Campaign Against the Death Penalty in India – conference at Delhi on May 10

By Baljeet Singh

Published: May 9, 2013

New Delhi, India (May 10, 2013): It is learnt that various campaigners against the death penalty in India are going to hold a conference at Delhi on May 10, 2013. The conference shall be held at Speakers Hall, Constitution Club, Rafi Marg, New Delhi from 3 pm to 8 pm.

Pakistan must improve protection for Indian prisoners in wake of Jail attack: Amnesty International

By Hainder Singh

Published: May 3, 2013

New Delhi, India (May 03, 2013): Pakistani authorities must protect Indian prisoners from violence in the country’s jails, Amnesty International said on May 02, 2013 after an Indian death row inmate died following an attack in a Lahore jail.

Death Penalty in India: “One hardly finds a rich or affluent person going to the gallows”

By Webmaster

Published: April 23, 2013

In November 2012, Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai attacks, was hanged in the country’s first execution in more than eight years.

Urgent action appeal by Amnesty International – Prof. Devender Pal Singh Bhullar at risk of imminent execution

By Parmjit Singh

Published: April 23, 2013

Chandigarh/ Punjab (April 23, 2013): It is learnt that Amnesty International had issued an urgent action appeal in wake of April 12, 2013 decision of Supreme Court of India clearing the execution of Sikh political prisoner Prof. Devender Pal Singh Bhullar.

UK Government notes the genuine concern of 118,000 petitions regarding human rights abuses in India

By Parmjit Singh

Published: February 28, 2013

London, United Kingdom (February 28, 2013): According to a press release issued by the organizers of the Kesri Lehar, the UK Parliament has noted the genuine concern and fear of the 118,000 UK petitioners, urging the government to use it’s friendly relations with India to abolish the death penalty.

Human rights body – Amnesty International condemns hanging of Afzal Guru

By Hainder Singh

Published: February 10, 2013

New Delhi, India (February 09, 2013): Today’s execution of Mohammad Afzal Guru indicates a disturbing and regressive trend towards executions shrouded in secrecy and the resumption of death penalty use in India, said Amnesty International India.

India: New practice of carrying secret executions is highly disturbing: Amnesty on Afzal Guru’s hanging

By Parmjit Singh

Published: February 9, 2013

New Delhi, India (February 09, 2013): It is learnt that an International human rights body named Amnesty International has condemned the hanging of a Kashmiri Muslim named Afzal Guru. The hanging was carried in a secret way by the Indian state on February 09, 2013 at Delhi’s Tihar Jail.

Ajmal Kasab hanged, buried in Yerwada Jail Pune; Execution came a day after India opposed UN resolution against Death penalty

By Parmjit Singh

Published: November 21, 2012

Ludhiana/Pune (November 21, 2012): A day after Indian State opposed UN resolution against abolition of death penalty, India has carried the execution of Ajmal Kasab a death row convict in 2008 Mumbai attacks. This execution has breached the de facto moratorium on death penalty observed in India after the execution of Dhananjay Chaterjee in 2004.

Let’s Not Forget the Injustice in Punjab

By Webmaster

Published: January 20, 2012

“From 1984 to 1995 Indian security forces and pro-independence militias fought a brutal war in Punjab that left tens of thousands dead. Tens of thousands were disappeared and tortured. Tragically, the perpetrators of these gross human rights violations continue to walk free and some were even rewarded for their actions.”

Bhullar’s plea scheduled for hearing in Indian Supreme Court on 19 October

By Gajinder Singh

Published: October 18, 2011

New Delhi ( October 18, 2011 ): The Supreme Court of India is scheduled to hear the clemency plea of Professor Devinderpal Singh Bhullar on Wednesday, 19th of October. Bhullar has been on death row for more than eight years, after he was convicted, in 2001, by a designated TADA court for criminal conspiracy in a 1993 bomb blast case. His appeal was finally dismissed by the Supreme Court of India in 2003. Later a review petition against the death sentence was filed with the President of India under Article 72. Home Ministry of India took more than eight years to decide tender its’ advice to the President of India in this case. Delay in execution is now base of clemency plea filed by Bhullar’s wife in the Supreme Court.

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