22.08.2006 - Source: BBC News

Madhya Pradesh: Woman burns to death in Tuslipar village on her husband's funeral pyre, committing the outlawed Hindu practice of "sati" ("India wife dies on husband's pyre") [ID 17373]

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07.08.2006 - Source: Christian Solidarity Worldwide

Chhattisgarh State and Madhya Pradesh State have enhanced the anti-conversion legislation; the new legislation stipulates that potential religious converts must seek permission before converting ("Second State government in India enhances anti-conversion laws") [ID 17467]

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23.05.2006 - Source: Amnesty International

Annual Report 2006 ("Annual Report 2006") [ID 15844]

"The Supreme Court in October objected to a 2003 order of the Madhya Pradesh High Court reducing a 10-year sentence for rape to nine months’ imprisonment. It held that an inadequate punishment for rape was an “affront to society”."

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02.02.2006 - Source: Christian Solidarity Worldwide

Madhya Pradesh: 2 tribal church leaders assaulted apparently by the police; 3 other church leaders beaten by Hindu extremists and arrested; 30 people threw stones at the building where a Christian meeting was taking place, many needed hospital treatment ("Serial violent attacks on Christians leave several needing hospital treatement") [#43640],  [ID 7424]

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28.01.2006 - Source: BBC News

Madhya Pradesh: 25 Christians beaten up and injured by attackers in Bhopal; Christians under pressure from right wing Hindus in the state ("'Christians beaten up' in Bhopal") [#42972],  [ID 7425]

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23.12.2005 - Source: Amnesty International

Madhya Pradesh: Reports of excessive use of force by police officials during peaceful demonstration in Badwani in relation to ongoing Sardar Sarovar dam project across Narmada river ("India: Excessive use of force against peaceful demonstrators in Narmada river valley") [#41155],  [ID 7426]

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07.06.2005 - Source: Integrated Regional Information Network

Bhoplal disaster 20 years on ("Over 20 killed, 50 wounded in clan fighting") [#32664],  [ID 7427]

"[...]Twenty years after the Union Carbide Corporation’s (UCC) pesticide plant in Bhopal leaked toxic gases, the plant site had still not been cleared up and toxic wastes continued to pollute the environment and groundwater. More than 7,000 people died within days of the 1984 leak and 15,000 more died in the following years as a result of the toxins, while tens of thousands more were living with chronic and debilitating illnesses. Survivors continued to be denied adequate compensation, medical help and rehabilitation. No one had been held responsible for the leak. UCC and Dow Chemicals (which took over UCC in 2001) had publicly stated that they had no responsibility for the leak or its consequences. UCC refused to appear before a court in Bhopal and the Indian government agreed to a final settlement in 1989 which was inadequate and was not paid out entirely. In mid-2004 the Supreme Court ordered that the remaining compensation money for victims of the gas leak be paid out. AI joined with other campaigners and survivors to call for an immediate clean-up of the pollutants, site and the affected surroundings, a full remedy for the victims, and to demand that those responsible be brought to justice. [...]"

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19.05.2005 - Source: Amnesty International

Madhya Pradesh: Protesters, opposing failure of state government to provide clean drinking water, beaten and 7 arrested by police ("Protestors who want clean drinking water face excessive and unnecessary police force") [#32081],  [ID 7428]

"[...]Amnesty International is concerned about reports of excessive and unnecessary use of force against protesters by police in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh on 17 May 2005. Amnesty International has received reports of police violence at approximately 12:30 on 17 May 2005 against some 300 protestors, including women and children. The protestors were opposing the failure of the Madhya Pradesh state government to provide clean drinking water to the communities affected by the ongoing contamination of the former Union Carbide plant in Bhopal. [...]"

