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India Torture Report 2020: Increase in custodial deaths despite COVID-19 lockdown, at least one suicide every week due to torture in police custodyIndia’s NHRC urged to process asylum applications of the Burmese refugees in MizoramRights group urges NHRC to order Tripura government to hand over Pindulal murder case to CBI, Northeast NowPRESS RELEASE: NHRC urged to transfer Tripura’s Pindulal Chakma murder case to the CBI and invoke Prevention of Atrocities ActPoor account for 71% of custodial deaths in India, The Hindu

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The State of Torture in Manipur

December 1, 2019February 19, 2020 Admin Comment(0)

This briefing paper examines the state of torture and impunity provided by the State of Manipur. On 18 December 2018, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) wrote a letter to the Chief Secretary of Manipur stating that despite repeated requests, sanction of prosecution in seven cases of extrajudicial executions by the security forces had not […]

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Torture in India Update: Tripura

November 1, 2019February 19, 2020 Admin Comment(0)

This briefing paper examines the state of torture in India with special focus on Tripura. As per the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), four cases were registered against police for custodial violence in Tripura during 2017. Reports of torture continue to be reported from the State. On 31 October 2019, Mangal […]

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Briefing: Interventions by India’s NHRIs during March 2019

April 1, 2019October 31, 2020 Admin Comment(0)

The National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) of India i.e. National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and the State Human Rights Commissions (SHRCs) are mandated to address human rights violations and continue to intervene in cases of torture. As per the latest data available, the National Human Rights Commission registered a total of 7,169 fresh cases, including […]

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  • India Torture Report 2020: Increase in custodial deaths despite COVID-19 lockdown, at least one suicide every week due to torture in police custody
  • India’s NHRC urged to process asylum applications of the Burmese refugees in Mizoram
  • Rights group urges NHRC to order Tripura government to hand over Pindulal murder case to CBI, Northeast Now
  • PRESS RELEASE: NHRC urged to transfer Tripura’s Pindulal Chakma murder case to the CBI and invoke Prevention of Atrocities Act
  • Poor account for 71% of custodial deaths in India, The Hindu

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