2004

India’s special anti-terror law was brought in by the previous right-wing government of Atal Behari Vajpayee.

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17 September, 2004 | BBC
By Jyotsna Singh, BBC correspondent in Delhi

India’s special anti-terror law was brought in by the previous right-wing government of Atal Behari Vajpayee.

The Prevention of Terrorism Act (Pota) was enacted in March 2002 to deal with what the then government described as the new global threat of terrorism following the 9/11 attack on the US, and an attack on India’s parliament in December 2001.

Delhi blamed that attack on Kashmiri militants backed by Pakistan. The Bharatiya Janata Party-led government had the legislation approved at a special joint session of the national parliament after the bill failed in the upper house, where the BJP and its partners lacked a majority.

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2004

India mulls Manipur troop move

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11  August,  2004 | Financial Times
By Edward Luce, in New Delhi
New Delhi said on Wednesday it was considering redeploying its main regiment from the troubled northeastern state of Manipur in the face of mounting demonstrations against alleged human rights abuses.

The crisis, which was sparked last month by the discovery in Manipur of the battered corpse of a 32-year-old woman, has taken India’s new Congress-led government by surprise. The woman who was also allegedly raped in custody, was detained by the Assam Rifles under special anti-terrorist laws.

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2004

In India, Torture by Police Is Frequent and Often Deadly

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05  August,  2004 | Washington Post
By Rama Lakshmi, Special Correspondent to The Washington Post
MEERUT, India — Rajeev Sharma, a young electrician, was sleeping when police barged into his house a month ago and dragged him out of bed on suspicion of a burglary in the neighborhood, his family recalled.

When his young wife and brother protested, the police, who did not show them an arrest warrant, said they were taking Sharma to the police station for “routine questioning.”

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2004

Should Capital punishment be abolished?

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27 July, 2004
Times of India
By Ravi Nair, Human Rights Activist
Ravi Nair , Human Rights activist: Yes. It rarely acts as a deterrent. And what if the person is innocent?

The debate has been an ongoing one. The last time the Lok Sabha specifically discussed the question was in 1983. Then prime minister Indira Gandhi had stated that she favoured abolition of death penalty.

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