India fares badly in new Amnesty report: NDTV Report
NDTV Correspondent
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 (New Delhi)
Amnesty International on Wednesday came out with its annual report on human rights abuses across the world.
India fared badly with Amnesty saying that despite many types of human rights abuses occurring in the country, the government failed to protect the rights of its people effectively.
And for the first time, a delegation from Amnesty will be meeting the Vice President along with the National Human Rights Commission this week to present their findings.
The report documents human rights issues in 150 countries in 2007.
Here’s how India scored on the human rights scale:
Amnesty International Report denounces:
- Killings, forced eviction, excessive police force in Nandigram.
- Criticises unlawful detention of activist Dr Binayak Sen in Chhattisgarh.
(Source: Amnesty International Report, 2008)
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