07-03-2008, 02:50 AM
Deccan Chronicle, 3 july 2008
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New Delhi, July 2: The UP Chief Minister, Ms Mayawatiâs claim of good governance remains extremely questionable, with Uttar Pradesh recording the highest number of deaths in police encounters between June 1, 2007 and June, 30 2008. <b>Police encounters saw the death of 37 people in this state. Andhra Pradesh came next with six deaths, according to latest figures released by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). </b>UP also registered the highest number of custodial deaths with 155 deaths in jail and another 16 in police custody.
UP also had the dubious distinction of registering the highest number of rapes. It had 82 rapes recorded with the NHRC while Delhi had 10 rapes, Bihar eight and Tamil Nadu six. <b>Bihar had 102 custodial deaths in jail, Andhra Pradesh 61, Tamil Nadu 59, Madhya Pradesh 59, Delhi 17 while J&K had only two deaths. </b> Andhra had six deaths in police custody, the National Capital Region five, Bihar three, MP four while Tamil Nadu had three.<b> But J&K did not have a single death in this category.</b>
<b>Deaths by police firing have also gone down, with Tamil Nadu registering four deaths, Bihar two and Andhra two.</b> MP and Delhi did not register a single death in these categories. Former UP chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has publicly questioned the "encounter record" of the state government and has warned against launching a public agitation against Ms Mayawati.
<b>But NHRC records on fake encounter cases</b> disposed of during 2004-2005 show that the SP-ruled UP had 54 cases while Gujarat had one fake encounter case. Congress-ruled AP had five and Haryana four. In Gujarat, only five encounter cases were pending, in AP 21, Maharashtra 29, UP 175, while the NCR had 18. The number of cases registered with the NHRC for J&K in 2006-7 in all categories were 94. In all, the NHRC has registered 2,895 cases in J&K during the last decade.
Commenting on these declining numbers, <b>activists pointed out that the NHRC cannot independently investigate violations by the armed forces under Section 19 of the Human Rights Protection Act.</b>Â <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->( It can only seek a report from the Central government and make recommendations. Since such reports are sought from the very agency that is accused of the violations, they rarely uncover abuses. <b>According to sources in the NHRC, this causes serious problems of determining accountability for human rights abuses by the police and troops in areas of armed conflict.</b>
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A good report is being subject to whining by NHRC itself. Should be ashamed of themselves.
I couldnt find the Police thread!
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->UP tops killings, AP next
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New Delhi, July 2: The UP Chief Minister, Ms Mayawatiâs claim of good governance remains extremely questionable, with Uttar Pradesh recording the highest number of deaths in police encounters between June 1, 2007 and June, 30 2008. <b>Police encounters saw the death of 37 people in this state. Andhra Pradesh came next with six deaths, according to latest figures released by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). </b>UP also registered the highest number of custodial deaths with 155 deaths in jail and another 16 in police custody.
UP also had the dubious distinction of registering the highest number of rapes. It had 82 rapes recorded with the NHRC while Delhi had 10 rapes, Bihar eight and Tamil Nadu six. <b>Bihar had 102 custodial deaths in jail, Andhra Pradesh 61, Tamil Nadu 59, Madhya Pradesh 59, Delhi 17 while J&K had only two deaths. </b> Andhra had six deaths in police custody, the National Capital Region five, Bihar three, MP four while Tamil Nadu had three.<b> But J&K did not have a single death in this category.</b>
<b>Deaths by police firing have also gone down, with Tamil Nadu registering four deaths, Bihar two and Andhra two.</b> MP and Delhi did not register a single death in these categories. Former UP chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has publicly questioned the "encounter record" of the state government and has warned against launching a public agitation against Ms Mayawati.
<b>But NHRC records on fake encounter cases</b> disposed of during 2004-2005 show that the SP-ruled UP had 54 cases while Gujarat had one fake encounter case. Congress-ruled AP had five and Haryana four. In Gujarat, only five encounter cases were pending, in AP 21, Maharashtra 29, UP 175, while the NCR had 18. The number of cases registered with the NHRC for J&K in 2006-7 in all categories were 94. In all, the NHRC has registered 2,895 cases in J&K during the last decade.
Commenting on these declining numbers, <b>activists pointed out that the NHRC cannot independently investigate violations by the armed forces under Section 19 of the Human Rights Protection Act.</b>Â <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->( It can only seek a report from the Central government and make recommendations. Since such reports are sought from the very agency that is accused of the violations, they rarely uncover abuses. <b>According to sources in the NHRC, this causes serious problems of determining accountability for human rights abuses by the police and troops in areas of armed conflict.</b> <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
A good report is being subject to whining by NHRC itself. Should be ashamed of themselves.
I couldnt find the Police thread!