{"id":231492,"date":"2020-06-29T09:28:22","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T03:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=231492"},"modified":"2020-06-29T09:34:45","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T04:04:45","slug":"caa-un-experts-urge-india-to-release-human-rights-defenders-arrested-for-protesting-against-changes-to-citizenship-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/06\/29\/caa-un-experts-urge-india-to-release-human-rights-defenders-arrested-for-protesting-against-changes-to-citizenship-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"CAA | UN experts urge India to release human rights defenders arrested for protesting against changes to citizenship laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">UN experts called on India to immediately release human rights defenders who have been arrested for protesting against changes to the nation\u2019s citizenship laws.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThese defenders, many of them students, appear to have been arrested simply because they exercised their right to denounce and protest against the CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act), and their arrest seems clearly designed to send a chilling message to India\u2019s vibrant civil society that criticism of government policies will not be tolerated,\u201d the experts said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the most alarming cases concerns pregnant Delhi student Safoora Zargar, who was detained for over two months having allegedly been kept in conditions equating to solitary confinement, denied regular contact with her family and legal representative, and having not been provided adequate medical care or diet. She was finally granted bail on 23 June 2020, in her sixth month of pregnancy, on humanitarian grounds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The CAA provides expedited and simplified access to citizenship for people from specific religious minorities from several neighbouring countries but it excludes Muslims. Its adoption in December 2019 provoked nationwide protests by Indians from diverse faiths \u2013 including Hindus \u2013 who believe it violates the secular foundations of India\u2019s constitution.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many of the 11 individual cases include serious allegations of human rights violations, several relating to due process failings during arrest and detention, as well as allegations of torture and ill-treatment.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAuthorities should immediately release all human rights defenders who are currently being held in pre-trial detention without sufficient evidence, often simply on the basis of speeches they made criticising the discriminatory nature of the CAA,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The experts also highlighted their concern that the authorities\u2019 response to the protests seemed discriminatory. It appears they have not similarly investigated allegations of incitement to hatred and violence made by CAA supporters, some of whom are reported to have chanted \u201cshoot the traitors\u201d at counter-rallies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The experts further flagged their concern that authorities were invoking counter-terrorism or national security legislation, and using procedural police powers, to deny bail to protesters and issue charges carrying heavy sentences.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAlthough demonstrations ended in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and India\u2019s Supreme Court issued a recent order to decongest jails because of health concerns related to the pandemic, protest leaders continue to be detained. The reported spread of the virus in Indian prisons makes their immediate release all the more urgent,\u201d the experts said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They are in contact with the Government on this matter.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Link to the source:<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/NewsEvents\/Pages\/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=26002&amp;LangID=E#:~:text=UN%20experts%20urge%20India%20to%20release%20protest%20leaders&amp;text=GENEVA%20(26%20June%202020)%20%E2%80%93,to%20the%20nation's%20citizenship%20laws.\">News<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>United Nations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UN experts called on India to immediately release human rights defenders who have been arrested for protesting against changes to the nation\u2019s 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