Dec
22
Villagers Seek Arrest of Nihang Leader; Same leader implicated in human rights abuses
December 22, 2003 | Leave a Comment
A Tribune article describes protests by villages for the arrest of Nihang leader, Baba Ajit Singh Poohla (also misspelled as Phoola). During the field research of the Committee for Coordination on Disappearances, they found that several survivors also implicated Ajit Singh Poohla in human rights abuses in conjunction with Punjab police officers. For example, in [...]
Dec
22
Opinion Piece: Prevention of Terrorism Act
December 22, 2003 | Leave a Comment
Along the lines of our posts from December 19, Today’s Indian Express has an opinion piece by Rakesh Shukla on the Supreme Court’s recent judgment regarding the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA):
The distance of the judiciary from the life of an ordinary citizen is nowhere clearer than in the upholding of the pernicious provision penalising [...]