes was fatally shot in police custody Friday while allegedly trying to flee, officials said. Vikas Dubey snatched a revolver from officers after their vehicle overturned on a […]
South China Morning Post 09 July 2020 By Vasudevan Sridharan Bennicks Immanuel and J Jayaraj died from their injuries after allegedly being tortured following their arrest for breaking coronavirus lockdown rules Activists say theirs were just two of many deaths in police custody in India, raising questions over police brutality, impunity and the need for reform […]
The Wire 08 July 2020 The ‘India: Annual Report on Torture 2019’ has identified `15 trends of torture and impunity’ which reveal how torture has also become a systemic tool of oppression, extortion and silencing dissent. New Delhi: Every day, an average of five people die in custody in India, with some of them succumbing to […]
