A British man who has spent eight years in “arbitrary detention” in India is enduring “a form of psychological torture”, UN experts have said. They said there is no rationale for the continued detention of Jagtar Singh Johal, and that the case reflects a “profound miscarriage of justice”. Mr Johal, from Dumbarton near Glasgow, was…
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The 10 experts are the UN Special Rapporteurs on torture, on freedom of religion or belief, on minority issues, on the promotion and protection of fundamental rights while countering terrorism, on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, on the situation of human rights defenders, and four members of…
They are calling for Jagtar Singh Johal, 39, to be released without delay. Source link
UN experts speak out in suport of Jagtar Singh Johal from Dumbarton who was arrested by Indian authorities in 2017, Source link
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The UN experts have sent a new communication about the case to the Indian authorities and said they will monitor developments. The 10 experts are UN Special Rapporteurs – independent human rights specialists appointed by the UN Human Rights Council – and four four members of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. Johal’s brother…
