ACHR Impact: Manipur directed to explain 111 fake encountersNHRC also awards Rs 5,00,000 to the next of a victim of fake encounter, 1 February 2010 |
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Acting on a complaint of Asian Centre for Human Rights against extrajudicial execution of R K Sanjaoba, the nephew of former Manipur chief minister R K Joychandra, on 28 January 2010, the National Human Rights Commission of India directed State government of Manipur to explain 111 cases of fake encounters not reported to it. The NHRC also awarded Rs 5,00,000/- to the next kin of deceased Sanjaoba |
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Essex Human Rights Review, University of Essex
'Lessons Learned from the ACHR's National Campaign for Prevention of Torture in India', February 2009
In its Special Issue (Second Part) on "Preventing Torture in the 21st Century", Essex Human Rights Review published the ‘lessons learned’ from the work of Asian Centre for Human Rights for combating torture in India as a part of its National Campaign for Prevention of Torture. ACHR shares its myriad experiences including on lobbying for ratification of the UNCAT, obtaining compensation and justice for the victims and engaging with the National Human Rights Commission of India.
The Brus of Mizoram: Unequal, Unwanted and Unwelcome, 21 January 2010
In its Fact Finding Mission report, Asian Centre for Human Rights today urged the State government of Mizoram to learn the lessons from the failed repatriation of November 2009 which was a recipe for chaos and conflicts. The State government of Mizoram and the Mizoram Bru Displaced Peoples Forum are scheduled to hold talks on 22 January 2010 in Aizawl. In this fact finding report, ACHR urges Union Government of India to provide the Bru IDPs the same facilities it provides to the Kashmiri Pandits as well as the Sri Lankan Tamil refugees and the Sri Lankan Tamil displaced persons. Read more...
Press Release: Mizoram failed to protect the Brus: November repatriation was a recipe for chaos and conflict
NHRC rejects BSF authority’s report, awards Rs 6.5 lakhs compensation to victims, 8 January 2010
In its latest order, the National Human Rights Commission rejected the findings of the General Security Force Court of the Border Security Force and ordered the Ministry of Home Affairs to pay compensation of Rs 6.5 lakhs to the next of kin of the deceased, Masud Rana Sarkar and Rs 50,000 each to those injured in the assault by the BSF personnel in South Dinajpur district in West Bengal on 5 March 2007. The NHRC's order was based on the findings of the Magisterial Inquiry.The NHRC had intervened based on the complaint of the Asian Centre for Human Rights... read more
ACHR concludes Bru displacement fact finding mission
The fact finding into recent displacement of the Brus by the team of ACHR undertaken at the invitation of the State government of Mizoram concluded its one week visit today. The fact finding team met the victims, Mizoram’s Chief Minister Pu Lalthanhawla and Home Minister R. Lalzirliana, Chief Secretary of Tripura, Mr Sudhir Sharma and a number of Mizo and Bru civil society organisations, apart from civil and police officials. About 1,000 families have been displaced.....Read more
Madhes: The challenges and opportunities for a stable Nepal
The debate over Nepalese Vice President Dr Parmanand Jha taking oath in Hindi is already over but another conflict in the Terai region may not be. This Briefing Paper provides background of the Madhesi movement, their grievances in the context of present developments, the present political dynamics, the existing ground-level situation in the Tarai and the multiple fault-lines that characterize it, and the assertion by Tharus and other communities claiming their distinct identities. It also examines the role of the Indian establishment and cross border elements – which wield enormous influence and leverage in shaping Nepali politics.
Enforce the law in North-East, 19 August 2009
The pictures exposed by The Tehelka magazine establish beyond any reasonable doubt that Chungkham Sanjit was shot dead in cold blood on July 23, 2009, by the Manipur police commandos. Yet, the state government failed to take any measure that would assuage pent-up public sentiment against widespread and systematic extrajudicial executions in Manipur..... If the law is allowed to take its own course, human rights violations will significantly reduce and this will win the hearts and minds of the people.
ASEAN's new human rights body:
A threat to human rights in the region? 28 July 2009
On 20th July 2009, Foreign Ministers of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) met in Phuket, Thailand. On the same day, ASEAN adopted the Terms of Reference (ToR) for a new ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR). In this paper, ACHR analyses the ToR of the AICHR and opines that the new body may actually pose serious threats to human rights in the region.
Prevention and Punishment of Torture Bill 2009
This report submitted to the Members of Parliament analyses the inadequacies of the "Prevention of Torture Bill, 2008" as drafted by the Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India in order to “ratify the UN Convention Against Torture and to provide for more effective implementation.” It also provides the "Prevention and Punishment of Torture Bill, 2009" as adopted by the “National Conference on the Prevention of Torture Bill, 2008” held in New Delhi on 24-25 June 2009.
ACHR's Actions Against Torture and other forms of Human Rights Violations in India
2 July 2009In this publication, ACHR shares experiences of its action which led to the award Rs 50.3 lakhs compensation, punishment and censure for 35 law enforcement personnel and orders of the Honourable Delhi High Court in favour of ACHR pertaining to the cases filed against the NHRC.
Report: Torture in India 2009
Torture in India 2009 focuses on deaths in police custody in the last eight years i.e. from 1 April 2001 to 31 March 2009. This is the most comprehensive study on the use of torture by the police that highlights the failure of the Guidelines of the NHRC on Custodial Deaths/Custodial Rapes and the Supreme Court's judgement in the case of D K Basu Vs State of West Bengal
India Human Rights Report 2009
ACHR in Indian Parliament in 2008
South Asia Human Rights Index 2008
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