Urgent Appeal 2012
DECEMBER 2012
- HRD Alert – India – December 17-Urgent Appeal for Action – West Bengal / Murshidabad: Human Rights Defender Falsely Accused of Rape
- HRD Alert – India – Urgent Appeal for Action – Tamil Nadu / Kancheepuram: Violent threats issued to activists for protesting the recent caste violence instigated by PMK
- HRD Alert – India – Urgent Appeal for Action –December 12,2012- Tamil Nadu / Kancheepuram: Violent threats issued to activists for protesting the recent caste violence instigated by PMK
- HRD Alert – India -December 10,2012- Urgent Appeal for Action – Uttar Pradesh: Human Rights Defender Receives Death Threats in Lucknow, India
NOVEMBER 2012
- HRD Alert – India – Urgent Appeal for Action – India/MaharastraMumbai : Human Rights Defender Stabbed to Death in Mumbai 23rd November 2012
Brutal murder of Kapurchand Gupta, a Human Rights Activist, in Mumbai.
- HRD Alert – India – November 22, 2012-Urgent Appeal for Action – Bangalore, Karnataka: Brutal Murder of RTI Activist Mr. Lingaraja
- HRD Alert – India -November 22,2012- Urgent Appeal for Action – India/Karnataka Vijayapura : Physical Assault over RTI activist B.Ramakrishnappa for his attempts to expose scams in government office
- HRD Alert – India – November 8,2012-Urgent Appeal for Action – Bardhanpur Village, Murshidabad District: Intimidation of Human Rights Defender
OCTOBER 2012
- HRD Alert – India -October 24,2012- Urgent Appeal for Action – India/ Madhya Pradesh – Update on the detainment of human rights defenders Dr. Sunilam and Daya Mani Barla.
SEPTEMBER 2012
- HRD Alert – India – September 25, 2012-Urgent Appeal for Action –Union Territory Puducherry/ Kuyavarpalayam: Brutal attack on a social activist and a journalist working for a social cause.
- HRD Alert – India – Urgent Appeal for Action September 25,2012– Tamilnadu: Tirunelveli District: False cases filed against the human rights defender Bharathan who is working for the dalit communities.
- HRD Alert – India – September 17,2012-Urgent Appeal for Action – Maharastra/ Mumbai District /Bandup: RTI activist thrashed for complaint against illegal factory on BMC land.
- HRD Alert – India – Urgent Appeal for Action-September 11,2012 – Uttar Pradesh/ Kanpur District/: Arrest of a Cartoonist cum Anti-Corruption Activist under sedition charges.
AUGUST 2012
- HRD Alert – India – August 28,2012-Urgent Appeal for Action – Kerala/ Kannur District: Attack and threats faced by three activists of Social Democratic Party of India
- HRD Alert – India – August 3, 2012-Urgent Appeal for Action – Karnataka/ Mangalore/ Padil: Journalist faces false charges and threats for telecasting a mass attack.
JULY 2012
- HRD Alert – India – Urgent Appeal for Action – July 10,2012 India/Assam: RTI activist Akhil Gogoi attacked.
- HRD Alert – India – Urgent Appeal for Action –India/Chhattisgarh: Raigarh-Environmental cum RTI activist Ramesh Agrawal shot at by unidentified men. 10th July 2012
- HRD Alert – India – Urgent Appeal for Action –July 3, 2012- India/Tamil Nadu: Tiruvannamalai district -Social activist Mr. Rajmohan Chandra hacked to death by an armed gang.
JUNE 2012
- HRD Alert-India – Urgent Appeal for Action June 28, 2012– India/Uttar Pradesh: Civil rights activist-couple Seema Azad and Vishwavijay sentenced to life.
- HRD Alert – India – Urgent Appeal for Action – June-27,2012 Andhra Pradesh/ Hyderabad/Guntur District- Dalit RTI activist stabbed to death
- HRD Alert – India – Urgent Appeal for Action –June 27,2012-India/Haryana: Gurgaon – MLA harasses wife of RTI activist for exposing his alleged voting scam.
- HRDAlert – India –June 25, 2012-Urgent Appeal for Action –India/Tamil Nadu: Cuddalore False charges and threats against Mr. Sundararajan, a News reporter who addressed traffic related issues
- HRD Alert – India – Urgent Appeal for Action –India/Madhya Pradesh: Activist, who tried to expose Public Distribution System (PDS) scam, allegedly shot dead by police- June 20, 2012
- HRD Alert – India – Urgent Action – June 18, 2012-Bangalore – Detention of activists from SICHREM and other organizations during a protest.
Detention of activists from SICHREM and other organizations during a protest – June 18, 2012.
- HRD Alert India-June 15-Pakistan: Death threats to Asma Jahangir, Former UN Special Rapporteur and noted Human Rights Defender.
MAY 2012
- HRD Alert – India – May 17, 2012-Urgent Appeal for Action –Bihar/ Muzaffarpur District: RTI Activist Mr. Razi Hasan shot and battling for life.
- HRD Alert – India – May 17, 2012- Urgent Appeal for Action –India/New Delhi/Vasant Kunj – Death of RTI activist Ravinder Balwani under mysterious circumstances.
The mysterious death of RTI activist Mr. Ravinder Balwani in Vasant Kunj.
- HRD Alert – India – May 10, 2012- Urgent Appeal for Action – Tamilnadu/Madurai District/ Illegal detention and false charges implicated on human rights defender along with his family members.
- HRD Alert – India – May 8, 2012-Urgent Appeal for Action – Tamilnadu: Tirunelveli District: Idinthakarai: For Withdrawal of existing false charges and stopping of new charges filed against the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant Protestors (KKNPP) and immediate halting of the ongoing work at the Plant site.
