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‘Torture is the norm, not the exception’

There is a lack of monitoring of police conduct and the way they behave with citizens on...  

‘When I tried to protect prisoners being beaten up, it was regarded as ramblings of a crazy person’

Dr Binayak Sen, Paediatrician and Health Specialist tells Nupur Sonar that the Indian security apparatus employs torture...  

‘The jail is a totally different world and there are several forms of torture’

Prisoner rights are regularly flouted because there is no machinery to ensure protection, says SR Darapuri, former...  

‘Prosecution of cops is necessary for a signal of deterrence against custodial torture’

Human rights lawyer Vrinda Grover tells Nupur Sonar that there appears to be an implicit sanction that...  

‘Even the Taliban respects us for our work in Afghanistan’

Gherado Pontrandolfi, Head of the ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) Delegation in Afghanistan was recently...  

The Hell Of Living Souls

Police torture. It's random. It's common. And it's vicious. G Vishnu on the 14,213 dead. And counting  

Torture Has Only Negative Dividends

A culture of impunity has made torture by police and in prisons endemic. G Vishnu reports  

The Hell of Living Souls

A tailor. A farmer. A bootlegger. Often just young men going about their day. brutally tortured, then...  

Notes of Dissent

The introduction of a new four-year undergraduate programme has thrown Delhi University into turmoil  

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