Lawyers For Human Rights International

Devender Pal Singh Bhullar, who was deported from Germany on 19th Jan 1995, is languishing in Tihar Jail of Delhi since he was awarded death sentence on 25th Aug 2001. His case is a classic example of denial of Justice as he has been convicted just on the basis of his extra judicial confession, allegedly suffered by him under force and threat of the police, while he was in police custody. Even though Bhullar recanted from his so called extra judicial confession, however without any corroborative evidence he was convicted by the TADA court. In the Supreme Court of India, while hearing the appeal, 1 of the 3 judges who were hearing the appeal acquitted him of the charges, while the other 2 upheld the conviction.

Its travesty of justice that the 6 Sikhs, who have been accused of killing Swami Ramanand in Vienna, Austria are till date without effective defense. Another aspect which is also very alarming that the Vienna police has failed to identify the people who made the murderous assault on these youth and is only trying to charge these 6 people and not anyone from the side of the followers of Swami Ramanand.

We, the citizens of the Republic of India, express our deep concern and sorrow at the confirmation of capital punishment upon Prof. Devender Pal Singh Bhullar and subsequent dismissal of his review petition by the Supreme Court vide the judgment dated 22.3.2002 and 19.12.2002, by a three judge bench of the Supreme Court of India, comprising, Mr.Justice M.B.Shah, Mr.Justice B.N. Aggarwal and Justice Arijit Pasayat in a case under

A public Interest litigation is filed by Lawyers For Human Rights International in the Punjab and Haryana High Court against the running of parallel courts by caste based Khap Panchayats of Haryana State, who are interfaring into the personal lives of the people of Haryana State. the recent incident in which Mr. Ved Pal of Village- Matour in Kaithal District in Haryana State was lynched by the residents of village-Singhwal, where his wife Sonia was living has shook the conscious of right thinking people.

Lawyers For Human Rights International (LFHRI) moves NHRC for whereabouts of illigally detained persons. Concerned at the picking up of over 150 persons by the Punjab and the Chandigarh police for questioning in the wake of the arrest of Jagtar Singh Hawara,

Lawyers for Human Rights International (LFHRI), today moved the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking status report about their whereabouts and protection of their lives and liberties.These persons were forcibly and illegally picked up by the police as per the information received by LFHRI. These persons had been picked up for interrogation without the knowledge of their relatives and they could be eliminated.

A seminar on “Challenges before human rights defenders” was organized by Lawyers for Human Rights International (LFHRI) today at English auditorium, Panjab university here, with an endeavour to highlight the challenges before a human rights  activist,the members of LFHRI today honoured Teesta Setalvad at the function.

Daughter of an advocate, Teesta is a graduate in history and a post graduate in mass communication. Married to a journalist, Javed khan, Teesta is the co-editor of Mumbai based  journal “communalism combat”.

The image of Punjab Police again came under scanner, when in a press conference they claimed to had unearthed a terror plot on the eve of assembly elections with the arrest of three persons namely Paramjit Singh Dhadhi Amolak Singh and

The objectives of the workshop were to understand the concept, principles and functioning of the ICC, to understand its implications for human rights generally, to explore the specific relevance of ICC for human rights issues and campaigns within India and to forge links with individuals and organizations working on human rights issues