-TheWire.in Opposition leaders have lashed out at the police's 'highhanded' behaviour. New Delhi: The Tripura Police has booked 102 people under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for protesting, or even merely mentioning, the recent communal violence in the state’s northern districts on different social media platforms. This latest move reflects the trend of Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states attempting to criminalise protests. According to sources in the Tripura Police, cases have been filed...
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Tripura police sends UAPA notice to Delhi-based lawyers for social media posts relating to fact finding on Tripura violence -Sabah Gurmat
--TheLeaflet.in THE West Agartala Police Station sent a notice under Section 41 of the CrPC, informing advocate Mukesh, a lawyer based in Delhi, of the case registered against him u/s 13 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967 (UAPA). A similar UAPA notice has been sent to advocate Ansar Indori of the National Confederation of Human Rights Organizations (NCHRO). Both lawyers were part of a recent fact-finding team to Tripura. The...
More »Towards a more humane police force -RK Vij
-The Hindu Efforts are on to improve the human rights protection regime in Police Stations Earlier this month, Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana expressed concern at the degree of human rights violations in Police Stations in the country. He said that “the threat to human rights and bodily integrity is the highest in Police Stations”. He also said that “in spite of constitutional declarations and guarantees, lack of effective legal representation...
More »Lost keys of livelihood: Locksmiths a vanishing tribe in Lucknow’s Aminabad -Rohit Ghosh
-Down to Earth A shift in lifestyles, COVID-19 pandemic has changed the game for Aminabad’s locksmiths. Most say they do not want their children to get into this occupation Samir Khan sits cross-legged on the side of street in Amindabad — one of the oldest neighbourhoods of Lucknow — with a heap of unfinished keys, a file and a small hammer. There is a Police Station on the opposite side. He...
More »Muslims more likely to be targeted by Delhi Police if facial recognition technology is used -Jai Vipra
-ThePrint.in Any technological intervention that intensifies policing will aggravate the historical systemic bias, particularly against Muslims living in over-policed areas like Old Delhi or Nizamuddin. The use of new technology, including facial recognition technology (FRT) by police in India brings with it questions of efficiency, surveillance, and discrimination. Existing research focuses on the legal dimensions of FRT with an emphasis on privacy. In this paper, we provide an empirical basis to understand...
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