Legislators in India should substantially amend or replace the new criminal law on violence against women in the forthcoming budget session of the parliament, Amnesty ...
An estimated 1500 families in Jagatsinghpur district in Odisha state are under threat of being forcibly evicted from common land used for farming. On 3 February ...
A series of recommendations to curb violence against women in India in the wake of the rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman will require strong political action ...
India's president has rejected a mercy petition from Saibanna Ningappa Natikar, though 14 former judges have told him they believe the death sentence was wrongly ...
Amnesty International submitted this briefing to the Justice Verma Committee on the reform of laws and criminal justice practices relating to crimes of sexual violence ...
More than 50 persons charged with sedition for leading an 18-month-long protest against the Russian-built nuclear plant at Kudankulam risk detention without charge ...
Aparna Marandi, a long-time human rights defender who has been repeatedly targeted by the state government for her activities, was arrested on 8 December. She is ...
In this open letter regarding the recent resumption of executions in India after eight years, Amnesty International urges the Indian authorities to immediately ...
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