Absence of Strong Legislation: India lacks specific anti-torture legislation and has not criminalized custodial violence. The state has resisted enacting a law, claiming that existing domestic legal ...

Furthermore, Odhikar highlights allegations that joint forces conduct operations in plainclothes and engage in torture and ...

Suaram says barring the human rights commission from holding its inquiry at the facility is a violation of the Suhakam Act ...

While the faces of those perpetrating custodial deaths and custodial torture in Bangladesh have changed since Sheikh Hasina’s ouster, these heinous crimes continue to occur, according to Odhikar, one ...

World's innovative 'Proof of Human' services are now available in Thailand, aiming to provide people with the tools they need ...

Members of the Free Human Rights Practice National Action group urge the recommendation for a non-custodial investigation of ...

ORIGINAL (9/7/2023): A Barbour County man has been charged after troopers say he sexually abused an 11-year-old girl.

The Supreme Court of the State of Colorado has upheld a man’s conviction after his attorney called for the court to overturn ...

In India, individuals whose human rights have been violated have several avenues for legal recourse under constitutional law, statutory law, and tort law. The Indian judiciary, particularly the ...

Butler County's 2025 budget sees a 36.5% increase in expenditures, driven by grant expectations and rising departmental costs ...

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