Unchecked and Unpunished: New Report Examines How Torture Became Normal in India

July 5, 2025

New REDRESS report reveals systemic torture in India, citing impunity, weak oversight, and urgent need for legal and institutional reforms.

Lawyers across Asia call for end to impunity for cases of torture

July 2, 2019

As the world observes the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on June 26, the SOS-Torture Asia Litigators Group strongly calls for an end to torture impunity on the continent and around the world.

Human Rights Groups Want India to Prosecute Cops for Custodial Death of Two Youth

July 2, 2019

On Tuesday 2 July 2019, the Supreme Court of India will hear a Public Interest Litigation brought in the case of Citizens against Hate v State of Bihar regarding the death of two men in police custody in the Sitamarhi District of State of Bihar in India.

Human Rights Groups Want India to Prosecute Cops for Custodial Death of Two Youth

July 2, 2019

1,966 Custodial Deaths In India During 2018; NGO Calls India to Rectify UNCAT

June 28, 2019

The “Campaign Against Torture in India” while releasing “India: Annual Report on Torture 2018” on the United Nations Day Against Torture stated that during 2018, a total of 1,966 custodial deaths were reported to India's National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) including 147 deaths in police custody and 1,819 deaths in judicial custody.

Torture: Indian State’s Instrument of Control in Indian Administered Jammu and Kashmir

May 21, 2019

The Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) and the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) yesterday (on May 20) released the first comprehensive report on torture in Jammu and Kashmir titled Torture: Indian State’s Instrument of Control in Indian Administered Jammu and Kashmir.

500 Days Since Jagtar Singh Johal’s Arrest, India Still Failing to Investigate Torture Claims

March 16, 2019

As Jagtar Singh Johal remains confined in custody of Indian police after his arrest in November 2017, an international human rights group called REDRESS has noted that his claims about custodial torture during initial days of his custody still remains unaddressed.

Jagtar Singh Johal’s Case: Over 70 UK MPs Shot Letter to British PM Theresa May

July 3, 2018

Over 70 British MPs have written a letter British PM Theresa May demanding urgent statement in Parliament from British Foreign Secretary in Jagtar Singh Johal alias Jaggi’s case.

Torture Update India: Five Custodial Deaths Per Day During 2017-2018

June 26, 2018

“Torture Update India”, released today, the 26th June, the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture 2018, states that a total of 1,674 custodial deaths including 1,530 deaths in judicial custody and 144 deaths in police custody took place from 1 April 2017 to 28 February 2018 as per the statistics placed by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India before the Rajya Sabha on 14 March 2018.

Senior Punjab Police Officers Allegedly Involved in Torturing British Citizen Jagtar Singh Johal

June 13, 2018

It is learnt that names of senior Punjab police officers, including a DIG and two SSPs are also involved in relation to alleged torture on arrested Scottish Sikh citizen Jagtar Singh Johal alias Jaggi.

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