Capacity building project on

testimonial therapy for Human

Rights Organizations in India
Quarter Progress Report
(1st February, 9 – 30th April, 09)

Funded by
Rehabilitation and Research Center
for Torture Victims (RCT),
Denmark

Implemented by
People’s Vigilance Committee on
Human Rights (PVCHR),
Jan Mitra Nyas (JMN)

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Organization People’s Vigilance Committee on

2. Project Title
3. Name of the District and Varanasi district, India
Country where project is
implemented
4. Project duration:
Start (day/month/year)
Human Rights (PVCHR)/Jan
Mitra Nyas (JMN)
Capacity building project on
testimonial therapy for Human
Rights Organization in India
(hereinafter “the project”)
1/8/2008

Completion (day/month/year) 30/4/2009

according to the application
5. Reporting period

This reporting period 1/2/2009 – 30/4/2009

Next reporting period

Summary of status describe especially problem encountered during

project implementation, including proposal for changes and reason
for changes in time schedule, outputs and budget

• Delay in transfer of installment to the project.

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 Due to the carelessness of UCO Bank Manager of Moradabad Branch the
installment was not transferred in the account of Jan Mitra Nyas and it returned
back to RCT.

12. Assessment of overall progress

The overall progress of the project is according to the planned and activities frame
out in project proposal. Detailed report of the program is attached as annexure

ANNEXURE -1

WORKSHOP ON TESTIMONIAL THERAPY IN RANCHI

Workshop on testimonial therapy was organized with the joint collaboration with
Campaign for Right to Education in Jharkhand (CREJ) at Human Potential
Development Centre (HPDC),Bahu Bazar Ranchi from 23rd February, 09 to 6th March,
09. Jan Madhyam provides all the assistance on the behalf of CREJ and came out as a
focal point for testimony therapy.

14 participants from Wide Angel, Manthan , Jan Madhyam, CREJ, Forum for Fact-
finding Documentation and Advocacy (FFDA), Lok Swar, Adarsh Seva Sansthan
organization i.e. of three states Manipur, Chattisgarh, West Bengal and Jharkhand
participated in this workshop.

Schedule of the workshop and pre – departure guideline with the invitation letter
was sent to the participants. During workshop translator was provided for those
participants who were unable to understand English language.

Two-weeks workshop in which the first week was devoted to theory and practical
training, while the trainees in the second week made testimonies and filled in M&E
questionnaires of 28 survivors under supervision. The participants learn the therapy
through the role play and came across various problem which were hurdle in
psychologically healing survivors of TOV.

SCHEDULE:

FIRST WEEK:

23 Feb – 27 Feb, 09 WORKSHOP ON Theory

TESTIMONIAL THERAPY
Monday Morning (1) Psychological trauma Depression, PTSD,

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23 February 10 -12 am psychosocial
(2) Testimony as a psychological
healing process History
Existential, political
12 -1 pm Lunch exposure

Afternoon (1) Meditation Meditation instruction

1 – 4 pm (2) Communication and active
listening (role-plays)
(3) Psychosocial community
work

Tuesday Morning (1) Assessment of mental Phases in community

24 February 10 – 12 health problems: the work
am questionnaire & M&E of
interventions
Assessment Interviews
Lunch with victims
Using questionnaire
(1) Meditation
12 – 1 pm (2) Communication and active
listening: using the questionnaire
Afternoon (role plays)
1- 4 pm
Wednesday Morning Procedures for taking a Steps in the manual
25 February 10 – 12 testimony
am
Lunch
12– 1 pm
(1) Meditation
Afternoon (2) Testimony exercises (role
1 – 4 pm plays)

Thursday Morning Experiences and problems from Notes

26 February 10 – 12 role plays yesterdays
am
Lunch
12 – 1 pm
(1) Meditation
Afternoon (2) Testimony exercises
1 – 4 pm continued (role plays)

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 Friday Morning Taking care of the care takers and
27 February 10 – 12 further issues from the preceding
am days

Lunch
12 – 1 pm
(1) Meditation
Afternoon (2) Peer group exercises with
1 – 4 pm Supervisor

(3) Summing up

SECOND WEEK

2 March, 09 – 6 WORKSHOP
March ON
TESTIMONIAL THERAPY
Monday Morning (1) Mindfulness meditation
(2) Preparation meeting: Division of participants in pairs (one is
2 March interviewer and the other note-taker). Each pair will provide
two sessions of testimony therapy to a survivor in the
afternoon.

Afternoo Two sessions of testimonies taken with first group of survivors

n
Interviewers and note-takers correct and write the testimonies

Evening
Tuesday Morning (1) Mindfulness meditation
(2) Supervision and process analysis meeting: Each pair reports
3 March experiences and problems from the day before: what went well
and what were the problems encountered

Two sessions of testimonies taken with second group of

Afternoo survivors
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Interviewers and note-takers correct and write the testimonies

Evening

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Wednesday Morning (1) Mindfulness meditation
(2) Supervision and process analysis meeting: Each pair reports
4 March experiences and problems from the day before: what went well
and what were the problems encountered

Afternoo Two sessions of testimonies taken with third group of survivors

n
Interviewers and note-takers correct and write the testimonies

Evening
Thursday Morning (1) Mindfulness meditation
(2) Supervision and process analysis meeting: Each pair reports
5 March experiences and problems from the day before: what went well
and what were the problems encountered

Afternoo Two sessions of testimonies taken with fourth group of

n survivors

Interviewers and note-takers correct and write the testimonies

Evening
Friday Morning (1) Mindfulness meditation
(2) Supervision and process analysis meeting: Each pair reports
6 March experiences and problems from the day before: what went well
and what were the problems encountered

Afternoo Plans made for a delivery ceremony: where will it take place
n and how will it be done (privately, in a public space, in a
community meeting?)

Summing up, feed-back and closure

There were 14 participants in the workshop. Below follows a summery of their

personal data and professional backgrounds.

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 List of the participants
S Name Age Male Female Caste Tribes Education Language Work experience Organization
.no
01 Mr. 42yrs X Kurmi Master of Bengali, Hindi, 20yrs Jan Madhyam
Bhupati Social English
Nath Work
Mahato (MSW)
02 Mr. Shyam 43yrs X Santha B.Com Santhali, Bengali, 3yrs Bhumi suraksha
Charan li* (H), LLB. Hindi samiti (partner of
Murmu the CREJ
network)
03 Mr. 41yrs X Meitei P.G. Hindi, English, 10yrs Social
Keisam Diploma Manipuri Upliftment
Pradip in Association
Kumar Journalis
m & Mass
Communi
cation
04 Mr. Arun 32yrs X Mund B.Com Hindi, Mundari, 2yrs Jan Madhyam
Agapit a* (H), LLB Sadri, English
Topno
05 Mr. Vijeta 26yrs X Mund M.A. Hindi, English - Jan Madhyam
Tiru a
06 Mr. 28yrs X Satnami B.sc. Hindi 5yrs F.F.D.A.
Rajkumar (S.C.)
Dahariya
07 Ms. Renu 35yrs X General Intermedi Hindi, English 6yrs Lokswar
 Singh ate (I.A.)
08 Ms. 35yrs X General B.sc Hindi, English 2yrs Lokswar
Archna (Botany)
Singh Hons.
09 Mr. Jai Raj 36yrs X Rajput B.Com English, Hindi, 4yrs Jan Madhyam
Shekhar (General) (Hons.) Bengali
10 Mr. 38yrs X Kurmi M.Com Hindi, English 10yrs Adarsh Seva
Mahabir (OBC) Sansthan
Mahato
11 Mr. Ajaz 25yrs X Forward B.sc (part- English, Hindi, 2yrs Samarpan
Khan (Khan) II) Urdu (partner of the
CREJ network)
12 Md. 38yrs X Muslim B.A.(Histo Hindi, English 5yrs Yuwa Manthan
Murtuja ry) sansthan
Ansari
13 Mr. 28yrs X - M.A Hindi, Nagpuri, 9 yrs Jan Madhyam
Praveen Economics Khortha, Santhai,
Kumar Mundari,
Maghahi, Kortha
14 Mr. Manto 36yrs X - BSc Manipuri, 15 years Wide Angel
Ahanthem Antropolo English and
gy Hindi

