Why in news ?
Amnesty India on rights violation : They demanded an independent investigation into all allegations of human rights violations by the police during the northeast Delhi riots.
Amnesty India on rights violation : What is the issue ?
- Riots broke out in Northeast Delhi between Anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) 2019 and pro-CAA protesters.
- Investigative brief which was collated after the NGO interviewed more than 50 riot survivors, lawyers, activists and retired police officers, found the conduct of policemen in many incidents during the violence.
- Riot survivors have also maintained that the Delhi police intimidated and harassed many by unlawfully detaining them and forcing them to sign on blank papers.
- Delhi police violated the fair trial procedures through arresting people without producing arrest warrants
and restricting their access to legal aid.
About Amnesty International India
- Human rights abuses and strive to create change by inspiring people across India and around the world.
- We demand, and hold to protect and respect human rights.
- Organisation formed in 1961 independent of government, business, religion or political groups.
- They are awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1977.
- Amnesty International has a presence in over 150 countries around the world.
Source : The Hindu
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Prelims : About Amnesty
GS II : Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation
Current Affairs Compilation : 28 August 2020