Deccan Herald 08 July 2020 By Ashish Goel In May 2017, the then Attorney General of India told representatives from countries at the UN’s Human Rights Council that “the concept of torture is completely alien to our culture and it has no place in the governance of the nation.” Last week, Bennix, 31, and his […]
Firstpost 07 July 2020 In a depressing continuation of the widespread practice of custodial torture, P Jayaraj, 59, and J Fenix, 31, died gruesome deaths in Thoothukudi last month The outrage and debates around the chilling custodial deaths of a father-son duo in Tamil Nadu sound a bit too familiar to Sayyad Khwaja Hussain, 50. “It […]
UCA News 07 July 2020 By Bijay Kumar Minj Church lawyer wants urgent action to stop the torture of marginalized people in judicial or police custody India records an average of nearly five custodial deaths each day and most victims are from the Muslim, Dalit and tribal communities. A report published by the National Campaign Against […]
Huffington Post 07 July 2020 By Akshita Jain, Editor Demystifying the police and increasing the forums of interaction between police and citizens can help reimagine the role of the police, says retired IPS officer Meeran Chadha Borwankar. The custodial death of a father and son in Thoothukudi last month has led to widespread outrage and protests around the country. […]
The Wire 07 July 2020 By Sukanya Shantha The amended section 176 (1A) of the CrPC mandates judicial inquiry into every case of death, rape and disappearance in the custody. Mumbai: On June 26, following nationwide outrage, the Madurai bench of the Madras high court ordered for a judicial magistrate’s inquiry into the alleged custodial murders of […]
Ground Xero 06 July 2020 A documentation of the custodial deaths during lockdown that also looks for the answer to some such questions around the class nature, caste nature and religious nature of such deaths. This is the second part of the Groundxero report. The Thoothukudi murders have once again drawn our attention to custodial and other forms of […]
Aljazeera 05 July 2020 By Amjed Jaaved Women continued to be tortured or targeted for sexual violence in custody and the victims often belonged to the weaker sections. During 2019, the death of at least four women in police custody was reported. India, a non-permanent member of the United Nations’ Security Council, is the world’s largest […]
Milli Gazette 04 July 2020 Rights have gone all wrong in today’s India! It is a season of discontent for millions everywhere: the pandemic COVID-19 has disrupted life and livelihoods, the routine and the ‘normal’. People have been forced to adjust and to adapt; to become more frugal, more simple and much more. It is also been a […]
The Hindu 03 July 2020 Moves HC challenging Home Secretary being in charge Actor Kamal Haasan-led Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) has moved the Madras High Court challenging the constitutional validity of certain provisions of the Tamil Nadu Police Reforms Act of 2013 and insisted that the State Police Complaints Authority (SPCA) should be headed only […]
Boom Live 03 July 2020 By – Mohammed Kudrati The custodial deaths of P Jayaraj and his son Bennix in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu has once again put the spotlight on excesses by the police force on citizens. But any attempt to study the patterns of custodial deaths that can influence police reforms have suffered due […]
