14 March 2001
Jakarta Post
The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has been told to be more transparent regarding it’s activities in order to gain public faith in it’s independence, results of investigations released on Tuesday recommended.

The New Delhi-based South Asia Human Rights Documentation Center (SAHRDC) revealed that the commission lacked transparency regarding its meetings with government or military officials in relation to inquiries.

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17 January 2001
CWNews.com
NEW DELHI, Jan. 17, 01 – A prominent human rights organization in Asia has urged the federal constitution review committee to repeal capital punishment in India.

In a statement released today, the New Delhi-based South Asia Human Rights Documentation Center (SAHRDC) said that it has presented a 40-page document to the National Commission for the Review of the Working of the Constitution (NCRWC) highlighting the growing demand worldwide for doing away with the death penalty.

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TNN Nov 22, 2001 | The Times of India

new delhi: the south asia human rights documentation centre (sahrdc) has described the prevention of terrorism ordinance (poto) as ”yet another blot on india’s democratic fabric”. in a booklet on poto, ”government decides to play judge and jury”, released on tuesday, sahrdc says there is not a single provision in the ordinance — except those which contradict the crpc, ipc, evidence act or the constitution — that is not covered by existing laws such as the nsa, armed forces special powers act, unlawful activities (prevention) act, prevention of seditious meetings act and a host of other acts.

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