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

Gruesome coronavirus lockdown killings in India ignite fierce debate on police brutality. Stuff

Stuff 17 August 2020 For two and a half minutes the popular Indian radio DJ described in graphic detail what she said was the torture and killing of a father and son in police custody. The father was arrested for flouting coronavirus lockdown rules by keeping his mobile phone shop in southern India open past curfew, Suchitra […]

Has India legalised the use of torture on its citizens?, Aljazeera

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 […]

Kenya’s anti-torture law shows India’s failure to criminalise torture

Kenya had a very tumultuous history. Kenyans suffered unspeakable and horrific gross violations of human rights at the hands of the British colonial administration between 1895 and 1963. In order to establish its authority in Kenya, the colonial government employed violence on the local population on an unprecedented scale, including massacres, torture and ill-treatment and […]