New Delhi: A court has said that the standard of investigation in a large number of 2020 northeast Delhi riots cases is “very poor” and sought the intervention of the Delhi Police Commissioner. Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav made the observations while framing charges against one Ashraf Ali for allegedlyContinue Reading
New Delhi: In the first verdict on north-east Delhi riots, a court on July 20 acquitted a man of rioting and dacoity charges while noting that the prosecution “miserably failed” to prove its case. Freeing sole-accused Suresh alias Bhatura, Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat said the prosecution has not beenContinue Reading
By Geeta Pandey New Delhi: Life in prison is expected to be tough. But in recent weeks, jail authorities in India have been called out for being especially cruel to prisoners, particularly the government’s critics who are described as “human rights defenders” by international rights groups. Earlier this month, theContinue Reading
New Delhi, July 18, 2020: A committee deputed by the Delhi Minority Commission to probe the recent Delhi riots has blamed the “divisive and communal speeches” of certain leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party for the violence that killed at least 53 people. The nine-member committee headed by M RContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, June 16, 2020: More than 50 activists have condemned the Delhi police holding a renowned civil rights defender as responsible for the recent communal riots in the national capital. In a solidarity statement, the activists accused the federal government of selectively targeting Harsh ManderContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, April 22. 2020: A group of activists, academics, and others on April 22 condemned the Delhi police for falsely implicating “innocent students” in the Delhi riot cases. The police have booked them under “the draconian Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA),” says a press statementContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 11, 2020: Various groups of Catholics in Delhi have decided to pool their resources and personnel for relief and rehabilitation works among the victims of sectarian violence in the national capital. They met March 10 under the leadership of Archbishop Anil Couto ofContinue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, March 11, 2020: When U.S. President Donald Trump made his first official visit to India in the last week of February, parts of Delhi, the national capital, were in flames. At least 50 people were killed and hundreds wounded in sectarian riots triggered by theContinue Reading
By Sukirti Dwivedi New Delhi, March 8, 2020: The violence in northeast Delhi in the last of week of February over contentious citizenship law that killed at least 50 people will remain etched in the memory of locals for a long time. But they will also remember stories of courage,Continue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Partoma, March 5, 2020: More than 35,000 people who on March 5 attended a Marian festival in a village under Kandhamal district of Odisha prayed for the victims of the recent sectarian violence in the national capital. “The victims of the Delhi riot are suffering like whatContinue Reading