Sri Lankan law enforcement officials engaged in the violent repression of protests must be held accountable for committing widespread human rights violations, said Amnesty International in a new investigative report released today. The report, ‘Ready to suppress any protest’ Sri Lanka: Unlawful use of weapons during protests’, analyses the use of force during policing of 30 protests that took place in Sri Lanka between March 2022 and June 2023. Amnesty International’s research shows a pattern in the unlawful use of tear gas and water cannon and the misuse of batons by Sri Lankan law enforcement officials with video evidence revealing…
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Delhi minister Raaj Kumar Anand on Wednesday resigned from the cabinet and quit the AAP, alleging Dalits were not given representation in the party. Addressing a press conference here, Anand, who was holding various portfolios including Social Welfare, alleged that there was no Dalit among the top leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). “This party doesn’t respect Dalit MLAs, councillors and ministers. In such circumstances, all Dalits feel cheated. We live in an inclusive society, but it is not wrong to talk about proportion. It is difficult for me to remain in the party with all these things, hence…
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ordered a court-monitored Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into land grabbing and extortion cases in Sandeshkhali in West Bengal. A total of five public interest litigations were filed at the Calcutta High Court in connection with illegal land grabbing and extortion at Sandeshkhali, where the main accused was a section of the local Trinamool Congress leaders led by the now-suspended ruling party leader Sheikh Shahjahan. A division bench of Chief Justice T. S. Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya directed the CBI to start the investigation into the matter only after creating a special…
Amnesty International is urging shareholders in the US-based Dow to consider withdrawing their investment from the chemicals company if it fails to rapidly meet its human rights responsibilities towards the more than 500,000 people still suffering from the Bhopal disaster, one of the world’s worst industrial incidents. Ahead of Dow’s annual general meeting tomorrow 11 April, Amnesty International has written to the company’s largest investors, sharing its recent report `Bhopal: 40 yeaers of Injustice”, and asking them to help address Dow’s failure to adhere to international business and human rights standards since it purchased Union Carbide Corporation in 2001. Union Carbide…
The Election Commission on Tuesday issued a notice to Congress MP Randeep Singh Surjewala, finding that his recent remarks about BJP MP Hema Malini were “highly undignified, vulgar and uncivilised”, and had prima facie violated the Model Code of Conduct. The poll body asked Surjewala to reply by 5 pm on Thursday. It also wrote to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge asking him to ensure that Congress leaders’ public discourse about women honours their dignity. The EC asked Kharge to respond with the details of the steps taken by the end of the day on Friday. The BJP had on April 5 lodged…
In a major setback to Delhi Chief Minister Aravind Kejriwal, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed his plea against his arrest in the liquor scam case saying the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) remand after arrest cannot be held to be illegal. The arrest of the Delhi Chief Minister by ED is not in contravention of legal provisions, the court added. According to sources, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is not satisfied with the High Court’s judgment and is likely to move Supreme Court, latest by tomorrow. During the hearing, the court said that it’s concerned with constitutional morality, not political morality…
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar has been provided `Z’ category CRPF security, across the country in view of potential security threats against him. Government sources said that he will be provided VIP security cover of armed commandos. The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has entrusted the Central Reserve Police Force with providing a contingent of about 40-45 personnel for the task, the sources said. A threat perception report prepared by central security agencies had recommended a strong cover for Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kumar. The move comes amid preparations for the seven-phase general elections that begin on April 19. The armed…
TMC leaders were detained by Delhi Police on Monday while they were holding a dharna outside the Election Commission’s office, demanding that the chiefs of CBI, NIA, ED and Income Tax Department be changed. A 10-member delegation of Trinamul Congress (TMC) had announced the dharna after meeting a full bench of the Election Commission (EC) to press their demand. Earlier, a party delegation met the full bench of the poll panel and demanded that the chiefs of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Enforcement Directorate (ED), National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Income Tax Department be changed. TMC MPs Derek O’Brien, Mohammed Nadimul…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that due to the timely intervention of the government of India and efforts of the Manipur government, the state, which reeled under ethnic violence for several months since May last year, has “marked improvement” in the situation. The Prime Minister’s remarks came while speaking on the Manipur situation and the Opposition’s criticism of the issue in an interview to The Assam Tribune newspaper. “I have already spoken about this in Parliament. We have dedicated our best resources and administrative machinery to resolving the conflict. Because of the timely intervention of the government of…
Actor-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut has hit out at Congress leader and Maharashtra Leader of Opposition Vijay Wadettiwar’s remark on her consuming beef, stating that she was a “proud Hindu” and never consumed any kind of red meat. Her reaction came as Wadettiwar on Friday alleged that Kangana Ranaut, who is now a BJP candidate for the Lok Sabha elections from Himachal’s Mandi, had once said that she ate beef. To this, Kangana posted on X: “I don’t consume beef or any other kind of red meat, it is shameful that completely baseless rumours are being spread about me. I have been advocating and…