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Police arrested him in the evening, using a lathicharge during which journalists were among those injured. [22] 13 October 2015 – Punjab police shot two protestors and injured 50 others at a protest in Kotkapura, Punjab, following the Guru Granth Sahib desecration in different parts of Punjab. Police claimed to be acting in self-defence.
The Indian Army has been actively involved in Northeast India—a region comprising Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura—primarily to address insurgencies and maintain order. [1] However, several allegations and documented instances of human rights violations have emerged over the years [2]
Assam separatist movements refers to a series of multiple insurgent and separatist movements that had been operated in the Northeast Indian state of Assam. [8] The conflict started in the 1970s [ 8 ] following tension between the native indigenous Assamese people and the Indian government over alleged neglect, political, social, cultural ...
Manjolai labourers massacre or Thamirabarani massacre of 23 July 1999 was the death of 17 Dalit labourers, including two women and a two-year-old child, when they got into the river to escape Tamil Nadu Police lathi-charge.
1 British Indian Army dispatch rider, and ~ 20– 230 protesters After a British Indian Army despatch rider was killed and burned in the Bazaar two armoured cars were ordered to drive in and open fire on the protesters. Amko Simko massacre: 25 April 1939 Simko Village, Sundergarh, Odisha British Raj ~ 49 to 300 tribal peasants dead, ~ 50 injured
This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items. (June 2018) This is a timeline of the Insurgency in Northeast India, an ongoing armed conflict between the separatist rebels and the Indian government. Timeline of the conflict 2010s 2010 This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (June 2018) 2011 This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (June ...
In 2010, there was a strong public outcry regarding the human rights violations of the Indian Army and security personnel and demands for an official apology from the Indian Government. The apology was demanded to also cover the bombing of Aizawl in the wake of the Mizo National Front uprising.
Human rights issues in northeast India have been widely reported in the press and by human rights activists. [1] [2] Northeast India refers to the north-easternmost region of India consisting of the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura, as well as parts of northern West Bengal (districts of Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, and Koch Bihar).