India

The "largest democracy in the world" does not have a clean human rights records. Every year, thousands of people are imprisoned for political reasons, often without charges of trials. Torture and ill-treatment are common, and hundreds have died in custody. Hundreds more are victims of extra-judicial executions or forced "disappearances". Armed groups commit grave human rights violations, including killings, tortures and rapes, with impunity.

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Actions

• News & Actions on India

NGOs

• Child Relief & You
• India Alert
  US based group
• Khalsa Human Rights
  HR ngo based in England
• M. Venkatarangaiya Foundation
  Works against child labor
• Masum - Calcutta
• National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights
• People's Union for Civil Liberties
  New Delhi based group
• South Asian Documentation Centre

Reports & Articles

• US State Department Human Rights Reports
  1998 - 1997
• US State Department Reports on Religious Freedom
  1999
• Amnesty International Reports
• Human Rights Watch Reports
• Khalsa Human Rights Reports
• Reports by the South Asian Documentation Centre
• Child Labor in India
  Article by Mitesh Badiwala
• A Matter of Extreme Cruelty: Bride Burning and Dowry Deaths in India
  Partha Banerjee, Injustice Studies, Vol. 1, No. 1, November 1997

UN

• On the Record: UN Human Rights Activities
  1998 | 1997
  
  
• Documents from the UN Human Rights System on India
  Treaty Body Documents | Charter Body Documents
  
  

News

• Deccan Chronicle - Andhra Pradesh
• The Hindu
• The Hindustan Times
• India News Summary - from India Express
• News - from Indolink
• News - from Yahoo
• News from One World Online
• News India Time
• Press Information Bureau - government site
• Times of India

Government & Law

• Constitution
• India Government Resources - India Web
• Judgment Information System - Supreme Court jurisprudence, fee based
• Political Resources on the net: India
• State of Emergency Laws

Links

• Abuse of Human Rights of Sikhs in India
• CIA World Factbook: India
• Council of Khalistan - violations against Sikhs
• INCORE guide to Internet sources on conflict and ethnicity in India
• India: A Country Study - Library of Congress
• Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies - New Delhi
• India Express - portal
• India Today - portal
• Indolink - portal
• Letters from Jagriti - Radio Netherlands
• North American Conference in Peace and Human Rights in India and Pakistan
  CERAS, Montreal, Sep. 4-5, 1999
• Punjab Trauma
  Page on the terrorism in Punjab, mostly pictures of terrorist attacks.
• Security & Political Risk Analysis India

Kashmir

• INCORE guide to Internet sources on conflict and ethnicity in Kashmir
• Jammu and Kashmir - kashmiri website
• Jammu-Kashmir Homepage
• Kashmir Council for Human Rights
  British-based organization
• Kashmir homepage
• Kashmir Information Network
• Kashmir Online
• Kashmir - Paradise on Fire
• Kashmiri-American Council
• Kashmiri-Canadian Council
• Scenes from Kashmir
  Asian Human Rights Commission

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