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.
I did not know that this visit would inaugurate the longest battle of my life’: Henri Tiphagne on 14 years of fighting the FCRA regime
MAY 21, 2012, was the day. It was a Monday morning, and like any other busy day in our office, our colleagues were darting through the corridors. Advocates rushing to the courts, fact-finding teams getting geared up for their field investigation, our human rights education team returning from training and our Help Line unit, as always, busy with their clients. I, like any other day, was trying to hold everything together.
