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Rihaai Manch described the denial of emergency bail to Ateekur Rahman as inhuman and a violation of his right to life.
Threat to human rights is highest in police stations: Chief Justice of India NV Ramana
By: Admin on 8/08/2021 08:14:00 AM / comment : 0 Human Rights Violation, National
The chief justice said that constitutional right to legal aid and availability of free legal services was necessary to keep police excesses under check.
UN Rights Experts Calls on India to Halt Eviction of Khori Gaon Residents in Haryana
By: Admin on 7/17/2021 08:24:00 AM / comment : 0 Human Rights Violation, National
The local administration, which began its demolition
exercise last week amidst the current monsoon season, aims to completely raze
down the settlement by July 19, after the Supreme Court had failed to provide
relief to residents who moved the court against the evictions and demolition.
“We appeal to the Indian government to respect its own
laws and its own goal of eliminating homelessness by 2022 and to spare homes of
100,000 people who mostly come from minority and marginalised communities. It
is particularly important that residents be kept safe during the pandemic,” a
statement issued by UN human rights experts on Friday, July 16, stated.
They said that the ongoing demolition and eviction would
put the residents at greater risk, who have already been severely hit by the
COVID-19 pandemic.
Although Khori Gaon is a protected forest area, the
statement said, the forest was actually destroyed by heavy mining carried out
by authorities even before the settlement came up. Nearly 2,000 homes were
demolished earlier in September last year and April this year. Residents who
moved the Supreme Court against the eviction notices received a setback as the
court last month ordered the removal of the settlement by 19 July.
“We
find extremely worrying that India’s highest court, which has in the past led
the protection of housing rights, is now leading evictions placing people at
risk of internal displacement and even homelessness, as is the case in Khori
Gaon,” the UN human rights experts’ statement said.
“The role of the Supreme Court is to uphold the laws and
to interpret them in light of internationally-recognised human rights
standards, not to undermine them. In this case, the spirit and purpose of the
Land Acquisition Act 2013, among other domestic legal requirements, have not
been met.”
The UN statement also lamented that water and electricity
to the settlement were cut off several weeks ago, besides police beating up
human rights defenders and residents protesting against the eviction.
“We call on India to urgently review its plans for razing
Khori Gaon and to consider regularising the settlement so as not to leave
anyone homeless. No one should be forcibly evicted without adequate and timely
compensation and redress,” the statement added.
The statement was signed by UN human rights’ experts
Balakrishnan Rajagopal, special rapporteur on adequate housing as a
component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to
non-discrimination in this context; Mary Lawlor, special rapporteur on the
situation of human rights defender; Cecilia Jimenez-Damary, special
rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons; Fernand de
Varennes, special rapporteur on minority issues; Pedro Arrojo-Agudo,
special rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation;
Olivier De Schutter, special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human
rights; and Koumbou Boly Barry, special rapporteur on the right to education.
Custodial death in Sangod police station; investigation and compensation demanded: NCHRO
By: Admin on 5/14/2021 10:01:00 AM / comment : 0 Custodial Death, Human Rights Violation, National
KOTA: In the case of custodial death in the Saangod police station of Shahid Mansuri, human rights organisation NCHRO filed a complaint in the human rights commission. The organisation also wrote letters to the Chief Minister and the Director General of Police, demanding an investigation against the police personnel and an appropriate compensation to the family. In the letter sent via email, member of the national executive committee of the organisation, Adv. Ansar Indori, has written that cases of custodial death are serious which the human rights commission and the supreme court have linked to police brutality. According to the victim's family, Shahid Mansuri was tortured in police custody, as a result of which he died. They have demanded in the letter that an urgent investigation be started against the accused policemen and that the victim's family be given appropriate compensation. In the press note related to this case, he said that according to the human rights commission and the supreme court, no person should be subjected to any kind of torture in custody.
But the cases of custodial death are not ceasing. In the case of late Shahid Mansuri, prima facie the physical and mental torture cannot be denied. The state government should immediately start an investigation against the police officers.
Sincerely,
Advocate Ansar Indori,
Human Rights Lawyer,
08955994260
‘Manipuri mother of fake encounter victim can approach HC’
By: Admin on 3/30/2016 07:49:00 PM / comment : 0 Human Rights Violation, Manipur, North East
Journalist tortured in custody must be released
By: Admin on 3/30/2016 06:53:00 PM / comment : 0 Human Rights Violation, National
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