India: Further information on Fear for safety/ torture

Index AI : ASA 20/022/2006
Date de publication : 3 septembre 2006
Catégorie(s) : Asie - Pacifique, Inde

Human rights defenders Leitangthem Umakanta Meitei and Yengkokpam Langamba Meitei have both been accused of links with an illegal armed group. A Judicial Magistrate in Manipur has ordered that they be released on bail. However, both men have refused to pay their bail monies as they claim the charges against them are false.