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 […]
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 […]
