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On February 1, S.S. Virk took over as Punjab’s Director-General of Police (DGP). Because of his connection to human rights violations, his appointment has been controversial; in fact, his appointment went against normal procedures. He served as Deputy Inspector General of the Central Reserve Police Force during the counter-insurgency movement and has been implicated in cases […]

On January 18, Davinder Pal Singh Bhullar told reporters that the Delhi police forced him to confess to committing the September 11, 1993 blast outside the Indian Youth Congress building that killed nine people. Bhullar said that police used his forced confession to build a fabricated case against him. Counsel for Davinder, who was brought on production warrant […]

In 2004, fifty-nine Punjab police officials were found guilty of human rights violations (scroll to eigth article) in twenty-eight cases. A total of fourty-four complaints against police officials were received. A.A. Sidiqui, Punjab’s Director-General of Police, said that the Punjab Police Headquarters received 17,000 complaints in all. He said 6261 complaints were received from Punjab State Human […]

The Punjab Chief Minister has announced his intention to appoint S.S. Virk Director General of Punjab Police (scroll to second article). Virk has been accused of human rights violations, however, and the party of former MLA Simranjit Singh Mann has written a memorandum in protest of this decision. Furthermore, his very appointment goes against normal procedures. It is alleged […]

After five years of illegal detention and false charges brought by the Indian government, a Sikh has returned to the UK and been reunited with his family. During a visit to India in June 1999, Balbir S. Bains was wrongfully imprisoned by the Indian government on charges of terrorism.  During his imprisonment, he was subjected […]

Although the police has ended its counterinsurgency operations, reports of torture and custodial deaths regular surface in Punjab.  Most recently, the torture of a famous kabaddi player drew attention: 22-year-old Jasvir was allegedly picked up by the Kotkapura police at the instance of his wife’s maternal uncle, Suba Singh, who is part of the security […]

In an article praising Gobind Ram, the Punjab police officer killed in 1990 by militants, B. Raman completely ignores the reality of police operations in Punjab during the counterinsurgency movement: Gobind Ram was an exceptionally brave police officer who distinguished himself in the campaign against terrorism in Punjab. Reports published in this period by several national and […]

In his Times of India article, Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar unabashedly advocates the torture and extrajudicial executions of Iraqis in order to quell any rebellion against the American occupation.  He urges Americans to draw lessons from India’s counterinsurgency operations in Punjab: The final lesson from Punjab is that armed forces cannot quell terrorism. The task […]

The Tribune (Chandigarh) reported today that a woman was rescued from illegal police custody in Punjab: A warrant officer of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today found Nirmal Kaur of the Gobindpur locality in the illegal custody of the police. According to reports, many officials of the B Division fled the police station following […]

The Punjab State Human Rights Commission has officially gone online.  The address of their website is http://www.pshrc.net.    The website of PSHRC contains information including the functions of the Commission, how to make an enquiry, and procedures and regulations.   The PSHRC was formed under the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, and has severe […]

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