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Concerns regarding human rights violations in conducting deception detection tests (DDT)s were raised long back and the National Human Rights Commission of India had published guidelines in 2000 for the administration of polygraph tests. However, only few of the investigating agencies were seen to follow these guidelines.
On 14 June 2018 for the first time ever UN human rights council released a report of 49 pages on human rights violations in Kashmir and accused both India and Pakistan on the issue. The report also urges to set up a COI to investigate the issue of human rights violations in Kashmir.
Human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir, a disputed territory administered by India, are an ongoing issue.The allegations range from mass killings, forced disappearances, [11] torture, [12] rape and sexual abuse [13] to suppression of freedom of speech and bans on religious gatherings. [14]
Human rights issues in northeast India have been widely reported in the press and by human rights activists. [1] [2] Northeast India refers to the north-easternmost region of India consisting of the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura, as well as parts of northern West Bengal (districts of Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, and Koch Bihar).
When asked in 2019 of the government’s obligation to protect human rights, India’s Home Minister Amit Shah said that while “the protection and promotion of human rights have always been an ...
Human rights abuses in Assam have been compared to the situation of human rights abuses in other insurgency-affected areas of northeast India. [1]The Indian Army has conducted massive search operations in "thousands of villages in Assam" during which actions were taken against peoples that included civilians and young people of having militant sympathies.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -New Delhi said on Thursday it does not attach any value to a U.S. State Department report critical of human rights in India, and called it deeply biased. The annual human ...
Human Rights Watch has documented instances of arbitrary killings, torture, and rape by Indian security forces in the region. [5] Anti-terrorism laws in the state have shielded security forces from being prosecuted by local residents. [6] [7] [8] Currently, 34 groups, including non-violent ones, demand independence from India. [9]