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It was a cold November day in 2015. Sukku Kunjam was working at his paddy field in Itavar village, nestled in the hills around Gangloor in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur. But hours later, he ran to the jungle, allegedly apprehending police torture, as security forces stormed the village for a search operation.…

Civil society organisations submitted a complaint to the Chief Electoral Officer, Karnataka, today to demand immediate and strict action against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his “divisive and hateful remarks” against the Muslim community during his election campaign in Rajasthan. 

The SIT should necessarily investigate the May 3 incident in Churachandpur; the sexual violence incidents reported across Manipur; and the Khamen Lok massacre, PUCL president Kavita Srivastava and general secretary V. Suresh said in a joint statement.

HC suo motu took up a news report in The Hindu as writ petition and directed police officials to respond on a reported case of custodial death in Tukaramgate Police Station

According to the PFI, the PUCL said, over 300-400 of its cadre had been picked up with almost the entire top leadership and the SDPI being taken into custody

Five-day event will undermine secular values, say Rajasthan civil rights groups 

Calls for global human rights movements to ensure implementation of fundamental freedoms

The BJP and its affiliates would make ‘mischievous attempts’ to flare up communal passions and trigger violence on festive occasions, says PUCL

Citizens, writers, activists, human rights bodies have written to the Karnataka Chief Minister and Governor