Feb
28
Controversy over New NHRC Appointment
February 28, 2004 | Leave a Comment
P C Sharma, the former director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has recently been appointed by the Central government as a member of the National Human Rights Commission. This move has been protested by a variety of people and organizations. The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has filed suit challenging the appointment:
PUCL submitted [...]
Feb
28
Use of Civilian Human Shields in Firefights with Militants
February 28, 2004 | Leave a Comment
The latest edition of the weekly Tehelka carries an Op-Ed by Ashok Agrwaal (one of the co-authors of Reduced to Ashes and the plaintiffs’ lead counsel in the NHRC case), criticizing the use of innocent civilians as human shields during armed operations against militants:
From Nagaland to Punjab, Andhra Pradesh to Kashmir, from the early 1950s [...]