- HRD Alert – India – May 4, 2012- Urgent Appeal for Action –India/Odisha: Sambalpur Lawyers and Bar Association members assaulted and abused by the District Collector.
- HRD Alert – India – May 02, 2012-Urgent Appeal for Action –India/Tamilnadu Sri Lankan Embassy vehicle pays a mysterious visit to Makkal Mandram.
APRIL 2012
- HRD Alert – India – April 27’2012-Urgent Appeal for Action –India/Bihar-Nawada district–Ten French citizens deported by the Indian government on false allegations / HRD organization falsely labelled ‘Maoist’.
- HRD Alert – India – April 25, 2012- Urgent Appeal for Action –India/West Bengal: Purulia district – Arrest on trumped up charges of 8 National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) workers.
- HRD Alert – India – April 23, 2012- Urgent Appeal for Action-India/Chhattisgarh: Sukma district – Abduction of IAS officer Mr. Alex Paul Menon by the Maoists – fear for his safety.
- HRD Alert – India – April 18’12- Urgent Appeal for Action –India/Assam-Cachar District: A journalist and human rights defender assaulted in Assam and now at risk of life.
- HRD Alert – India – April 12, 2012-Urgent Appeal for Action – West Bengal/ Kolkata/ Nonadanga: Forced eviction by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority and arbitrary arrest of civil rights activists.
- HRD Alert – India – April 9, 2012- Urgent Appeal for Action – Uttar Pradesh/Varanasi – Death threats, false in personification and fabricated charges imposed on an RTI activist Mr. Anil Maurya.
MARCH 2012
- HRD Alert – India – March 24’ 2012 – Urgent Appeal for Action – Srilanka: Three Human Rights Defenders are under threats and pressure for defeating impunity and raising their voices against human rights violations in their country.
Three Human Rights defenders in SriLanka are under threat.
- HRD Alert – India – U March 22, 2012-Urgent Appeal for Action –India/Tamil Nadu: Tirunelveli/ Koodankulam – attack on innocent people protesting against Nuclear power Plant.
Attack on innocent people protesting against Nuclear Power Plant in Koodankulam/ Thirunelveli.
- HRD Alert – India – March 14, 2012-Urgent Appeal for Action – India/Tamil Nadu- Tirunelveli: Activist fighting sand mafia mowed down by truck.
The case of young anti-mining activist Mr. Sathish who was ran over by a truck by the sand mafia.
- HRD Alert – India – March 10”12-Urgent Appeal for Action – India/Madhya Pradesh: Morena – IPS officer killed for stopping illegal mining.
The case of an IPS Officer crushed to death while he tried to stop illegal mining activity.
- HRD Alert – India –March 6- Urgent Appeal for Action – Madhya Pradesh/ Bhopal/ Rewa District – Threats and brutal killing of a journalist Mr. Rajesh Mishra.
The brutal killing of Mr. Rajesh Mishra, a journalist
FEBRUARY 2012
- HRD Alert – India – February 28’12-Urgent Appeal for Action –India/Maharashtra: Thane – RTI activist Premkanth Jha shot dead.
Maharashtra: RTI activist Premkumar Jha shot dead in Thane
- HRD Alert – India – February’27-Urgent Appeal for Action –Jharkhand/Jamshedpur- False and fabricated charges imposed on trade union activists for raising their voices for a social cause.
- HRD Alert – India – February 16-Urgent Appeal for Action –India/Odisha: Kandhamal-Illegal arrest and detention of Human rights defender Junash Pradhan on false charges.
- HRD Alert-India –February 9’2012 Urgent Appeal for Action – India: Rajasthan/Bikaner district – RTI activist, Dudhram attacked for his attempts to expose scam in MNREGA scheme.
Rajasthan: RTI activist, Dudhram attacked for his attempts to expose scam in MNREGA scheme
JANUARY 2012
- HRD Alert – India – January 31, 2012-Urgent Appeal for Action –India / Tamil Nadu / Tirunelveli: Assault and stone-pelting on Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant Protestors including women activists.
- HRD Alert – India – January 30, 2012- Urgent Appeal for Action – Andhra Pradesh/Yanam/ Killing of a trade union activist Mr.Murali Mohan who was demanding justice for the workers in Regency Ceramics Limited Factory .
- HRD Alert – India – January 27′ 2012 Urgent Appeal for Action – Uttar Pradesh /Varanasi – Attack and threat to life against human rights defender Dr. Lenin Raghuvanshi.
- HRD Alert – India -January 21’ 2012 Urgent Appeal for Action – India/Gujarat/Godhra: – Activist Shabnam Hashmi and 5 others detained by Kheda Police
Gujarat: Godhra: –Activist Shabnam Hashmi and 5 others detained by Kheda Police
- HRD Alert – India – January 19, 2012-Urgent Appeal for Action – India/Jharkhand-Ranchi – Case of illegal police action against a Human Rights Defender Ms. Dayamani Barla of Ranchi.
Jharkhand: Case of illegal police action against a Human Rights Defender Ms. Dayamani Barla
- HRD Alert – India –January 13’2012 Urgent Appeal for Action – India: Tamil Nadu/Chennai: RTI activist S.Bhuvaneshwaran hacked to death.
Tamil Nadu: RTI activist S.Bhuvaneshwaran hacked to death in Chennai
- HRD Alert – India – January 3′ 2012 Urgent Appeal for Action – India/ Karnataka/Hassan – RTI activist Mr.Mari Joseph claims threat to life from officials.
Karnataka: Denial of information and death threats faced by Mr. Mari Joseph a RTI activist in Hassan