Amnesty International welcomes the historical decision by the high court in Delhi to decriminalize homosexuality. The decision is a significant step toward ensuri
In this open letter Amnesty International expresses its concern that torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment are still inflicted widely ...
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI index: ASA 20/006/2009. 19 June 2009. India: Authorities should avoid excessive use of force in West Bengal. ...
Protesters in Jammu & Kashmir continued to press for the Indiangovernment to seriously pursue allegations that members of the CentralReserve Police Force raped.
In December 1984 thousands of tonnes of deadly chemicals leaked from Union Carbide's pesticide plant in Bhopal, central India. Around half a million people were ...
Dr Binayak Sen, who spent two years in an Indian prison as a Prisonerof Conscience, was released on Tuesday after being granted bail by theSupreme Court.
Vedanta Aluminium Limited has applied for environmental clearance for a six-fold expansion of its alumina refinery in the state of Orissa. The Government of India ...
In April 2009, the Ministry of Environment and Forests of the Government of India granted an environmental clearance to establish the Lanjigarh bauxite mining project ...
The Government of Orissa will hold a public hearing in April 2009 on the proposed six-fold expansion of Vedanta Aluminium Limited’s alumina refining plant. The ...
