Please click here to access the 2020 ANNI Report on the Performance of National Human Rights Institutions (released in December 2021), which was prepared by FORUM-ASIA and funded by Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). Kindly click here to access the Executive Summary of the 2020 ANNI [Asian NGO Network on National Human Rights Institutions] Report on the Performance of…
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Kindly click here, here and here to access the key findings of the report titled Forced Evictions in India in 2020: A Grave Human Rights Crisis During the Pandemic (released on 9th September, 2021). —- Please click here to access the Key takeaways of the Status of Policing in India Report (SPIR) 2020-21 (Volume II): Policing in the Covid-19 Pandemic (released on 16 August,…
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During 2020 at least 228 journalists (including two cases against media houses) were targeted. These included 12 female journalists who had faced physical violence, online harassment/ threats and cases including under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) of 1967. Please click here, here and here to access the report titled India Press Freedom Report 2020 (released on 30th July, 2021) by…
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According to the report entitled Crime in India 2016 Statistics (released in November, 2017), which has been published by the National Crime Records Bureau, http://ncrb.gov.in/ : Human Rights Violation • At the national-level, the total number of cases registered against police personnel for human rights violation was 209 in 2016. However, 73 cases were found to be false….
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Based on data and statistics from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) and Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD), the PRS Legislative Research has come out with a report. The key findings of the report entitled Police Reforms in India (June 2017), which has been authored by Anviti Chaturvedi are as follows (please click here to access):…
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According to the report entitled Crime in India 2015 Statistics (released in 2016), which has been published by the National Crime Records Bureau, http://ncrb.gov.in/ : Human Rights Violation • At the national-level, the total number of cases registered against State Police and Central Paramilitary Forces for human rights violation was 94 in 2015. However, 12 cases were found…
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According to the report entitled Crime in India 2014 by National Crime Records Bureau (released in 2015), www.ncrb.nic.in: Crime against women* • The rate of total cognizable crime committed against women in India has been 56.3. • Most crimes against women in 2014 were committed in Uttar Pradesh (11.4 percent), followed by West Bengal (11.3 percent), Rajasthan…
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According to the report Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2014 by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), (please click here to access the report): Indian Scenario • A bit more than 40% of the persons investigated for trafficking in persons in India were females. • India has detected victims from other countries in the subregion, particularly…
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For the report Elder Abuse in India (2014), the research pans 12 cities across 8 states with a sample size of 1,200 elders covering both metro (Tier I) and non- metro (Tier II) cities. The report was done to determine the existence of elder abuse, reasons for its occurrence, its extent and what as per…
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