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{The age of the participant’s range from 25 to 43. 11 of them were male and 3 of them were female. 4 of the participants had an MA degree (in
social work, Economics, human rights and commerce); 9 had a Graduation (Anthropology, history, science, commerce, botany,); 1 had only an
intermediate school education with Biology stream and one had P.G Diploma. 11 understood English, 3 understand any English. 3 of them
belongs to tribal community: Munda and Santhali}

Brief about tribes of Jharkhand

The tribes of Jharkhand consist of 32 tribes inhabiting the Jharkhand state in India.
Santhali and Munda are settled agriculturists tribals.

*SANTALS: (also spelled as Santhal; formerly also Sonthal) are the largest tribal community in India, found mainly in the states
of West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam, and Orissa. The Santal community is devoid of any caste system and there is no
distinction made on the basis of birth. They believe in supernatural beings and ancestral spirits.

*MUNDA: are tribal (Adivasi) people of the Chotanagpur (Jharkhand) region, which is spread over eastern states of India
(Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal, Chhatisgarh, Orissa and Assam), Their language is Mundari, which belongs to the Munda
subgroup. There are some two million Munda people (twenty lakhs).

The term Munda given to this community designates the name of the leader of the tribal community. The munda call themselves
"Hodoko" which means "Human Beings".

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PROBLEMS AND LEARNING DURING WORKSHOP WHILE DOING THE
ROLE PLAY AND TAKING THE TAKING THE TESTIMONY

• Mistrust
• No eye contact
• Problem in opening the story after first interaction.
• Few particpants start discussion instead of using active listening techique
• Language
• Loss of control on survivors as they start telling their story while filling up
M&E
• Few interviewers does not make confidentially in role play.
• Not mentioning the name of the interviewer and note taker in M&E
questionnaire and not filling the M&E in sequence manner.

CHALLENGES:

• Having different cultural senstivity

• Giving suggestion to the survivors

FEED BACK

• This therapy contains right to heard.

• It is useful for healing survivors.

SUGGESTIONS: Dr. Lenin briefly explained the definition of torture as

mentioned in Article 2 of and he suggested participants follow the given below
points:

Assessment of need

Prepare strategy

Methods/Materials
ROLE PLAY
Dr. Lenin, Mr. Upendra and Mr. Mantu did role play for making participants
more clear how to take testimony.

{Story: Interviewer (Dr. Lenin) and Note taker (Mr. Upendra) went to the survivors
named as Mantu house. Mantu is victim of Arm Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA). He
is very much panic with the military due to which he was unable to trust on both of
them. As after the incidence lots of media and other people publish his story and in
reaction to that again military came and start giving threat to him. After convincing him
and giving psycho –education he was ready to share his self suffering. However he was
not willing to publish his story and he wants his story should be read only in front of his
family members. He wants to keep it testimony as a private document.

Dr. Lenin suggests participants to consider given below points:

• Security of the suvivors, which is thoroughly discussed with survivors.

• Benefit – justice
• Reputiton of organization
• Understanding of context

Again on second day Dr. Lenin, Mr. Upendra and Mr. Mantu did role play of
the second session i.e. closing the story in which survivor is asked to correct
the story or add any additional details that may have been missed;

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 Role Play: Note taker (Mr. Upendra) read the story to the survivor named Mantu
(Mr. Mantu) he make few correction. This time survivors was more confident and he
start telling those information which he did not share in first session. Interviewer
asked about the feeling of the survivor, he said he is feeling very much relief from
inside and first time he share his trauma till now which he did not share with his
wife.}

HONOR CEREMONY:

In the second session two type of delivery (honor) ceremony was demonstrated
in front of the participants. One in family and second itself in the survivor
community, reading testimony, honoring survivor to retain his dignity back in
the society.

I. In family: Survivors wants his testimony should be read in front of his

family member and he honoring outside may create problem for him as
survivors is already terrorized with the military. He was honored with the
flower garland in front of his wife, children and mothers.

honored by the community worker in his family

II. In Community: to encourgage survivors for his brave fighting against the
displacment. He was honored by flower garland by the renowed leader
against the displacement issue.

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After honoring they start chanting with slogan against the ASPFA and
displacment and demand for the torture free life.

QUICK TESTIMONY: he explained participants can take quick testimony of the

suvivors of TOV to provide immediate psychological support and further follow
it up full testimony with M&E questionnaire.

USE OF TESTIMONY AS ADVOCACY:

• You tube
• Web news

Advocay

Testimony

Psychotherapy

SECOND WEEK: PRACTICAL

The group of two one note takers and the other interviewer is every day interchanged on
the performance of the participants and the problem encountered. While taking testimony
participants were being monitored. In four days i.e. 2nd March, 09 to 5th March, 09. 28

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testimonies were taken by the participants, due to excess survivor and qualitative input by
existing trained participants Ms. Anupam, Ms. Shabana and Mr. Upendra took the
testimony.

THE TWENTY-EIGHT SURVIVORS WHO GAVE THEIR TESTIMONIES

The 28 survivors who gave their testimonies were known to Jan Madhyam and
CREJ. Most of them were the survivors of land displacement Jharkhand
Government had signed over 42 Memorandum of Understandings (MoU) with
investors including Mittal Steel, Tata Steel, Jindal Steel and Power Company
Limited since Jharkhand became a state in 2000. These projects could displace
large number of Adivasis. But the government failed to rehabilitate even those
displaced between 1951 and 1991, nearly half of whom were tribals.

21/ 28 were male, and 7/28 were female, 2 belonged to the upper castes, while 8
belonged to the “backward” castes and 2 to the “scheduled” castes and 16
belongs to schedule. 18 were Hindus, 6 were Christian, 1 Atheist and 2 belongs to
other religion. . There were 20 primary victims, and 8 were secondary victims.

