10.12.2012 - Source:Terre des Femmes

"Stellungnahme vom 10.2.2012 an das Verwaltungsgericht Düsseldorf"

Situation of women: Capacities of woman's shelters; reports on forced prostitution and trafficking of women in shelters; situation of single mothers (social benefits; accomodation; risk of sexual assaults and sexual exploitation for single women; state protection) [ID 215873]

04.05.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"India riots: Nine convicted over Gujarat killings"

9 people convicted for burning 3 people to death in their home during religious riots in Gujarat state in 2002 [ID 215730]

03.05.2012 - Source:International Crisis Group 

"Pakistan's Relations with India: Beyond Kashmir?"

Report on relations between Pakistan and India (trade relations; access to water in Indus River Basin; military aspects; terrorism; Kashmir) [ID 215613]

03.05.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"India soldier killed by militants in Kashmir"

Kashmir: Soldier killed during an operation to hunt militants, who are suspected of involvement in a deadly bombing in Delhi in 2011 [ID 215691]

03.05.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"India Maoists free abducted official Alex Paul Menon"

Official Alex Paul Menon, who was abducted on 21 April 2012 by Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state, is freed after 12 days in captivity [ID 215727]

03.05.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Refugees Dream of Return, Come Home to Nightmare" , Author: Inter Press Service

Article on Sri Lankan refugees in India and people returning to Sri Lanka [ID 215741]

02.05.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"'Assaulted' India MP Prabha Taviad weeps in parliament"

Dahod district: Member of Parliament Prabha Taviad allegedly assaulted by police [ID 215592]

02.05.2012 - Source:Amnesty International 

"India: Amendments not enough - Repeal the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act [ASA 20/019/2012]"

Jammu and Kashmir: Detention practices carried out under Public Safety Act 1978 not in line with human rights obligations; hundreds still in detention without charge or trial [ID 215673]

01.05.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"India Maoists 'to free official'"

Maoist rebels and authorities agree on release of Alex Paul Menon, official of Chhattisgarh state kidnapped on 21 April 2012; whereas Maoists agree to release Menon, Indian authorities pledge to review all human rights violations in Chhattisgarh state [ID 215499]

01.05.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"India army ponders Kashmir trial"

Supreme Court asks army to decide whether Indian soldiers accused of killing 7 civilians in Indian administered Kashmir in 2000 should have a civilian or a military trial [ID 215501]

05.2012 - Source:Royal College of Psychiatrists 

"International Psychiatry; Vol. 9, Issue 2, May 2012"

Journal of the Board of International Affairs of the Royal College of Psychiatrists; this issue contains psychiatric country profiles on Mozambique and The Gambia as well as thematic papers on India and Sudan [ID 216062]

30.04.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Murdered girl's mother arrested"

Nupur Talwar, mother of murdered schoolgirl Aarushi Talwar, jailed after court rejects interim bail application; the mother is charged with murder and destruction of evidence [ID 215495]

28.04.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"India convicts former BJP leader"

Bangaru Laxman, former chief of main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, sentenced to 4 years in jail for taking bribes [ID 215490]

26.04.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"India Maoists free Orissa politician Jhina Hikaka"

Orissa state: Maoist rebels have released Jhina Hikaka, a state legislator they kidnapped on 24 March 2012 [ID 215026]

25.04.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"India Maoists 'to free' abducted Orissa politician"

Orissa state: On 24 March, politician Jhina Hikaka was kidnapped by Maoist rebels; the rebels said the decision to free Jhina Hikaka was taken at a meeting of the "praja court" (people's court) [ID 215019]

25.04.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Indian teenager annuls her child 'marriage'"

Rajasthan state: A young woman has had her child marriage legally annulled; Laxmi Sargara wed Rakesh when she was one and he was 3 years old; child marriages are illegal but are still common in many parts of the country [ID 215023]

24.04.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Convictions over Jaipur bomb plot"

2 men sentenced to 15 and 20 years in prison for planting several bombs in Jaipur in 1993 [ID 214940]

23.04.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"India Maoist rebels set conditions to free official"

Chhattisgarh state: Maoist rebels have demanded the release of some of their members and withdrawal of security forces in exchange for freeing a senior official [ID 214584]

23.04.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"India: Burmese refugees pitch tents in Vasant Vihar" , Author: Times of India

Vasant Vihar: Hundreds of men, women and children from the Rohingya community from Myanmar have been waiting in the streets around United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) seeking refugee status; there is no temporary housing provided [ID 214593]

23.04.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Indian state of Bihar ejects French tourists 'for Maoist ties'"

Bihar state: 9 French tourists are ejected from the state for alleged involvement in Maoist activities, according to police officials [ID 214738]

23.04.2012 - Source:Amnesty International 

"India: Maoist armed group should immediately release Chhattisgarh District Administrator and Orissa Legislator [ASA 20/018/2012]"

Sukma, Chhattisgarh state: Paul Menon, head of district administration, abducted by Maoists on 21 April 2012; 2 of his security guards killed by the abductors; in exchange for Menon and Jina Hikaka, a legislator from Orissa state abducted weeks ago, Maoists demand halt of all operations against them and release of Maoist prisoners [ID 214740]

20.04.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"India policeman killed in Kashmir"

Kashmir, Srinagar: Indian police officer killed by unknown gunman; no separatist group has said it carried out the attack [ID 214460]

19.04.2012 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières 

"Media freedom threatened by violence, censorship and curbs on access to information"

In the past few weeks, journalists and internet users have been physically attacked, prevented from covering military activity and arrested for disseminating information online; the government has rejected a plan for protecting journalists that was proposed at UNESCO [ID 214486]

18.04.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Indian Professor Partho Sarathi Ray freed from jail"

Molecular biologist Partho Sarathi Ray, who was arrested for allegedly participating in a protest, is freed after 10 days in jail [ID 214452]

17.04.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Indian state's 'leftist marriage ban' criticised"

Communist Party of India leader criticises a government minister who asked party members not to marry or associate with leftists [ID 214447]