While the views of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on alleged human rights violations in Jammu & Kashmir are well-known, and have been widely published, OHCHR has forcefully criticized human rights violations in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), which the UN body refers to as Pakistan-Administered Kashmir.  Excerpts from the … More Enforced disappearances from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, people kept in secret detentions

In a written reply to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir in January 2017, the then-Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti stated that from 2007 to 2016, over 2,400 were detained the Public Security Act (PSA), of which about 58% were quashed by courts. The Chief Minister stated in the Assembly in January 2018 that 525 … More J&K High Court failed to adequately defend human rights principles enshrined in Constitution

In a letter, five top officer bearers* of the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner have expressed concern that the Government of India has failed to respond to the UNHCHR’s plea regarding human rights violations in relation to the process of updating National Register of Citizens (NRC). Excerpts: We wish to address … More Implementation of NRC updation in Assam: Worrying signs for those excluded from draft list

Joint submission* to United Nations Human Rights Committee, adoption of list of issues 126th session (July 1-26, 2019), submitted by the National Dalit Movement For Justice-NDMJ (NCDHR) International Dalit Solidarity Network-IDSN: National Dalit Movement for Justice (NDMJ)-NCDHR & International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN) provide the below information to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Committee … More Key concerns about violations of UN covenant with regard to Dalits and Adivasis: Joint submission

By Sheshu Babu* Prison walls or iron bars can’t hide truth, torture or harassment can’t detain anyone for long… That was proved on April 3, 2019 when a brave woman  Nirmalakka travelled from Sukma to Kunta for two hours with around twenty journalists after her release from jail in Chhattisgarh. After 12 years in jail, … More Incarcerated for ideological beliefs, prison walls, iron bars couldn’t suppress Nirmalakka