Rise in Attacks on Christians in India, Up Four Times in 11 Years (2012-2022)
There have been 525 attacks against Christians in India just in the first eight months of 2023. This year will likely cross the violent record set in 2022, and in 2021 before that. The data does not include incidents from Manipur.
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Is India Still a Democracy? Political Prisoners Tell Their Stories
During the three-year-long trial against Professor GN Saibaba and the other men, which ran from 2014 to 2017, the prosecution produced no real evidence. Of 23 witnesses presented before the court by the prosecution, 22 were police officers. The only civilian witness retracted his confession after claiming it resulted from torture. While Saibaba’s health deteriorated in prison, Rahi, the social activist and journalist, alleged that he, Mishra, Narote, and Mahesh Tirki were tortured in custody by investigating officer Suhas Bawache.
https://time.com/6305728/voices-of-political-prisoners-from-authoritarian-india/
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With Several Delhi Riots Cases Collapsing In Courts, Delhi Police Must Face Questions On Accountability
Three years on, courts in the national capital have continuously passed strictures against the Delhi Police highlighting the loopholes in investigations and fabrication of evidences in the FIRs registered in 2020 North-East Delhi riots.
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