Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees For the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ Compilation Report – Universal Periodic Review: AFGHANISTAN

Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees For the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ Compilation Report – Universal Periodic Review: AFGHANISTAN

July 6, 2020Posted inArticles, Hindu Refugees from Afghanistan, Latest News
I. BACKGROUND INFORMATIONA. Asylum-seekers and RefugeesIn August 2005, Afghanistan became a State party to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol (hereinafter referred to…
The Tuticorin Custodial Deaths and a long history of Police Brutality

The Tuticorin Custodial Deaths and a long history of Police Brutality

June 28, 2020Posted inArticles, Latest News
Eyewitnesses claim that the Jeyaraj and his son Bennix were beaten repeatedly for hours in police custody, and multiple changes of clothes were brought in to change out of their blood-soaked clothes. Moreover, other witnesses suggested that the two were sodomised while in custody as they were bleeding profusely from their rectums. The police force denied these claims in its FIR, declaring that the two had internal injuries only, as they rolled on the ground and resisted arrest.
Uttarakhand Former Member of Parliament hurt by Tamil Nadu Tuticorin incidence complaints to NHRC

Uttarakhand Former Member of Parliament hurt by Tamil Nadu Tuticorin incidence complaints to NHRC

June 27, 2020Posted inArticles, HRDI Activities, Latest News
The shocking incident happened on June 19, when 59-year-old P Jayaraj and his 31-year-old son Bennicks (Fenix) were picked up for questioning by the cops in Sathankulam police for violating lockdown rules and keeping their mobile shop open beyond the permitted time. It is being alleged that they were brutally thrashed, sodomised and tortured by the police while in custody, leading to their deaths. Eyewitnesses have claimed that the cops inserted metal objects into one of the victims’ rectum, according to India Today and many such media reports .