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We, the undersigned civil society organisations, call for the immediate and unconditional release of Kashmiri journalist and human rights defender Irfan Mehraj. While on a professional assignment on 20 March 2023, Mehraj was summoned for questioning and arbitrarily detained by India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Srinagar under provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Weiterlesen

The operationalization of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) 2019 is a blow to the Indian constitutional values of equality and religious non-discrimination and inconsistent and incompatible with India’s international human rights obligations, said Amnesty International today. Citizenship Amendment Act is a blow to Indian constitutional values and international standards Weiterlesen

On 12 February 2024, Amnesty International along with seven other groups wrote to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) urging the global body to ensure its assessment team meets an independent and diverse set of civil society actors as part of its mutual evaluation of India’s anti-money laundering and countering financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regime Weiterlesen

Responding to the news of activist and Delhi University professor Gokarakonda Naga Saibaba’s re-acquittal by the Bombay High Court today after being in jail for more than seven years under the draconian Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), Aakar Patel, chair of board at Amnesty International India, said: “The re-acquittal of G.N. Saibaba today is again Weiterlesen

Responding to the death of the 22- year-old farmer Shubhkaran Singh during the ‘Dilli Chalo’ Farmers’ march, Aakar Patel, chair of board at Amnesty International India, said: “The death of Shubhkaran Singh occurred amid a ruthless crackdown by the state authorities on the farmers protests in India. Authorities must carry out a prompt, effective, thorough, Weiterlesen

Responding to the mounting restrictions and escalating crackdown by the Indian authorities on the ‘Dilli Chalo’ peaceful march of farmers, Aakar Patel, chair of board at Amnesty International India, said: “Instead of facilitating the right to protest, the Indian government is yet again going to great lengths to quash the farmers’ peaceful protests in the Weiterlesen

Amnesty International has analysed the punitive demolitions of 128 properties in the states of Assam, Delhi, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh following episodes of communal violence and protests between April and June 2022. View Amnesty Statement: “If you speak up, your house will be demolished”: Bulldozer injustice in India Video: Bulldozer Injustice in India Weiterlesen

As the French President, accompanied by several ministers and business leaders, embarks on a two-day official visit to India to “strengthen the strategic partnership” with Narendra Modi’s government, just a few weeks ahead of the country’s general elections, Amnesty International warns that minorities (religious, ethnic and gender) continue to suffer violent persecution in the country Weiterlesen

Zwei neue Berichte von Amnesty International zeigen, wie Maschinen der Marke JCB als Waffe in einer Hasskampagne gegen Minderheiten in Indien eingesetzt werden. Die verbreitete rechtswidrige Zerstörung von Häusern, Geschäften und Gebetsstätten von Muslimen durch den Einsatz von JCB-Bulldozern und anderen Maschinen muss sofort gestoppt werden. Die beiden Berichte – ‘If you speak up, your Weiterlesen

Amnesty International hat in Zusammenarbeit mit der Washington Post schockierende neue Details über den fortgesetzten Einsatz der äußerst invasiven Spyware Pegasus der NSO Group zur Bekämpfung prominenter Journalisten in Indien ans Licht gebracht, darunter einen, der bereits zuvor Opfer eines Angriffs mit derselben Spyware geworden war. Zum Statement: Damning new forensic investigation reveals repeated use Weiterlesen