February 9, 2013

India: New practice of carrying secret executions is highly disturbing: Amnesty on Afzal Guru’s hanging

February 9, 2013

New Delhi, India (February 09, 2013): It is learnt that an International human rights body named Amnesty International has condemned the hanging of a Kashmiri Muslim named Afzal Guru. The hanging was carried in a secret way by the Indian state on February 09, 2013 at Delhi's Tihar Jail.

Afzal Guru’s hanging shows a very worrying trend by Indian government: Human Rights Watch

February 9, 2013

New Delhi, India (February 09, 2012): Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's hanging "shows a very worrying trend by the Indian government", Human Rights Watch (HRW) reportedly said.

Punjab DGP Sumedh Saini’s fate in hanging in the middle; colleagues eye top cop post: media reports

February 9, 2013

Chandigarh, Punjab (February 09, 2013): According to media reports as the uncertainty looms large over the fate of the Director General of Punjab Police Sumedh Saini after the Punjab and Haryana High Court reserved the order on a petition challenging his appointment, many of his senior colleagues in the state police force have begun eyeing the top post in case the court decision goes against him'.

Nanakshahi Calendar released by Giani Gurbachan Singh; Discord in Pak & US remains

February 9, 2013

Amritsar/Ludhiana, Punjab (February 8, 2013): Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh today released the amended Nanakshahi Calendar for the New Year and said the Sikh community had widely accepted its amended version.

Curfew reportedly imposed in Kashmir valley after Afzal Guru’s execution

February 9, 2013

Sri Nagar, Jammu & Kashmir (February 09, 2013): There are reports that authorities imposed curfew in all major towns of Kashmir Valley Saturday in wake of execution of Afzal Guru, who was convicted for his alleged role in the attack on the Indian parliament in 2002. Afzal was hanged in Tihar Jail in New Delhi in February 09, 2012.

India: Afzal Guru hanged in Tihar Jail

February 9, 2013

New Delhi (February 09, 2013): It is learnt that India executed another death row convict on February 09, 2013. A Kashmiri muslim Afzal Guru who was convited by India courts in Parliament attack case, was hanged in the Tihar Jail at 8 a.m. on February 09, 2013 in Delhi. The execution has reportedly taken place in less than a week after President Pranab Mukherjee rejected his review plea.

Jalandhar rape case: Dal Khalsa expresses grave concern over the continuous incidents of sexual assaults against women

February 9, 2013

Jalandhar, Punjab (February 09, 2013): Expressing grave concern over the continuous incidents of sexual assaults against women through out India, the Dal Khalsa's general secretary Dr Manjinder Singh and youth wing's head Ranvir Singh said the Jalandhar incident in which a 14 year old girl has been reportedly gang-raped has once again shamed the society. They said such brutal incidents were reflection of degradation that has crept into our patriarchal society.

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February 9, 2013

India: New practice of carrying secret executions is highly disturbing: Amnesty on Afzal Guru’s hanging

Afzal Guru’s hanging shows a very worrying trend by Indian government: Human Rights Watch

Punjab DGP Sumedh Saini’s fate in hanging in the middle; colleagues eye top cop post: media reports

Nanakshahi Calendar released by Giani Gurbachan Singh; Discord in Pak & US remains

Curfew reportedly imposed in Kashmir valley after Afzal Guru’s execution

India: Afzal Guru hanged in Tihar Jail

Jalandhar rape case: Dal Khalsa expresses grave concern over the continuous incidents of sexual assaults against women

February 9, 2013

India: New practice of carrying secret executions is highly disturbing: Amnesty on Afzal Guru’s hanging

Afzal Guru’s hanging shows a very worrying trend by Indian government: Human Rights Watch

Punjab DGP Sumedh Saini’s fate in hanging in the middle; colleagues eye top cop post: media reports

Nanakshahi Calendar released by Giani Gurbachan Singh; Discord in Pak & US remains

Curfew reportedly imposed in Kashmir valley after Afzal Guru’s execution

India: Afzal Guru hanged in Tihar Jail

Jalandhar rape case: Dal Khalsa expresses grave concern over the continuous incidents of sexual assaults against women

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