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The Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) on Friday called out the Assam government for its crackdown on child marriages in which over 3,000 arrests have been made so far. APCR accused the Assam government of creating fear among… Read More »Assam Child Marriage: Civil Rights Body Calls Out State Govt

On January 2nd, a special court in Delhi granted bail to Kashmiri photojournalist Manan Dar who was illegally and arbitrarily arrested on 22 October 2021. In an official statement, Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) who were fighting the… Read More »Kashmiri journalist released on bail after spending more than a year in illegal detention

NEW DELHI — Anti-blasphemy protests against former BJP spokespersons in various states, including Allahabad, resulted in omnibus FIRs and mass arrests. One of the victims of such sweeping police action was Mohammad Azeem. Azeem was incarcerated in jail for five… Read More »APCR Facilitates Legal Battles Against Illegal Detentions

A Delhi Court has granted default bail to a 25-year-old Kashmiri youth, after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) failed to file chargesheet within the statutory period against him in a case registered under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967. The Principal… Read More »After NIA Fails To File Chargesheet, Delhi Court Grants Default Bail To Kashmiri Youth In UAPA Case

It took Alim Sheikh five months to pull together the money to finance the reconstruction of his five-storey building after it was demolished by government bulldozers on April 11. The demolition of his hotel and restaurant had come a day… Read More »Choked by red tape’: Muslims who moved court after Khargone demolitions allege official harassment

At least 3,000 people were illegally arrested by Uttar Pradesh police for taking part in protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act and many of them remain in jails under fabricated charges, even after more than two years since the anti-CAA… Read More »UP Police killed 23 Muslims, arrested more than 3000 during anti-CAA protest: Report

A so-called “Religious Parliament” was organised between December 17 and 19, by the right-wing activists, hardline fundamentalists and Hindutva organisations at Haridwar which turned out to be a hate assembly after new benchmarks of hate speech, lies and fear were… Read More »Break your Silence against Hate and Fear Speech: APCR

KARNATAKA BENGALURU 05/12/2021 APCR National Executive member Advocate Mahmood Qazi, APCR Karnataka President Advocate P Usman, Bangalore Arch Bishop Rev Peter Machado, Human right activist and Famous lawyer Advocate B T Venktesh and APCR Karnataka secretary advocate M Niyaz releasing… Read More »Karnataka stands third in number of attacks on Christians in 2021, says report

NEW DELHI: The ‘Association for Protection of Civil Rights’ (APCR) on Monday released a fact-finding report on the eviction drive at Dholapur in Assam on September 23, demanding strict action and compensation to families of Shaikh Farid, Moinul Haque, and… Read More »Assam eviction drive: Civil rights body seeks strict action, compensation to kin of injured