Human rights in India : the updated amnesty international report
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TextPublication details: New delhi Vistar publication 1993Description: vii,226p. Illustrations ; 22 cmISBN: 9788170363255Subject(s): human rights - violation - IndiaDDC classification: 323.0954
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Preface to the updated Indian Edition
Introduction
1. Torture: patterns and victims
The pattern of torture Torture of criminal suspects
Torture to punish political activism
The most vulnerable victims
Torture in counter-insurgency
Jammu and Kashmir
Assam and the northeast states
Punjab
2. Deaths in custody The evidence
Numbers
The victims
Criminal suspects
Minority groups-Muslims
Dalits and adivasis
Victims of armed conflict
3. Impunity: condoning custodial violence
Failure to convict
Legally sanctioned impunity
Non-legal systems of impunity: systematic cover-up
Failure to comply with legal requirements
Distortion of cause of death
Intimidation of witnesses
Involvement of magistrates
Medical aspects of official cover-up
4. Why the police use torture
5. Remedies
The law
The practice
Inquiries
Compensation
Civil suits and private criminal complaints
6. A 10 point program to combat torture
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