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

3,070 people killed in conflict-hit areas of Northeast from 2009 to 2019: NCAT, Northeast Now

Northeast Now  01 November 2020 Maximum cases of rape by Armed forces were reported from Assam followed by Manipur A total of 3,070 people were killed in the conflict-affected areas in Northeast between 2009 and 2019, said National Campaign Against Torture (NCAT) in its report. According to the report titled, “India: 20 Years Of UNSC […]

Watch | ‘India’s 23-Year-Old Failure to Ratify UN Convention Against Torture is Shameful’, The Wire

By Karan Thapar, The Wire  02 July 2020 India’s former law minister Ashwani Kumar speaks to Karan Thapar on this particular laxity in light of the brutal custodial killing of Jayaraj and Bennicks in Tamil Nadu. One of India’s former law ministers has sharply criticised the Indian political and legal system for failing to ratify […]

89% People Excluded From NRC Suffer From Mental Torture: Survey

Guwahati Plus 26 August 2019 GUWAHATI: A survey by the National Campaign Against Torture (NCAT) has revealed that of the 41 lakh people excluded from Assam’s National Register of Citizens (NRC), about 89 percent of them suffer from extreme mental torture in fear of being tagged a foreigner and the consequences that follow thereafter. The report […]