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S. Name Address Age Education Religion U.C Backward Schedul Tribe Gender Occupation P.V S
no caste e V
1 Suruch Dumka 16 Secondary Hindu Y Female Agriculture Y
Kisku
2 Hopna Dumka 45 Primary Sarna Y Male Agriculture Y
Baskey
3 Chote Lal Dumka 19 Secondary Christian Y Male Agriculture Y
4 Banku Dumka 37 Intermediate Hindu Y Male Social Y
Yadav Activist
5 Ravan Soren Dumka 35 Secondary Hindu Santhali Male Agriculture Y
6 James Soren Dumka 40 High school Christian Y Male Agriculture Y
7 Viswanath Singhbhum 55 Primary Hindu Y Male labour Y
Pramanik
8 Maki Garai Bokaro 40 None Atheist Y Female Maid Y
servant
9 Sandeep Bokaro 26 High School Hindu Y Male laour Y
Prajapati
10 Niyarjan Simdega 58 High School Christian Y Male Retired Y
Jojobar Army
11 Virendra K. Bokaro 38 High school Hindu Y Male Agriculture Y
Manto
12 Snehasish Hehal 30 B.A Hindu Y Male Business Y
Chakroborty
13 Ranjit Giri Bokaro 32 B.A Hindu Y Male Lawyer Y
14 Mrs. Singhbhum 40 Primary other Munda Female Agriculture/ Y
Saraswati Animal
Sardar husbandry
15 Malti Soren Singhbhum 40 none Sari Y Female Agriculture Y
16 Shiv Charan Singhbhum 55 Primary Hindu Y Male labour Y
Sardar
17 Badal Singhbhum 40 High School Hindu Y Male Agriculture/ Y
Sardar Animal
husbandry
18 Sardar Singhbhum 30 Intermediate Hindu Y Male Agriculture Y
19 Satyajeet Singhbhum Primary Hindu Y Male Agriculture Y
20 Tapas Singhbhum 38 B.A Hindu Y Male Agriculture Y
Kumar
Bhagat
21 Battisi Koderma 50 none Hindu Y Female Household, Y
Agriculture
22 Indramani Girih Dih 32 B.A Hindu Y Male Journalism Y
Sahu
23 Lidiya Tuti Khuti 40 none Hindu Y Female Agriculture Y
24 Raju Lohra Gumla 35 Secondary Hindu Y Male Agriculture Y
25 Savitri Devi Dhurwa 40 Primary Hindu Y Male Business Y
26 Basanti Tuti Khuti 57 High School Christian Munda Female Agriculture Y
27 James Tuti Khuti 28 Secondary Christian Munda Male Agriculture/ Y
Animal
husbandry
28 Thomas Khuti 50 None Christian Munda Male Agriculture/ Y
Kandiv Animal
husbandry,
household

• P.V – Primary Victim

• S.V – Secondary Victim

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 • After the workshop Peoples’ Vigilance Committee on Human Rights
(PVCHR) and Jharkhand Jan Sanskriti Manch has jointly released
statement on the atrocities done by the police in Kathikund district.
http://www.mynews.in/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16424#

The statement was published on Philipinos website

http://www.mindanaoexaminer.com/news.php?news_id=200903120515
40 and Sabine Pabst, South Asia Coordinator; FIAN International
Secretariat wrote that “FIAN would be ready to issue a protest letter on
behalf of the issue. For that we would need more information on the dam
build in the area and the expected impact on people’s livelihood – how
many are supposed to be displace, from which villages etc.”

ANNEXURE - II

I. ADVOCACY OF THE CASES

(a) YOU –TUBE:

• The video footage related to the torture of Adv. Ratandeep Gupta
and Dr. Amardeep Gupta was uploaded by various people and it
has highest viewed by 4507 People(see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNiivWoO-v8)
Which also came at :
http://www.truveo.com/Terrorist-Indian-Police-are-torturing-of-
a-doctor/id/2305843009525241206#,
http://www.truveo.com/Police-torture-of-a-doctor-and- lawyer-
in/id/228922362#

• The video footage of police atrocities and exploitation at Dharkar

Basti can be viewed at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzGZoRQbhbk&feature=chan
nel recently 435 views. First time Asian Human Rights Commission
used the linkage of you tube in the appeal (See this link
http://www.ahrchk.net/ua/mainfile.php/2008/3106/ )

(b) Web News:

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 • Ms. Parul Sharma independent donor from Sweden gave 2500 INR from
emergency fund for the treatment of Adv. Ratandeep Gupta. In
consequence of the torture his bone of hip has been crafted to fibula now
the puss is oozing from his leg due to infection. He is feeling pain. Doctor
advised him take proper treatment and it will costs Rs 2500/. The story of
Adv. Ratan Deep Gupta is published in web news “POLICE TORTURE
PUSHES TO ABJECT PENURY”
http://www.mynews.in/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16844#

• The testimony of Pintu was published in www.mynews.in “POLICE

EXCESS BRINGS CONSTANT FEAR”
http://www.mynews.in/fullstory.aspx?storyid=17421# is viewed by 865
peoples’

• The Testimony of Ms. Munni Devi was published in www.mynews.in

“AN UNTOLD STORY OF A FAMILY”
http://www.mynews.in/fullstory.aspx?storyid=17275# viewed by 216

• The testimony of Raju Lohra “My life is no more Safe can be read at
http://www.mynews.in/fullstory.aspx?storyid=18330 an open letter was
send to the Prime Minister of India about the pain and agony of Jharkandi
people in India. http://pvchr.blogspot.com/2009_05_01_archive.html

• We took the quick testimony of the survivors of police torture and

exploitation in Dharkar Basti to give them immediate psychological
support and founded a clear, systematic and consolidated testimony for
legal and Meta legal. (The testimony can be read at
http://www.ahrchk.net/ua/mainfile.php/2008/3106/).
It came also at:
1. http://www.mindanaoexaminer.com/news.php?news_id=200902
03084952

2. http://www.thesouthasian.org/archives/2009/police_attacks_dali
t_settlemen.html

1. RESPONSE ON THE PETITION OF POLICE ATROCITIES AT

DHARKAR BASTI, HUKULGANJ.

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 • PVCHR send complain to complaint cell of Director General of
Police (DGP) office through email and receive the response as
“Thank you for writing to us. Your complaint has been send to IG
complaint cell of DGP UP at 1 Tilak Marg/ B.N. Lahiri Marg
Lucknow for further action. Your are requested to wait for reply or
contact IG Complaint cell directly at control room tel no 0522-
2208596. Your interaction is extremely valuable to us. “.Result is
that departmental enquiry against local police officials started and
in the process of enactment.
• PVCHR filed the petition with SSP,DM, Chief Minister of UP and
National Human rights Commission(NHRC).
• Prime Minister office considers the case and forwarded letter to
Chief Secretary of U.P for immediate and appropriate action.
Letter

In context with PM Office

Uttar Pradesh Government

The office of Chief Secretary

No.: 1140/MS/PM/2009
Lucknow: date : 6th march, 2009

Sri Lenin Raghuvanshi

Convener
People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Right
SA- 4/2A, Daulatpur,
Varanasi-221002
Context of Prime minister office:10/03/2009-PMP1/23648, date 18.02.2009

Date of application: 29.01.2009

Your application annexed with abovementioned context of Prime Minister

Office has been received in this office for necessary action.
This letter is forwarded, to the Secretary, Public Complaint Department,
Utter Pradesh Secretriate, Lal Bahadur Shastri Bhawan, Lucknow for
action as per rule. Kindly communicate for further necessary quarry.

(Signature)

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 Chandra Prakash
Private Secretary

2. Special Rapporteur Torture Communications, Office of the UN High

Commissioner for Human Rights respond and initiate the appropriate
action. “This is to acknowledge your email, concerning allegations of human
rights violations to be brought to the attention of UN human rights special
procedures, including the Special Rapporteur on torture and the Special
Rapporteur on Violence against Women.

Please be aware that the nature of any action by the special procedures is of a
humanitarian nature only; an appeal to the authorities for information on steps
they have taken to examine the allegations made. It does not amount to a legal
procedure.

In the event that the special procedures decides to act, please note that this
procedure is public and correspondence related to the case will be published in a
public report. As such, we would appreciate if you could indicate whether the
victims consented to having the Special Rapporteur on Torture and the Special
Rapporteur on Violence against Women communicate this case to the
Government.” We asked the survivors to give their consent, which was
communicated to Special Rapporteur.

