India: HRD intimidated by police
Event- Country
- India
- Initial Date
- Nov 5, 2011
- Event Description
On 5 November 2011, Mr Shyamal Roy, founder of Dodhichi, an organisation aimed at reporting human rights violations committed by authorities of the state of West Bengal and at promoting women"s rights and the right to education, was intimidated by two plainclothed police officers. They told him that they had come to seize his SIM card and alleged that they were the Sub-Inspector and Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police at Sonarpur Police Station. Reportedly they wanted to confiscate other items belonging to him but Mr. Roy requested a legal order from the court. The two policemen called the Officer-in-Charge of Sonarpur Police Station before leaving and telling Mr. Roy that they would come back. Mr. Roy allegedly sends text messages to inform civil society groups about cases of human rights violations occurred in his community and to make people aware of their human rights.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Violation
- Intimidation and Threats
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Not active
- Event Location
Latitude: 22.98676
Longitude: 87.85498
- Event Location