India: Concern over human rights violations during "recapture" of Nandigram by ruling CPI(M) supporters in West Bengal

India: Concern over human rights violations during "recapture" of Nandigram by ruling CPI(M) supporters in West Bengal

Amnesty International is concerned at reports that a range of serious human rights abuses, including unlawful killings, abductions, sexual assault of women and forced eviction and displacement of thousands of persons, have been carried out at Nandigram in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. This report focuses on recent abuses, in the context of violence in late October and November 2007, which were reportedly carried out by armed supporters of the Communist Party of India-Marxist.