25 August 1999
Sydney Morning Herald
An Indian judicial inquiry into the brutal murder of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons ignored evidence that the killer belonged to a group linked to the ruling Hindu nationalists, an influential human rights organisation has charged.
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The Globe and Mail 15 May 1999
John Stackhouse
Wangchuck has the royal touch
The King is building a welfare state,
with free education, health care
In a region dominated by political thugs, crooks and buffoons, Bhutan’s King Jigme Singye Wangchuck stands out, and not just for his dashing looks and four gorgeous wives, all sisters.
The 43-year-old monarch, who ascended the temporal throne at the age of 18 after his father died on safari in Kenya, is slowly emerging as a Himalayan version of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew, the leader of a tiny outpost who may yet turn his country into a model state and gain disproportionate influence with its much larger neighbours.
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21 August 1998, India Abroad
By Vasantha Arora
India is home to over 320,000 refugees, but has no coordinated approach to deal with them or their problems, according to a U.S. report.
Of the total number of refugees in India, 110,000 are from Tibet, 100,000 from Sri Lanka and 40,000 each from Bangladesh and Burma. In addition to these foreigners, India has about 200,000 internally displaced persons, says the report, released by the U.S. Committee for Refugees, a Washington-based nonprofit humanitarian organization.
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Report of the Justice D.P. Wadhwa Commission of Inquiry: Judicial Commission or Injudicious Cover up?
25 August 1999
Acknowledgements
The South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre extends its appreciation to its allied research contacts across India, particularly in Orissa. We regret that we can not mention them by name for reason of their security.
Executive Summary
On 24 February 1999, the Home Minister of India L.K. Advani confirmed that there were 116 communal-based crimes against Christians in 1998—more than in the 51 years since Independence combined. The year ended with burning churches and prayer halls in the Dangs district of Gujarat, in a Christmas period that saw anti-Christian rallies, the destruction of places of worship and countless attacks on Christians.
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Alternate Report and Commentary to the United Nations Human Rights Committee on India’s Third Periodic Report under Article 40 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
July 1997
Preface
On 10 July 1979, the Government of India ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). Pursuant to Article 40 of the ICCPR, the Government of India has submitted its third periodic report (CCPR/C/76/Add.6) after a delay of four years.
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