12.04.2006 - Source: BBC News

Swift verdict in India rape case ("Swift verdict in India rape case") [#49108],  [ID 15435]

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11.11.2005 - Source: BBC News

Rajasthan: Pakistani journalist who was kept in prison even after he completed local court sentence of 12 years in jail in 2001, released ("India 'to repatriate journalist'") [#39128],  [ID 7590]

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23.02.2005 - Source: BBC News

Rajasthan: The state government is introducing a law to ban religious conversion following tensions between Hindus and a Christian mission holding its annual convention in Kota ("State to bar religious conversion") [#29186],  [ID 7591]

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24.08.2004 - Source: BBC News

Rajasthan: female infanticide is rife, because the birth of a daughter is considered a curse while the birth of a son is celebrated/ an Indian man has threatened to kill his daughter after an operation on his wife failed to stop her getting pregnant ("Indian man seeks to 'kill' daughter") [#25094],  [ID 7592]

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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 7593]

"[...]. Mr Swami further informed that while 24,792 cases were reported against Scheduled Castes, as many as 3,691 crimes were committed against Scheduled Tribes. 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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01.03.2004 - Source: BBC News

The Indian government to grant citizenship to Hindus from Pakistan who have been living in India for more than five years ("Pakistani Hindus win India rights") [#19983],  [ID 7594]

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28.02.2004 - Source: BBC News

Rajasthan: 15 men have been sentenced to life for a series of train blasts in 1993 ("Life sentences for India bombers") [#19897],  [ID 7595]

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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 7596]

"[..] 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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