India: A Mockery of Justice: The case concerning the "disappearance" of human rights defender Jaswant Singh Khalra severely undermined

Index Number: ASA 20/007/1998
Date Published: 31 March 1998
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, India

This brief report documents the means used by accused police officers, including delay of proceedings and intimidation of witnesses, in their search of impunity for the "disappearance" of Jaswant Singh Khalra, human rights defender and General secretary of the Human Rights Wing of the Akali Dal political party.