27.08.2007 - Source: BBC News

Hyderabad: A strike in protest at deadly bomb blasts shuts down much of the southern city ("Strike called after India bombs") [ID 21043]

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26.08.2007 - Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Hyderabad: Cleanup is continuing following at least two bomb blasts that killed 42 people, including women, students, and children ("At Least 42 Killed In India Bombings; 19 Other Bombs Found") [ID 21041]

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25.08.2007 - Source: BBC News

Hyderabad: At least 20 people are killed in two explosions, reports say ("Deadly explosions hit Indian city") [ID 21040]

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03.08.2007 - Source: Amnesty International

Andhra Pradesh: Reports of excessive and unnecessary use of force by police in Modugonda village, Khammam district, against farmers, political party workers and others demonstrating in response to local land distribution issues on 28 July 2007 ("Seven deaths intensify fears of excessive use of force by police against land protestors in Andhra Pradesh [ASA 20/016/2007]") [ID 21002]

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29.07.2007 - Source: BBC News

Andhra Pradesh: Eight left-wing protesters are shot dead by Indian police during a demonstration, officials say ("Indian police fire on protesters") [ID 20997]

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06.03.2007 - Source: US Department of State

Custodial deaths in Andhra Pradesh ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2006") [ID 18948]

"Although Andhra Pradesh police recorded an 11 percent decrease in custodial deaths in 2005 compared with the previous year, they also had the largest number of deaths in judicial and police custody with a total of 145."

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05.10.2005 - Source: BBC News

Andhra Pradesh: 2 men who suspected their parents of practising sorcery against their wives, arrested on charges of attempting to burn their parents alive; in another incident, police arrested 67 women on charges of burning man who they suspected of practising black magic ("Indian sons 'set parents alight'") [#37317],  [ID 6916]

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22.12.2004 - Source: BBC News

Andhra Pradesh: senior leader of opposition Telugu Desam Party sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of 2 Congress party workers ("Indian politician jailed for life") [#27799],  [ID 6917]

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12.11.2004 - Source: BBC News

Andhra Pradesh: Prominent Hindu religious leader arrested near Hyderabad over charges of killing a temple official ("Top India cleric on murder charge") [#26926],  [ID 6918]

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10.2004 - Source: UK Home Office

HIV / Aids ("Country Report - October 2004") [#28325],  [ID 6919]

"[...]5.71 As reflected in the report of a World Bank Study released in 2004 on HIV/AIDS Treatment and Prevention in India, India is burdened with a larger HIV/AIDS epidemic than any other country in the world. More than 4 million Indian adults are infected with HIV according to official government estimates and the actual number of people with HIV may be as high as 6.5 million. [70](p1) The highest prevalence rates are in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Manipur, Nagaland, and Tamil Nadu. [70](Executive Summary xvi) The WHO estimates that HIV/AIDS caused 2 per cent of all deaths and 6 per cent of deaths due to infectious disease in India in 1998 and by 2033 it will account for 17 per cent of all deaths and 40 per cent of deaths due to infectious diseases. [...]"

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