• Dr. Lenin and Ms. Shruti met with Mr. Rahul Gandhi, Member of
Parliament and National General Secretary of Congress (I) at 10 Janpath,
New Delhi and gave letter enclosing with the Manual and the article in
relation to reform in Police System and Congress Party mentioned the
agenda of police reform in its election manifesto and it was also send to
the various political parties. (Annexure IV)
http://pvchr.blogspot.com/2009/05/lobbying-on-police-
reform.html
• We took the testimony of Mr. Sachinder and Chote Lal who were
working as bonded labour before taking the legal action on 24th February,
2006.Asian Human Rights Commission released urgent appeal
http://www.ahrchk.net/ua/mainfile.php/2006/1553/, petition was also
sent to National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). In the investigation
ADM (Administration) Varanasi was not satisfied as they were stating the
fragmented story, However after the testimonial therapy they state the
convincing self suffering which result , on 27th January, 09 ADM
(Administration) gave release order and other 11 bonded labour were also
released, which leads in to legal action against the owner of brick kiln
and process of rehabilitation package of twenty thousands to each.

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 • We took the testimony of Mr. Guddu Vanwasi, who is bonded labour in
brick kiln factory and continuously tortured by the owner. Letter was sent
to National Human Rights Commission, New Delhi and Inspector General
of Police (I.G).We provided the medical support to him from the
emergency fund financed by Ms.Parul Sharma, Sweden. Police station of
Phulpur, Varanasi filed the FIR, a criminal case against the owner of brick
kiln factory under SC/ST atrocity Act 1989.

ANNEXURE III

HONOR CEREMONY:

We organized different types of honor ceremony as follows:

(a) COMMUNITY HONOR:

On 16th February, 2009 honor ceremony was organized in Ghasia ghetto of Raup
village of Sonbhadra District. The Hindi version of Manual “Giving Voice” was
inaugurated by Prof. Deepak Malik, Department of Economics, and Banaras
Hindu University.

Program start at 10:am in the morning with the welcome speech and followed by
the tradition Karma dance perform by the two groups of Ghasia tribals of Raup
and it come to an end at 2:30 by vote of thanks. Ms. Helma Ritsher Chairwomen
Indo – German Society Remscheid, Germany and Prof. Deepak Malik, Banaras
Hindu University chaired the session.

The testimony of eight survivors namely Ved Prakash Sharma, Nagendra

Bahadur Singh, Jilajeet Gupta, Devendra Kumar Singh, Shiv Shanker,
Rameshwar, Ram Sunder and Nandu was read by the human rights defenders
and they were honored by Indian tradition giving white shawl and flower
garland.

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 Manual inaugurated by Prof. Deepak Malik

Following the honor ceremony inauguration of community center (Sushil

Tripathi School and community center) was jointly inaugurated by Mr. P.K
Yadav District Magistrate of Sonbhadra on the behalf of Mr. Satyajeet Thakur
I.A.S of Mirzapur division, Ms. Helma Ritsher Chairwomen Indo – German
Society Remscheid and Prof. Deepak Malik, Banaras Hindu University.

The Ghasia ghetto is icon against the police torture and its consequences. After
the police torture 18 children of Ghasia tribe died due to hunger and
malnutrition situations. Father Thomas Mathew, Director Navjeevan Trust,
Rajkot, gave his best wished for this joint venture, Mr. Kisor Chaudhuri FRGS
wishes every success for this commendable endeavor and Dr. Sany Varghese,
Clinical Psychologist he stated Kindly inform your future developments and am
interested to continue with you.

(b)HONOR CEREMONY IN VARANASI AS PROTEST

DEMONSTRATION:

On 17th February, 09 morning honor ceremony was organized in front of the

Government District Headquarter, Varanasi. The testimonies of 20 survivors
were read by the human rights defenders/community workers and Zalim
Mushar, Rajendra Vanwashi, Phula Devi, Lallan, Indral Kumar, Raj Nath,
Chote Lal, Bal Govind, Mamta Gupta, Chirauji Devi, Gulabi, Kalawati, Sikha,
Dudnath Pal, Ratandeep, Anupama, Mohan Seth, Kuldeep Jaiswal, Satyam and
Shyam Sunder were honored to get back their dignity.

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 Group photo with the survivor

(c) HONOR CEREMONY THROUGH PROTEST CUM STREET

PLAY:
Again on 18th February, 09 Bunkar Dastakar Adhikar Manch (BDAM) means
forum on rights for Weavers and Artisan together PVCHR organized honor
ceremony of unorganized worker Mr. Bhageran Mahto in front of the
Government District Head Quarter. Ceremony starts with the song and street
play on the police torture and the role of the Indian police.

Street Play

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ANNEXURE IV.

NATIONAL CONSULTATION:

National Consultation “Testimony to improve psychosocial wellbeing and

promote advocacy for survivors of torture and organised violence” was
organized on 16-17th April, 09 at Viswa Yuvak Kendra, Chanakyapuri, New
Delhi. The invitation was posted on face book, blogs, orkut and it was send both
through post and mail and it was also published in:
http://www.asiapeace.org/acha/03-15-2009.htm,

http://dgroups.org/file2.axd/0c8e3348-0d27-466a-98fa-
c9561c87c1ec/schedule_1.pdf

The concept note was published on www.mynews.in “Survivors regained their

self-esteem and dignity due to testimonial model’
http://www.mynews.in/fullstory.aspx?storyid=17118#

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Nearly 77 delegates from various organization and embassy actively participate
in this consultation the list of the delegates is annexed. The consultation starts
with the welcome speech by Dr. Lenin, Director of PVCHR. Mr. Yan Kreuter,
Deputy Head Mission, Embassy of the Czech Republic on behalf of E U
Presidency, Ms. Dorte Bech Vizard, Political and Press Counselor, Royal Danish
Embassy, Mr. Gautam Navlakha, Consultant Editor, EPW and Mr. Sanker Sen
Ex- Director General, National Human Rights Commission were present in the
inaugural session of in which Mr. Jan Ole Haagensen, Director, International
Department, Rehabilitation and Research Centre of Torture Victims (RCT)
gave their speech on the condition of torture in India.

Jan Ole giving his speech in the inaugural session

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Mr. Jan Ole Haagensen speech can be seen linkage given below:
http://pvchr.blogspot.com/2009/04/testimonial-therapy-to-improve.html
http://www.scribd.com/doc/14289302/Speeach-of-Jan-Ole- and it was also
published in National Confederation of Human Rights Organization, India
NCHRO
http://www.nchro.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6782:
india-government-must-ratify-cat&catid=64:op-ed&Itemid=34

and

http://de-
de.facebook.com/posted.php?id=38142319886&share_id=74192176308&c
omments=1&ref=mf

Mr. Jan Ole Haagensen also brief about RCT in the inaugural session of the
consultation the link of his presentation is given below:
http://www.scribd.com/full/14260021?access_key=key-
mbkrwubeapn4qsn3v7x and his article India Government must ratify CAT can
be viewed at http://www.mynews.in/fullstory.aspx?storyid=17747#

Session One: Presentation

Chaired by: Mr. Henri Tiphagne
Theme: Experiences gained after using Testimonial Therapy

Mr. Henri Tiphagne, Executive Director Peoples’ Watch briefly present about
the National Project on Preventing Torture in India his presentation can be
viewed at http://testimony-india.blogspot.com/
http://www.scribd.com/full/15075637?access_key=key-1m8n6ddifc8v0orlc4f8

Dr. Lenin Raghuvanshi and Ms. Shirin Shabana Khan, Project Coordinator
present, 3 Training of the Trainers workshops were conducted in which 40
human rights activists and community workers, who were already working in
their communities, were trained during the pilot project “Capacity building
project on testimonial therapy for Human Rights Organization in India”,
Guided by the trainers, participants capitalized on the skills developed during
the workshops to develop a manual, as well as a Monitoring & Evaluation
system to quantify the outcomes and compare various psychosocial parameters
before and after the intervention.

