Responding to the re-arrest today of Jignesh Mevani, an independent Dalit member of the Gujarat legislative assembly, immediately after he was granted bail by a court in Assam, Aakar Patel, Chair of Amnesty International’s India Board, said: “The fact that Jignesh Mevani was arrested for a second time immediately after being granted bail reveals the Weiterlesen
Indischer Menschenrechtsverteidiger Khurram Parvez seit 150 Tagen willkürlich inhaftiert
CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation and Amnesty International condemn the way in which the authorities have targeted and harassed human rights defender Khurram Parvez through the misuse of the justice system, 150 days on, from his arbitrary detention. Our organisations call on the government of India to immediately and unconditionally release him and drop the Weiterlesen
Verfolgung von Minderheiten und schwindende Meinungsfreiheit in Indien: Amnestys Vorlage zur 41. Sitzung der UPR-Arbeitsgruppe, November 2022
This submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of India in November 2022. In it, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations made to India in its previous UPR and assesses laws that have been amended to threaten the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly as well as those which discriminate Weiterlesen
Ausreiseverbot für Vorsitzenden von Amnesty India
Die indischen Behörden müssen das willkürliche Reiseverbot, das dem indischen Menschenrechtsaktivisten und Vorsitzenden von Amnesty International India, Aakar Patel, auferlegt wurde, unverzüglich aufheben. Am Mittwoch, 06. 04. 2022, war Aakar Patel auf dem Weg in die USA, um an mehreren Konferenzen über die Nutzung sozialer Medien für sozialen und politischen Wandel und die Angriffe auf Weiterlesen