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EU and India must work together at UN to protect human rights - 5 November 2009

The European Union and India should work together at the United Nations to protect human rights in places of crisis, Amnesty International has said in a letter ahead of the EU India summit in New Delhi.

Bhopal - end 25 years of injustice - 16 October 2009

Bhopal - Indian government must end 25 years of injustice - 16 October 2009

When thousands of tonnes of deadly chemicals leaked from Union Carbide's pesticide plant in Bhopal, India on 2 December 1984, around half a million people were exposed.

Call on chemical company to address the legacy of Bhopal - 16 October 2009

When thousands of tonnes of deadly chemicals leaked from Union Carbide's pesticide plant in Bhopal, India on 2 December 1984, around half a million people were exposed.
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Police were either inactive or responded with excessive force in the face of sectarian violence against religious and linguistic minorities and ethnic clashes.

India: Illegal detention of 11 year old girl in Manipur must be investigated - 21 August 2009

Amnesty International is calling for the government of India to launch an independent investigation into allegations that an 11 year old girl was illegally detained by police in the state of Manipur to force her parents - suspected of links with local armed opposition groups to give themselves up.

Bidyarani Devi Salam was taken from her home by security forces on the morning of 14 August and held in police custody for five days. Her illegal detention triggered hundreds of protestors to take to the streets and call for her release.

Arrest of 11-year-old girl latest human rights violation in Manipur - 21 August 2009

Human rights organizations in the Indian state of Manipur, have alleged that the police abducted Bidyarani Devi Salam to make her parents - who were suspected of helping local armed opposition groups – give themselves up.

Proposed Vedanta mine threatens livelihoods and cultural identity of indigenous community in India - 9 July 2009

The Indian government should immediately withdraw the clearance granted to a massive mining project that threatens the lives and livelihoods of a protected indigenous

India: Proposed Vedanta mine threatens livelihoods and cultural identity of indigenous community - 9 July 2009

The Indian government should immediately withdraw the clearance granted to a massive mining project that threatens the lives and livelihoods of a protected indigenous

India's ruling against 'sodomy' laws is first step to equality - 3 July 2009

A Delhi high court has decided to decriminalize homosexuality. The ruling overturns a 19th century British colonial law.