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Utilizing the testimonial method, 85 survivors of torture gave their testimonies.
65 (76%) were male and 20 (24%) were female. 61 are primary victims and 24 are
secondary victims. 72 (86%) were Hindu, 8 (9%) were Muslim, and 6 (7%) were
Christian. 8 (9%) belong to upper castes, 39(46%) were OBC, 18 (21%) were dalits
and 20(24%) belonged to tribal communities. Their presentation can be viewed at
http://www.scribd.com/full/15043326?access_key=key-
1mep3bxes8mph4q10zvw

DISCUSSION:

Mr. Mantu: The condition of other states is different than of Jammu & Kashmir
and North East. The psychological healing is the core part of this therapy and
healing and honoring a person may bring a turning point in his life. Which leads
into breaking the silence and challenging the impunity

Loyal H.Lall: What about the therapy to the person who are violating the human
rights like police or any other person.

Alphanso Selvraj: He comments on the data presentation.

Dr. Lenin giving his presentation

Session two: Presentation

Chaired by: Dr. Tulsi Das
Theme: Testimonial therapy & Psycho –legal counseling

Dr. Inger Agger, Consultant RCT presents the testimonial method was originally
developed in Chile during the military dictatorship in 1970s. It has been

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successfully used in the psychotherapeutic treatment of refugee survivors of
torture in many countries and it has also been an advocacy tool employed by
different human rights movements. Most recently, principles of cognitive
behavioural exposure therapy and testimony therapy have been combined as
narrative exposure therapy for the treatment of traumatised survivor of war and
torture.
During the first two sessions of the ‘Capacity Building’ workshops, testimonies
were written and in third session victims of torture participated in a delivery
ceremony. The trainee therapists also followed up with survivors to assess their
feeling after the intervention.

Victims treated with testimonial therapy demonstrated significant improvements

in World Health Organisation indicators for human well being (WHO 5). All of
them expressed their satisfaction with the process, especially the public delivery
ceremony. This ritual apparently became a “turning point” in the healing
process. By recording their stories and externalizing their private pain, survivors
reframed their experiences to take on a social meaning within the context of
human rights affirmation, and thereby regained their self-esteem and dignity.

Dr. Inger Agger presenting testimonial therapy

Mr. George Pulikuthiyil, Director Jananeethi, Thrissur, Kerala present Psycho –

legal counseling, his presentation can be viewed at
http://www.scribd.com/full/15075467?access_key=key-1cajp37663666cngve52

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Session three: Presentation
Chaired by: Mr. Noor Ahamed Baba
Theme: the Impact of testimonial therapy in the life of survivors

Ms. Munni Devi a secondary victim and Mr. Pintu Gupta a Primary victim of
police torture inform the impact of testimonial therapy in their life and Ms.
Kamar Jahan survivor of Gujarat Carnage narrated her suffering of impunity.
Mr. Traun Bose read the testimony of three survivors. Slide show of honor
ceremony and its impact on the life of few survivors was demonstrated.

Ms. Kamar Jahan telling her self suffering

Session four: Panel

Chaired by: Mr. Colin Gonsalves
Theme: Further ideas for using testimony and psycho-legal
counseling in the assistance to victims of torture and organized
violence.

PANELISTS: Dr. Lenin, Convener PVCHR, Dr. Inger Agger, Psychosocial

Advisor, RCT, Mr. Koshy Mathew, President SICHREM, Mr. Suhas Chakma,
Executive Director, Asian Center for Human Rights, Mr. Kritiy Roy, MASUM

Main points of discussions:

 Lawyer can play big role in counseling instead of traditional counseling.
 To involve survivors of TOV in movement.
 To utilize the big bank of volunteer for further use in legal advocacy as
victim wants justice.

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  To make victim as human rights activists.
 The methodology of the testimonial therapy is very much flexible.
 The key issue is to combat torture and organized violence,
 We should join together for the further use of the testimonial therapy.
 Effort to support the victim in fear & Phobia breaking the silence which
leads into the challenging the impunity

Day Two:

Session one:
Chaired by Mr. Suhas Chakma
Theme: Panel for planning for the creation of an alliance for the use
of testimonies in India

PANELISTS: Mr. Koshy Mathew, President SICHREM, Mr. Henri Tiphagne,

Executive Director People’s Watch, Dr. Lenin, Convener, PVCHR, Mr. Pravin,
Secretary, Jan Madhyam, Mr. Mantu Ahanthem, Executive Director, Wide
Angel, Mr. Krity Roy, Founder, MASUM

a. National Database

A national database of torture cases should be developed which shall be

accessible to all the stakeholders. The data base should entail information of the
cases and necessary updates on all the actions taken with regard to each and
individual case.

b. National Yearly Report and other research reports

A yearly report on the situation of torture in India should be published by the

stakeholders with a view to raise awareness, public opinion and necessary
actions by the policy makers.

In addition, research should focus on various aspects of torture including the

root causes and make recommendations for addressing the problems.

c. Permanent Peoples Tribunal on Torture

A Permanent Peoples Tribunal shall be established consisting of the eminent

personalities. At least four tribunals should be held in a year. This shall be linked
up with medical rehabilitation including the use of the testimonial model for
healing.

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Action 2: Legal Rehabilitation

A programme on combating torture should entail legal rehabilitation of the

individual victims, developing of legal standards and jurisprudence.

Legal rehabilitation could be focused on each State where feasible or certain

States together in armed conflict situations considering the challenges and
threats in providing legal aid in armed conflict situations.

Panelists giving their views for further use of testimonial therapy

Action 3: Monitoring the functioning of torture by NHRIs

Apart from the National Human Rights Commission, there are a number of
National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) which have a role to play to
combat/eradicate torture. The key NHRIs include National Commission for
Minorities (NCM), National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC),
National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST), National Commission for
Women (NCW) and National Commission for Protection of Child Rights.

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Considering that NHRIs seldom effectively address the cases of torture, the
following actions should be considered:

- Filing of the complaints with these NHRIs through the alliance considering that
the complaints are often not registered and victims/complainants are subjected
to torture/ intimidation/ harassment by the perpetrators;

- Monitoring of the cases (by linking with the National Database programme)
and taking appropriate actions (linking with legal rehabilitation) against the
NHRIs for the failure to address torture.

Similar actions can be taken with regard to the State Human Rights Commissions
and other State level NHRIs.

Action 4: Rehabilitation

For rehabilitation, each State should have rehabilitation centre for

- Develop the testimonial therapy to contextualize with local situations;

- Providing necessary medical assistance;

- Sensitise the medical professionals

- Sensitise the other stakeholders.

Session Two; Feed Back

Punit Sharma, Clinical Psychologist, Swanchetan.

Testimony or testimonial therapy is used for several times from psychological

point of view, any type of self empathetic event when survivor is healing in the
part of project and research it is mention indigenous form of therapy should be
encouraged so, basic event should be in constant. When we are taking in the term
of therapeutic term fear part is emphasized and exempted that victim of torture
they notice anxiety & fear means therapeutic help in eliminating them.

Mr. George Pulikuthiyil, Director Jananeethi

The people come to us are the victim of torture and victim of organized violence.
They come to us with the injury, legal or emotion. They look for justice; justice is

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nothing legal remedy but something more. Healing = justice. Simple legal
remedy should not be enough. I would prefer therapeutic jurisprudence as also it
produces the feeling of justice.

