India: Anti-torture activist arrested
Event- Country
- India
- Initial Date
- Apr 7, 2010
- Final Date
- Apr 7, 2010
- Event Description
On 7 April 2012 at 9.45am, Mr. Kirity Roy was arrested policemen of the Anti Terrorist Cell of Kolkata and charged in connection with his involvement in organizing a People's Tribunal on Torture. His arrest was related to a case filed against him in 2008 by the Anti-Terrorist Cell for holding the People's Tribunal on Torture, a project under the National Project on Preventing Torture in India.1 During that event, victims narrated to the public acts of torture committed on them before panel members consisting of eminent experts such as the former Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court and the former Chairperson of the National Commission on Women. Mr. Kirity Roy has been very active in the work of combating torture and impunity. He is the Secretary of Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM), a Kolkata-based human rights organization and the National Convenor of Program Against Custodial Torture and Impunity (PACTI).
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Torture
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Not active
- Event Location
Latitude: 22.572646
Longitude: 88.363895
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 7 April 2012 at 9.45am, Mr. Kirity Roy was arrested policemen of the Anti Terrorist Cell of Kolkata and charged in connection with his involvement in organizing a People's Tribunal on Torture. His arrest was related to a case filed against him in 2008 by the Anti-Terrorist Cell for holding the People's Tribunal on Torture, a project under the National Project on Preventing Torture in India.1 During that event, victims narrated to the public acts of torture committed on them before panel members consisting of eminent experts such as the former Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court and the former Chairperson of the National Commission on Women. Mr. Kirity Roy has been very active in the work of combating torture and impunity. He is the Secretary of Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM), a Kolkata-based human rights organization and the National Convenor of Program Against Custodial Torture and Impunity (PACTI).