-Counterview.net Objecting to the use of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) against Amnesty International, forcing the top NGO to close its office in India, and the Arrest human rights activists, especially 83-year-old Fr Stan Swamy, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has asked the Government of India to safeguard the rights of human rights defenders and NGOs, and their ability to carry out their crucial work on...
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NCRB 2019 data shows 165% jump in sedition cases, 33% jump in UAPA cases under Modi govt -Leah Verghese
-ThePrint.in In recent years, sedition and UAPA have been weaponised against critics of the govt. National Crime Records Bureau’s recently-released data confirms this. A journalist from Kerala was accused of sedition and various offences under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, (UAPA) and Arrested on the way to Hathras on October 7. In recent years, sedition and UAPA have been weaponised and used routinely against critics of various ruling governments. Data from...
More »Charged In Lockdown Riot Cases, Migrant Workers Afraid To Return To Gujarat -Parth MN
-IndiaSpend.com Mumbai: This is not the first time Sandeep Srivastava, 21, is preparing to leave his home in southwestern Uttar Pradesh for work. This time, however, his family is tense: The previous time he had migrated for a job, he had ended up in jail. “They are reluctant to let me go. They are scared for my safety,” said Srivastava who belongs to Chauth village in Jalaun district. He was among 25...
More »European Parliament’s human rights panel warns India against targeting minorities
-Scroll.in The head of European Parliament’s panel urged the Narendra Modi government to meet its pledge to promote and protect human rights. The European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights on Monday cautioned India against targeting religious minorities in the country, particularly Muslims. It urged the Narendra Modi government to meet its pledge to promote and protect human rights. In a statement, Maria Arena, the chief of the panel, said that protests over the...
More »UP Police Locked Us Up, Didn't Allow Us to See Body, Cremated Her at 3 am: Hathras Victim's Family -Ismat Ara
-TheWire.in The Wire travels to the house of the Dalit victim in a village dominated by upper caste Thakur households. Hathras, Uttar Pradesh: For a fortnight, the Dalit gang rape victim from Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district fought for her life. Her limbs were paralysed and her tongue was brutally wounded. Those Arrested for the crime were four upper caste Thakur men, Sandeep (20), his uncle Ravi (35) and their friends Luv Kush (23)...
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