Jun 26 2026
The Global Torture Index 2025 classifies India as a country with “high risk” of torture and ill treatment, and the signed UN Convention Against Torture is yet to be ratified.
oday, June 26 is observed as International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.
Why NHRC's Global Downgrade Demands Urgent Reform
Grace Anu and Edgar Kaiser
India's human rights watchdog faces a credibility reckoning after its downgrade by a global accreditation body that raised questions over its independence from political interference and other concerns.
‘Manipur Violence was Not Spontaneous, But Plannedand Ethnically Targeted’: PUCL Report
New Delhi: The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) on August 20 released the Independent People’s Tribunal on the Ongoing Ethnic Conflict in Manipur at the PressClub of India, New Delhi. The 694-page report, authored under the chairmanship offormer Supreme Court judge Justice Kurian Joseph, delivers the conclusion: “Theviolence which erupted on May 3, 2023, was not spontaneous but planned, ethnicallytargeted, and facilitated by state failures.”
Seshachalam Tragedy: A Decade of Silence and Desperate Call for Justice
Vanaja Jasphine and Edgar Kaiser
On April 7, 2015, the Seshachalam forest in Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh, became the backdrop for one of the darkest chapters in India’s fight for human rights.
Why Communal Tension in Tamil Nadu’s Thiruparankundram is Another Warning Signal
Sekar Palanisamy and Edgar Kaiser
The Tamil Nadu government's silence on the matter only adds to the disconcerting scenario, highlighting the need for public attention and unity.
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