On the national Data on torture talk with national law university, Banglore and
motivate them to open a department for therapeutic jurisprudence and they
formally have curriculum on that. Someone will write academic process to
motivate young generation.

Mr. Jan Ole Haagensen, International Director, RCT

All the members from the panel are continuously giving their commitment. In
relation in fact we have only start in year 2005. We do know little bit about India
and challenges. We have to be little bit careful in looking different possibilities
and Challenges in India. Where we do in a meaningful to some programme, it is

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an enormous country and my organization is tiny and we cannot change every
change every thing in hurry.

Out come of this national consultation will also going to include in our plan for
in relation to India. We are going to create in our action plan for year 2010 – 2014.
You listen to Danish embassy and we have fairly high standing relation with
Danish Foreign Ministry. We have secure funding as it is possible in term of
planning. We are not looking torture as physical, mental or economical problem
but we want perspective from political science and social science also. The
outcome of national consultation will include in the plan of action. How will you
prepare action plan to prevent torture in India. Such as plan come up in our
organization we will divert our attention thorough on that plan. We will focus
on different axis.

Sukhdev Viswapremi; Convenor People's Campaign for Socio - Economic

Equality in Himalayas (PCfSEEiH)

What we are taking of creating alliance, you include survivors who are facing the
police torture and you should also include the survivors of organized violence. It
is important what we are thinking about them.

In the alliance report is submitted in the meeting and what we are doing about
human rights defender facing problem in the village. As in the northern part of
Himalaya tribal are doing discrimination and atrocity with the dalits.

Ms. Inger Agger, Psycho Social Advisor, RCT

There are 1000 of therapeutic technique in the world; we can say testimony as a
therapy reason is given below:

• Special methodology was developed, we have short time. Most

organization working on the ground have one or two hours only
available for one survivor. So, we cannot propose therapy which takes
long time that is completely unrealistic. That’s why we develop the
method which need few session and it’s can be used by the grass root
worker.

• Many Human rights defender taking legal testimony. It is important to

introduce soft testimony or emotional. So, something they can relate and
learn the method.

• Victim also understands the principal of testimony and ready to use that.
It does not have anything to do with it. It is a technical term you can even
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 find a better therapy, which is understood. Testimony therapy is giving
scope for diversity of application.

MESSAGES:

The message & the wishes can be viewed at http://testimony-

india.blogspot.com/2009/05/message-wishes.html

Her Excellency Daniele Smadja, Ambassdor of European Union

http://www.scribd.com/full/15075826?access_key=key-
16gh4v5k8172tbfhhimd,

Dr. Ketan Desai, President of Medical Council of India

http://www.scribd.com/full/15075825?access_key=key-2eoj5mbephtt16kkbi3i,

Mr. Basil Fernando, Director of Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong

Kong http://www.scribd.com/full/15075831?access_key=key-
1t3ipkza1yw6arrbsiyj,

D.R. Kaarthikeyan Director, Central Bureau of Investigation, Director

General, National Human Rights Commission
http://www.scribd.com/full/15075830?access_key=key-
1x1hjv4ia1bglijusttk,

Mr. Subodh Raj Pyakurel, Chairperson:- INSEC, FORUM-ASIA,

http://www.scribd.com/doc/15075827/Message-of-Solidarity and

Chief Justice Sri Rajendra Babu, Chairperson-National Human Right

Commission-India, Ms. Sayeda Hameed, Member of Planning Commission
gave her message and best wishes to PVCHR as given below:
http://www.scribd.com/full/15075828?access_key=key-
1a25yfgwbiwm4x62a5gf

Message from office of EU presidency:

http://pvchr.blogspot.com/2009/04/letter-of-eubrussels.html
• The article on “A Pilot Project to improve Psychological Wellbeing
among Survivors of Torture in India” was published on

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 http://dgroups.org/file2.axd/e92ad2d0-f92e-41eb-8d1a-
d0287862a3de/Testimony_article_final.pdf

• The Srilankan Manual including brief about PVCHR was published on

www.ahrchk.net/pub/pdf/AHRC-PUB-001-2009-GivingVoice.pdf

ANNEXURE - V

Non – finance activities:

• Human Right Watch, USA will share the video of PVCHR together with
video and photo of various police stations taken by Ms. Naureen Shah
Leonard H. Sandler Fellow from Asia Division, Human Rights Watch.
They would make a great video project to go on the Internet when their
report on the Indian police is released in July 2009.

• Column on police reform was written by Dr. Lenin in Hindustan Times

daily English news paper the link is give below:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/13656316/Police-Reform

• An open letter was send to Prime Minister of India that Mr. Montu, who is
part of National Alliance on Testimony Therapy (NATT) against the
"operation summer storm" by the army in Loktak national park area in
Manipur. This operation is continued since 6 days and displaced more
than 3000 (including children and women) villagers from the operation
area and its gross violation of human rights and child rights in the area. It
is serious matter and it is the racist attack on Manipurians. Please save the
life of innocent people.
The operation stopped just after four hours sending the petition.
Detailed press release can be read at
http://pvchr.blogspot.com/2009_04_01_archive.html

• MBC Korean Television made the documentary on the work of PVCHR

which is going to telecast in second week of May, 2009 MBC covered the
process and impact of testimonial therapy an initiative of RCT & PVCHR

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ANNEXURE –VI

To
Shri Rahul Gandhi Ji
MP and General Secretary (Congress)
New Delhi

Subject: in relation to reform in Police System

Sir,

We would feel highly obliged to you if you kindly allow me to draw your
attention on the necessity of police reform so that the objective of welfare state of
India may be fulfilled up to maximum extent. The police does not have right to
take the life of any person. If by his act, the policeman kills a person, he commits
an offence of culpable homicide or culpable homicide amounting to murder
unless such killing is not an offence under the law. Under the criminal law
prevailing in India, nothing is an offence which is done in exercise of right of
private defence (section 96-106 of Indian Penal Code). But the right given under
these sections of Indian Penal Code is not absolute right and they can be
exercised under the restriction given in section 99 and 104 of same Act.

Section 46 of criminal procedure code empowers the police officer to use

reasonable force, even extending up to causing death, if found necessary to arrest
the person accused of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment of life.
Thus, it is evident that death caused in an encounter, if not justify, would amount
to an offence of culpable homicide.

So causing death of any person without reasons can not be justified. India is a
welfare state and our constitution provides right to life and personal liberty. It
includes living with human dignity. It is the duty of state to ensure the
fundamental rights for every person.

However the torture of police has been increasing very rapidly from the last
decade. The police encounter, custodial death, custodial rape, and the atrocities
of police are day to day news. To reduce these events the Janta Party
Government set up Soli Sorabji Panel, but before submission of the report the
government fell down and the report had not been enforced and the arbitrariness

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of police had been promoted in every state. Recently Times of India news paper
published that largest number of custodial death was registered in UP.
On 22nd September, 2006 the Supreme Court of India in case of Prakash Singh vs
Union of India in its historical decision ordered wide reformation in police
organization. Due to its impact the police organization would be able to work
without political influential and adequate reformation can be made in law and
order. It would help in reducing atrocities. Faced with Supreme Court directives
to implement the much delayed police reforms, union government has set in
motion the process to bring a new police act, incorporating the suggestion of the
Soli Sorabji Panel. The report has called for drastic changes in the 145 year old
police act to introduce fixed two year tenure for police officers down the line
from DGP to SHO, as well as separation of maintenance of law and order from
crime investigation, duties.

