May 17, 2006 | Adivasis, Encounters, Police Firing/FIR/Charge sheet Violations
Since June 2005, Dantewada District (formerly part of Bastar district), Chhattisgarh, has been in the news for an alleged uprising of adivasis against the Communist Party of India (Maoist), known as Salwa Judum. A fourteen-member team from five organizations (PUCL,...
Dec 13, 2005 | Adivasis, Encounters, Undemocratic Laws, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
Fact-Finding on the Salwa Judum, Dantewara District, by an All-India team (PUCL Chhattisgarh and PUCL Jharkhand, PUDR, Delhi; APDR, West Bengal and IAPL), Nov-Dec 2005 Since June 2005, Dantewara District (formerly part of Bastar district), Chhattisgarh, has been in...
Nov 30, 2004 | Encounters
In most of shoot outs carried by Delhi Police there are certain features that remain common. The most common is lack of any eye witness. Whenever an unnatural death takes place the police are supposed to file a case and investigate the incident because it is a...
Sep 21, 2001 | Communalism, Encounters, Police Firing/FIR/Charge sheet Violations, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
This report is the outcome of a fact-finding conducted by an eleven member team of human rights activists from five civil, democratic and human rights organisations across the country during May 2001 in the troubled parts of Jammu and Kashmir. By visiting many...
May 5, 2001 | Encounters, Violation of Civil and Democratic Rights
इस रिपोर्ट में पुलिस द्वारा पूर्वी उत्तर प्रदेश, जिला मिर्ज़ापुर के भवानीपुर गाँव में तथाकथित मुटभेड़ में 16 लोगों की हत्या की जांच करते हुए इस काण्ड में पुलिस के दोष व इन हत्याओं के बाद गाँव के लोगों पर उसके दमनकारी रव्वैये को उजागर करती है| रिपोर्ट अपनी जांच के अनुसार...
Apr 19, 2001 | Encounters
On 9 March, 2001, the day of holi, 16 people were killed in Bhawanipur village, under Madihan Police Station, Mirzapur district, eastern Uttar Pradesh. Bhawanipur is located at a distance of about 60 k.m. from Mirzapur city which lies on the south bank of the river...