Complaints, non-compliance, pro-govt stance: Inside the rise and ruin of India’s human rights regime

 Last year, after the violent protests over Nupur Sharma’s anti-Prophet remarks, the house of activist Afreen Fatima was demolished in Prayagraj – her father and activist Javed Ahmed was accused by officials of “inciting” the protests. However, the NHRC referred the complaint against the demolition to the district magistrate for “appropriate action.”

“In cases of serious human rights violation, NHRC often calls an action taken report or initiates its own inquiry. But this direction to take appropriate action shows it has no interest in pursuing the case further,” said Lenin Raghubanshi, convener of the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights and the complainant in the case.

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