The March 2007 issue of our quarterly newsletter, the Ensaaf DISPATCH (pdf), is now available.
This DISPATCH includes the following articles:
Ensaaf, Human Rights Watch Publish Op Ed in the Asian Age
Ensaaf Releases 2nd Edition of Twenty Years of Impunity: The second
edition includes a new chapter providing analyses of the Nanavati
Commission’s report and the Prime Minister’s statements, […]
Ensaaf has launched a new website that makes it even easier to contribute to the movement for truth and justice for victims of gross human rights violations in Punjab, India. Donors can now go to www.ensaaf.org and click on the Make a Donation button to sign up for secure recurring donations. As little as $10 […]
Ensaaf has released the September 2006 issue of its quarterly newsletter, the Ensaaf DISPATCH, available at:http://www.ensaaf.org/dispatch-sep06.pdf
This DISPATCH includes the following articles:
* Staff Update: Welcome to our New Program Associate, Jasmine Marwaha* Khalra’s Last International Speech Highlights Mass Crimes of KPS Gill* High Court Case Filed Against Former Police Chief KPS Gill* National Human Rights Commission […]
On September 25, 2006, the Committee on International Human Rights of the New York City Bar Association released a report, Anti-Terrorism and Security Laws in India, calling on the Indian government to limit its application of anti-terrorism laws. The 135-page report, based on extensive research and a two-week trip to India, provides a thorough analysis […]
Ensaaf has released the June 2006 issue of its quarterly newsletter, the Ensaaf DISPATCH, available at:http://www.ensaaf.org/dispatch-june06.pdf
This DISPATCH includes the following articles:
* US Extradites Sikh Activist Kulvir Singh Barapind* The Disappearance of Rights Attorney S.S. Bhatti* International Groups Call for the Prosecution of K.P.S. Gill for Murdering J.S. Khalra* UN Human Rights Council Approves Disappearance Treaty: […]
ENSAAF has released the March 2006 issue of its quarterly Dispatch, available at: http://www.ensaaf.org/dispatch-march06.pdf
The Dispatch contains articles on:
*The murder of human rights defender Jaswant Singh Khalra: A summary of the November 2005 order (The complete order and a more extensive analysis can be read at
http://www.ensaaf.org/khalra.html)
*Arbitrary detention of Sikh author Ajmer Singh
*Department of State releases 2005 […]
The US Department of State has released its 2005 Country Report on Human Rights Practices for India. In the report, the Department of State cites numerous human rights abuses that occur in India, including: extrajudicial killings, torture and rape by police and security forces, and prolonged detention. It also states its findings regarding developments in […]
Human Rights Watch has released its annual report examining human rights developments in more than 70 countries during 2005.
According to the report, the human rights situation has worsened across South Asia, as Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal all violated human rights while attempting to put down rebellions.
Although the report commented that […]
The Tribune reports that the Punjab police wrongfully confined Sikh author Ajmer Singh for over eighteen hours on January 6.
Police officers arrived at Ajmer Singh’s residence around 9pm to arrest him on charges dating back to 1970 that the state government had dropped in 2001. The police officers showed no search or arrest warrants.
Recalling […]
The United Nations has adopted an international treaty against forced disappearances, called the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances. Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists, the International Federation of Human Rights, and Human Rights Watch commended the great step forward in the fight against forced disappearances, and called on […]