Police law is continuing from the period of British which is based on police
regulation Act, 1861. The object of police administration was to quash the Indian
before independence and to maintain the English rule, but today the police
administration is the part of India as a welfare state. So there is need to do basic
change in Indian police system. The 'police' are the subject comes under state list
of seventh schedule. Its provision is given in art. 245. So it is the subject of state
and it is the responsibility of state to reform the police system. Following are the
main points under police reformation:
o The main objects of these reformations are to establish the accountability
and sensitivity of police towards people which should be conducted
through rule of law.
o The second object of these reformations is to fix the tenure of police
officers. Their tenure is fixed for two year.
o The selection procedure of DGP should be transparent and
recommendation of their promotion should be made by Board of Public
Services Commission (BPSC).
o The State Government has been ordered to establish a state security
commission, so that the State Government may not pressurize the police.
This commission will ensure that the police will work according to
constitution and law of country.
o There shall be a Police Establishment Board in each state which shall
decide all transfers, positions, promotions and other services related
matters of officers of and below the rank of Dy. S.P. The State Government
may interfere with the decision of the Board in exceptional cases, only
after recording its reasons for doing so.
o There shall be Police Complaint Authority at district level to look into the
complaints against police officer of and up to the rank of Dy.S.P. Similarly
there should be another Police Complaints Authority at the state level to
look into complaints against officers of the rank of S.P. and above. The

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 district level authority may be headed by retired district judge and the
state level authority is headed by retired judge of High Court.
o The National Government shall also set up a national level commission at
the union level to prepare a panel for being placed before the appropriate
appointing authority for selection and placement of chief of central police
organization, who should be given a minimum tenure of two years.

As per the amendment made in criminal procedure code, section 176 makes the
provision that if any dies or disappear or rape is alleged to have been committed
on any women, when such person or women is in the custody of police or in any
other custody authorized by magistrate or court under this code in addition to
the inquiry or investigation held by police , any inquiry shall be held by Judicial
Magistrate or Metropolitan Magistrate as the case may be within whose
jurisdiction the offence has been committed. The Judicial Magistrate or
Metropolitan Magistrate or Executive Magistrate or police officer holding an
inquiry or investigation shall within 24 hours of death of such person, forward
the body of deceased with a view to its being examined to the nearest civil
surgeon or other qualified medical person appointed in this behalf by the state
government unless it is not possible to so for reasons to be recorded in writing.
Apart from this, National Human Right Commission issued guide lines to all
chief secretaries of state and administration of union territories in dealing with
death occurring in encounters with police on 29/03/1997 and on 2/12/2003 a
revised guidelines have been issued and it was emphasized that state must send
information to the commission of all cases of death arising out of police
encounters. Following are the revised guidelines:

 When the police officer in charge o f a police station receives information

about the death in an encounter between the police party and others, he
shall enter that information in the appropriate register.
 Where the police officer belonging to the same police station are members
of the encounter party, whose action resulted in death, it is desirable that
such cases are made over for investigation to some other independent
investigating agency, such as State CBCID.
 Whenever a specific complaint is made against the police alleging
commission of a criminal act on their part, which makes out a cognizable
case of culpable homicide, am FIR to this effect must be registered under
appropriate sections of the IPC. Such case shall invariably be investigated
by State CBCID.
 A magisterial inquiry must invariably be held in all cases of death which
occur in the course of police action. The next of kin of the deceased must
invariably be associated in such inquiry.

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  Prompt prosecution and disciplinary action must be initiated against all
delinquent officers found guilty in the magisterial enquiry/ police
investigation.
 Question of granting compensation to the dependents of the deceased
would depend upon the facts and circumstances of each case.
 No out of turn promotion or instant gallantry rewards shall be bestowed
on the concerned officers soon after the occurrence. It must be ensured at
all costs that such reward are given / recommended only when the
gallantry of the concerned officers is established beyond doubt.
 A six monthly statement of all case of death in police action in the State
shall be sent by the Director General of Police to the Commission so as to
reach its office by the 15th of January and July respectively. The statement
may be sent in the following format along with the postmortem reports
and inquest reports wherever available and also the inquiry reports:

1. Date and place of occurrence

2. Police station and district
3. Circumstances leading to deaths
i. Self defence in encounter.
ii. In the course of dispersal of unlawful assembly.
iii. In the course of effecting arrest.
4. Brief facts of the incident
5. Criminal case no
6. Finding of the magisterial inquiry by senior officers
a) disclosing in particular names and designation of police officials, if found
responsible for the death; and
b) Whether use of force was justified and action taken was lawful.

Along with above guidelines the then CJI send their request to all the state and
territories to adhere these guidelines in letter and spirit both.
National projects on torture in India: demands that
1) Ratified the UN convention against torture and its optional protocol
2) Enact legislation to prevent corporal punishment in schools.
3) Enact a domestic legislation that makes torture a punishable offence and
provides for the protection and care of victims and witnesses.
4) Enforce strict implementation of the Preventation Of Atrocities Act, 1989
5) Establish District Human Right Courts under the protection of Human
Right Act, 1993.

However irony is that the guidelines of Supreme Court and National Human
Right Commission are not being followed and the cases of police torture are
increasing very rapidly.

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Now the time has come to reform the entire police system to prevent the police
torture of innocent people. The constitution of India establishes the India as a
welfare state, which can be achieved only after following the police reformation
and implement the ruling of the apex court. The police should be people friendly.
The efforts should be made at every level and the parliament should pass the law
and new Police Act should be made by parliamentarians. This will be helpful in
reducing the police torture and it will fulfill the real sense of policing.

Therefore most respectfully it is submitted that kindly make an arrangement to

reform the police system as per the guidelines of Supreme Court and National
Human Right Commission so that the objective of welfare state enshrined in our
constitution may be fulfilled up to maximum extent.

Thank You

Dr. Lenin

(Convener)

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ANNEXURE –VII List of the delegates:

S. no Name Organization Address Email id

Name
1 Mr. Alphanse Consultant C-31 Niveditakunj, R.K Puram, s.alphonse.selvaraj@gmail.com
Selvraj Sec -10 New Delhi

2 Anita Pragti Sheel Jan manjilmanjil@yahoo.co.in

Sangathan
3 Afreen Siddiqui CHRI afreen.siddiqui@gmail.com

4 Alexis Heeb
5 Anil Bairwal ADR anil@adrindia.org

6 Amba MARG ambakak@gmail.com

7 Asha Chaudhary Acid Survivor acidsurvivorsfoundationindia@ymail.com

foundation
8 Alka Singh Vision East
9 Mr. Bhupati Nath Jan Madhyam Ranchi, Jharkhand bhupati_nath@rediffmail.com
Mahto
10 Colin Gonsalves Human Rights 576, Masjid Road, Jangpura , colin.gonsalves@hrln.org
Law Network New Delhi
11 Ms. Dorte Bech Danish Embassy 11, Aurangeb Road, New Delhi doruza@um.dk
Vizard
12 Elizabeln Abrahim toelizabelnabrahim@gmail.com

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13 Frauke Bergmann Interns frauke_bergmann@web.de

14 Mr. George Jananeethi Jananeethi Institute, Mannutty geopuli@gmail.com

Pulikuthiyil P.O – Trissure, Kerala
15 Mr. Gautam EPW gnavlakha@gmail.com
Navlakaha
16 Ms. Grace Pelly HRLN g.cpelly@hotmail.com

