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Human rights in India
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Human rights in India is an issue complicated by the country 's large size, its tremendous diversity, its status as a developing country and asovereign, secular, democratic republic. The Constitution of India provides for Fundamental rights, which include freedom of religion. Clauses also provide for Freedom of Speech, as well as separation of executive and judiciary and freedom of movement within the country and abroad.
According to the United States Library of Congress, although human rights problems do exist in India, the country is generally not regarded as a human rights concern, unlike other countries in South Asia.[1] Based on these considerations, the 2010 report of Freedom in the World by Freedom House gave India a political rights rating of 2, and a civil liberties rating of 3, earning it the highest possible rating of free[2]
In its report on human rights in India during 2010, Human Rights Watch stated India had "significant human rights problems".[3] They identified lack of accountability for security forces and impunity for abusive policing including "police brutality, extrajudicial killings, and torture" as major problems. An independent United Nations expert in 2011 expressed concern that she found human rights workers and their families who "have been killed, tortured, ill-treated, disappeared, threatened, arbitrarily arrested and detained, falsely charged and under surveillance because of their legitimate work in upholding human rights and fundamental freedoms.[4] Contents [hide] * 1 Chronology of events regarding human rights in India * 2 Use of torture by police * 3 Indian
Human rights in India
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Republic of India | Part of the series
Politics and Government of India | Union Government[show] | Elections[show] | Political parties[show] | Local and state govt.[show] | * Government of India Portal | * v * t * e |
Human rights in India is an issue complicated by the country 's large size, its tremendous diversity, its status as a developing country and asovereign, secular, democratic republic. The Constitution of India provides for Fundamental rights, which include freedom of religion. Clauses also provide for Freedom of Speech, as well as separation of executive and judiciary and freedom of movement within the country and abroad.
According to the United States Library of Congress, although human rights problems do exist in India, the country is generally not regarded as a human rights concern, unlike other countries in South Asia.[1] Based on these considerations, the 2010 report of Freedom in the World by Freedom House gave India a political rights rating of 2, and a civil liberties rating of 3, earning it the highest possible rating of free[2]
In its report on human rights in India during 2010, Human Rights Watch stated India had "significant human rights problems".[3] They identified lack of accountability for security forces and impunity for abusive policing including "police brutality, extrajudicial killings, and torture" as major problems. An independent United Nations expert in 2011 expressed concern that she found human rights workers and their families who "have been killed, tortured, ill-treated, disappeared, threatened, arbitrarily arrested and detained, falsely charged and under surveillance because of their legitimate work in upholding human rights and fundamental freedoms.[4] Contents [hide] * 1 Chronology of events regarding human rights in India * 2 Use of torture by police * 3 Indian
References: * 1952 – Criminal Tribes Acts repealed by government, former "criminal tribes" categorized as "denotified" and Habitual Offenders Act (1952) enacted. * 1958 -Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958-[5] * 1973 – Supreme Court of India rules in Kesavananda Bharati case that the basic structure of the Constitution (including many fundamental rights) is unalterable by a constitutional amendment. * 1978-Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 [6][7] * 1984 – Operation Blue Star and the subsequent 1984 Anti-Sikh riots * 1989 – Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 is passed. Main article: Freedom of expression in India According to the estimates of Reporters Without Borders, India ranks 122nd worldwide in 2010 on the press freedom index (down from 105th in 2009)