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Abdul Alim Jafri
UP Govt Admits 37% of ‘Criminals’ Killed in Encounters in 3 Years Were Muslims
22 Aug 2020
The list has been released after the government was accused of targeting mainly the Brahmin community following the encounters of gangster Vikas Dubey, his associate Amar Dubey and Rakesh Pandey.
Telangana Police Frame Civil Society as Maoist to Suppress People’s Struggles, Say Activists
07 Dec 2019
In the last two months, allegedly 65 persons have been booked under the UAPA Act in Telangana, according to sources.
Sonam Mittal
Hyderabad: Death Penalty is No Cure for Rape Culture
07 Dec 2019
Scapegoating, hangings, encounters: a cloak for our collective guilt.
Abdul Alim Jafri
Encounter and ‘Error’: Shot for Bike Theft, Victim Produces Proof of Purchase
30 Nov 2019
Station House Officer of Kankar Khera police station Bijendra Singh Rana has said there was a clerical error in the FIR. “We meant to write that Sheman and his associate robbed the mobile phone while…
Abdul Alim Jafri
‘Encounter Politics’ Heats up in UP as Another Man is Killed in Azamgarh
11 Oct 2019
If encounters were a solution to controlling crime, then Uttar Pradesh should have had no crime by now, says former UP top cop.
Tarique Anwar
AP Tops List of ‘Fake Encounter’ Killing Complaints, UP is Second
16 Jun 2019
With 57 cases, Andhra Pradesh topped the list of complaints of ‘fake encounters’, while Uttar Pradesh logged 39 cases, as per an RTI reply.
Vivan Eyben
Manipur: Stockpiles, Affidavits and a Dirty War
30 Apr 2019
Accused of stockpiling weapons, Lieutenant Colonel Dharamvir Singh has questioned why no FIR has been registered as yet.
Abdul Alim Jafri
Three "Custodial Deaths" in Three Months, Is This the Best Law and Order of UP?
23 Jan 2019
During January to August 2017, 204 custodial deaths were reported in UP, and by February 2018, the numbers had almost doubled.
Vivan Eyben
Can a Passing Mention Demoralise the Armed Forces?
13 Nov 2018
The petition filed for Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice UU Lalit recusing themselves from the Manipur Fake Encounter hearings points towards a genuine fear among serving Armed Forces personnel. The…
Newsclick Report
Government Chooses to Stay Quiet as the Number of “Fake Encounters” Keeps Increasing in Manipur
05 Jul 2018
The condition of human rights in insurgency hit states such as Manipur are so severe that they have come under international scrutiny, the supreme court itself has guided the State to take…