17 Ms. Gauri Sharma Swanchetan gauri02@gmail.com

18 Ms. Gauri Action India actionindia1976@gmail.com

Chaudhary
19 Mr. Henri Tiphagne Peoples’ Watch henri@pwtn.org

20 Mr. Harsh Mander CES B-102 Sarvodaya Nagar, New mander.harsh@gmail.com

Delhi
21 Ms. Hemlata Pragti Sheel Jan
Sangathan
22 Helene Debock Embassy of helene.debock@diplobel.fed.be
Belgium
23 Ms. Inger Agger RCT Inger.agger@gmail.com

24 Mr. Jan Ole RCT joh@rct.dk

Haagensen

25 Jai Singh HRLN jai.singh@hrln.org

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26 Joanna Evang EHRAC joannaevang@mac.com

27 Jasum MARG jasum.chelata@gmail.com

28 Mr. Krity Roy MASUM mausumindia@gmail.com

29 Mr. Koshy Mathew SICHREM koshym@gmail.com

30 KK Chaturvedi SSKS sumitra_1993_ss@sify.com

31 Mr. Kok Singh

Tomar
32 Ms. Kamar Jahan BMMA
33 Loyal H. Lall INWORLD loyal.lall@rediffmail.com

34 Mr. Mantu Wide Angel manipurangle@gmail.com

Ahanthem
35 Mr. Mohan Panda mohanpanda@rediffmail.com

36 Maya Ram Acid Survivor acidsurvivorsfoundationindia@ymail.com

foundation
37 Mad
38 Prof. Noor Ahamed Dean, Department noorahmad.baba@gmail.com
Baba of Sociology,
University of
Jammu & Kashmir
39 Dr. Nidhi Mitra Swanchetan C4/4092, Vasantkunj, New binoo30@yahoo.com
Delhi

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40 Mr. Niraj Kumar PUCL A-37, Triloky Colony, Kotla puclniraj@sify.com
Mubarakpur, N.D
41 Nidhi Dharmaraj CHRI B-117, Sarvodaya Enclave N.D nidhi@humanrightsinitiative.org

42 Ms. Noor Jahan BMMA

Diwan
43 Mr. Pravin Kumar Jan Madhyam Ranchi, Jharkhand pravin25kumar@yahoo.co.in

44 Mr. Prashant Bhagat Khanan Majdoor preeshu79@gmail.com

Sangh
45 Philinn Alsdorf German Embassy Shanti path philinnalsdoef@web.de

46 Pramati Mukherjee NFIW 15 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, N.D

47 Pulkit Sharma Swanchetan
48 Pubalin Das
49 Dr. Rajat Mitra Swanchetan C4/4092, Vasantkunj, New swanchetan2003@yahoo.co.in
Delhi
50 Mr. Raj Kumar FFDA Raipur, Chattisgarh
Dahariya
51 Mr. Radiger Bab rudi@bub.purepace.de

52 Ms. Ruchika Singh ADR ruchika@adrindia.org

53 Mr. Salam Khan CRY H -78/12, 2nd Floor, Batla house salam.delhi@gmail.com
New Delhi
54 Ms. Sunila Singh PW 4/46 II floor, Malviya Nagar, sunila.singh@hotmail.com
N.D
55 Mr. Suhas Chakma ACHR C-3/441 - suhaschakma@achrweb.org

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56 Mr. Sanker Sen Ex- Director sankarsen_ips@yahoo.com
General NHRC
57 Ms. Sophia 47 Sunder Nager , New Delhi
Rougevin Baville
58 Sharan Srinivas CHRI sharan@humanrightsinitiative.org

59 Subilia Laurent laurent.subilia@heuge.de

60 Dr. Seeta NCERT seetachaturvedi@yahoo.com

Chaturvedi
61 Mr. Sukhdev People's Campaign pcfseeih@gmail.com
Viswapremi for Socio -
Economic Equality
in Himalayas
(PCfSEEiH)

62 Siddhant Sihag HRLN siddhantsihag@gmail.com

63 Shahba Swanchetan shabysherwani@gmail.com

64 Dr. Tulsi Das DEVA B21/100, Kamachha, Varanasi tulsi_discc_cv@hotmail.com

65 Tara Verma MARG varma.tara@gmail.com

66 Mr. Tarun Bose Journalist C-2/92 A Kesharpuram, New tarunkantibose@gmail.com

Delhi
67 Mr. Uday Kumar DASHRA H.N -96, Road no. -12 S.K udaydashra@gmail.com
Nagar, Patna

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68 Vincent PWTN
69 Mr. Yan KreuterEmbasy of Chez yan.kreuter@gmail.com
Republic
70 Mr. Anup Kumar PVCHR SA 4/2 A Daulatpur, Varanasi anup.obra@gmail.com
Srivastava
Ms. Anupam PVCHR artemispam@gmail.com

Dr. Lenin PVCHR pvchr@pvchr.org

Raghuvanshi
Mr. Manoj Pandey PVCHR office@pvchr.org

Ms. Shruti PVCHR pvchr@rediffmail.com

Nagvanshi
Ms. Shirin Shabana PVCHR shabana@pvchr.org
Khan
Mr. Upendra Kumar PVCHR upendra@pvchr.org

Mr. Ajay Singh PVCHR

Ms. Munni Devi Survivor S-18.149, Raza Bazar Nadeshar,
Varanasi
Pintu Survivor Kakrahi Sonbhadra

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ANNEXURE –VIII
From the desk of Legal Advisor of PVCHR
(A process for justice & to challenges impunity in criminal justice system)

 State Vs Bhageran Mahto

Revision filed against the dismissal order dated 9.02.09 in the session court.
Revision admitted on 27.03.09. Next date is fixed for final argument recorded
from lower court has been summoned.

 State Vs Naresh Gupta

Petition no. 25535/08, U/S 482 CrPc has been filed in the high court of Judicature
at Allahabad. The petition is pending in the court of hearing.

 Ajay Kumar Singh Vs State of U.P. Others

Cri. Misc. Writ Petition No. 26183/08, Under Article 226 of the Constitution of India
has been filed in the high court of Judicature at Allahabad. The petition is pending in
the court of hearing.

 Kaju Vs State of U.P. & others

Cri. Misc. Writ Petition No. 17172/08, Under Article 226 of the Constitution of India
has been filed in the high court of Judicature at Allahabad. The petition is pending in
the court of hearing.

 Paras @ Paru Vs State of U.P. & others

Cri. Misc. Writ Petition No. 17670/08, Under Article 226 of the Constitution of India
has been filed in the high court of Judicature at Allahabad. The petition is pending in
the court of hearing.

 Kunti Devi Vs State of U.P. & others

Cri. Misc. Writ Petition No. 16894/08, Under Article 226 of the Constitution of India
has been filed in the high court of Judicature at Allahabad. The petition is pending in
the court of hearing.

 Jaswant
Case is pending in the court. The father of Jaswant Rampati Ram has filed the petition
in high court. Cri. Misc. Writ Petition No. 16746/08, Under Article 226 of the
Constitution of India has been filed in the high court of Judicature at Allahabad. The
petition is pending in the court of hearing.

 Rabri Devi
Smt. Rabari Vs Prem Shankar Rai,
Court Name: JM-I Varanasi.
PW1 constable examined. On 7.05.09 victim Smt. Rabri devi appeared in the court
next date 26.05.09 is fixed her statement before fast track court-I Varanasi.

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  Banshi Rajbhar
Banshi Rajbhar Vs 1-Indrajeet & others
Court name: JM-III Varanasi
The case is pending in the court. Medical report of Banshi Rajbhar has been
summoned.

 Lallan
Lallan Vs Dasharath Rajbhar & other.
Court name: JM-III Varanasi
The case is pending in the court of hearing.

ANNEXURE –IX
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