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

Activists Question MHA as Torture Left Out of Criminal Law Reforms Panel’s Agenda, The Wire

The Wire 18 August 2020 The National Campaign Against Torture has pointed out that several IPC sections dealing with torture need changes. New Delhi: Though Union home minister Amit Shah stated last year that “The era of third degree is gone. Use forensics as evidence to nail criminals”, his ministry’s Committee for Reforms in Criminal Laws […]

On rights and wrongs, Milli Gazette

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 […]

Jeyaraj and Beniks: Indian deaths in custody spark national debate about police brutality, ABC News

ABC News 03 July 2020 By India correspondent James Oaten and Som Patidar When shop owners P Jeyaraj and his son J Beniks were taken into custody, the pair was accused of committing a minor offence: keeping their store open for 15 minutes after curfew. Key points: Five police officers have been charged with the […]