[Reader-list] India Human Rights Report 2008

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Embargoed for: 10 December 2008

Dear Sir/Madam,

On the occasion of the Human Rights Day, Asian Centre for Human Rights has
the pleasure to inform that its "India Human Rights Report 2008" was
released at a press conference at the Guwahati Press Club, Assam
yesterday, 9th December 2008.

This 170-page report is the only annual report to examine human rights
problems on a nationwide scale in India. In each State, the report
analyses human rights violations by the security forces, violations of
International Humanitarian Law by the armed groups, state of the judiciary
and administration of justice, the status of the State Human Rights
Commissions, freedom of the press, violations of the rights of
indigenous/tribal peoples, violations of the rights of the Dalits,
violence against women, violations of the prisoners' rights, internally
displaced persons etc.

As stated in the Preface of the "India Human Rights Report 2008", the
findings serve as a warning of deepening internal conflict. The report
underlines that human rights violations by the State, combined with the
failure of State institutions to address these violations, are fuelling
internal conflict.

The Preface summarises the key issues: the relevance of Annual India Human
Rights Report, Human Rights and Insurgency, Fuelling Conflict, Gross
Under-reporting, No statistics on human rights violations by the Army,
Flawed NCRB figures, Flawed NHRC figures, Failure to support governmental
institutions and outright cover up, The Judiciary , Low levels of
Non-Governmental Activity and recommendations for reform.

The pdf version of the full report is available at:
 http://www.achrweb.org/reports/india/AR08/AR2008.pdf

The html versions for each State are available at:
http://www.achrweb.org/reports/india/AR2008.html

We hope that you would find the report of interest.

With kind regards,

Yours sincerely


Suhas Chakma
Director