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11.05.2005 - Source: BBC News

Madhya Pradesh: Social worker, who was trying to stop child marriages in Bhangarh village, injured after being attacked by brother of would-be child bride; child marriages are illegal in the country ("Probe of 'child marriage attack'") [#31929],  [ID 7429]

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11.08.2004 - Source: Asian Centre for Human Rights

Article on Draft National Policy on Tribals and the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes ("Spanners in the Draft National Policy on Tribals (ACHRF/33/04)") [#24835],  [ID 7430]

"[...]Madhya Pradesh topped the list in atrocities against Scheduled Tribes with 1643 cases. The statistics pertaining to the calendar year 2001 show that the States of Uttar Pradesh (7356 cases), Madhya Pradesh (4336 cases), Rajasthan (1996 cases), Gujarat (1760 cases), Andhra Pradesh (1288 cases) and Orissa (1125 cases), collectively accounted for 82.39% of total number of 21,678 cases charge sheeted in the courts under the Act.[...]The majority of the States have failed to set up Special Courts under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. As of 2 February 2003, exclusive Special Courts have been set up only in Andhra Pradesh (12), Bihar (11), Chhatisgarh (07), Gujarat (10), Karnataka (06), Madhya Pradesh (29), Rajasthan (17), Tamil Nadu (04), Uttar Pradesh (40) and Uttranchal (01). [...]"

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23.03.2004 - Source: UN Human Rights Council (formerly UN Commission on Human Rights)

Report on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (English, French and Spanish) ("Civil and political rights, including the questions of: Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; Report of the Special Rapporteur, Theo van Boven; Addendum: Summary of information, including individual cases, transmitted to Governments and replies received [E/CN.4/2004/56/Add.1]") [#23236],  [ID 7431]

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25.02.2004 - Source: US Department of State

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2003 ("Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2003") [#19765],  [ID 7432]

"[...] Numerous tribal movements demanded the protection of land and property rights. The Jharkhand Movement in Bihar and Orissa and the Bodo Movement in Assam reflected deep economic and social grievances among indigenous peoples. As a result of complaints, largely tribal-populated states were created in 2000 from the Jharkand area of Bihar and the Chhattisgrah region of Madhya Pradesh. There was also some local autonomy for tribal people in the northeast. [...]

Intercaste violence claimed hundreds of lives; it was especially pronounced in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh. [...]"

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06.02.2004 - Source: UN Human Rights Council (formerly UN Commission on Human Rights)

Report focused on human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people (summary of cases transmitted and replies recieved) ("Indigenous issues: Human rights and indigenous issues E/CN.4/2004/80/Add.1") [#20571],  [ID 7433]

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04.06.2003 - Source: World Organisation Against Torture

Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh: As a result of a decision to increase the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada River around 15,000 families are at risk to be evicted; no proper resettlement has been planned for them ("India: risk of forced displacement of 35'000 Adivasis families [Case IND 040603. ESCR]") [#13312],  [ID 7434]

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30.07.2002 - Source: Amnesty International

Madhya Pradesh: About 400 police officers from Amjera police station resorted to beating villagers from Khedi Balwadi village who resisted their efforts to forcibly evict them from their houses and properties ("India: Amnesty International urges inquiry into reports of police brutality in the Maan valley, Madhya Pradesh") [#8070],  [ID 7435]

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27.07.2002 - Source: World Organisation Against Torture

Madhya Pradesh: Forcible eviction by the police of the members of the village of Khedi-Balwari, district of Dhar, reported/ women and even children were reportedly severely beaten up ("India: forced eviction by the police of a village against the background of the Narmada Valley Development Projects") [#8139],  [ID 7436]

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27.06.2002 - Source: Amnesty International

Madhya Pradesh: An activist working with the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) Movement to Save the Narmada, was picked up by police at a bus stop in Khedi Balwadie, Dhar district, and he has not been seen since ("India - UA 195/02") [#7638],  [ID 7437]

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06.09.2001 - Source: Amnesty International

Madhya Pradesh: Attack by police on non-violent Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) demonstrators in Badwami left 21 activists injured ("India: Amnesty International welcomes enquiry into police brutality") [#3863],  [ID 7438]

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