“The Declaration rests on a basic premise: that when the rights of human rights defenders are violated, all our rights are put in jeopardy and all of us are made less safe.”
- Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General September 14, 1998 NGO/DPI Conference
In the academic circles, the release of political prisoners is typically interpreted as a tactical compromise made by countries to counter human rights criticism. Outside academia, non-governmental organizations like Amnesty International have long focused their human rights advocacy on individual cases. Still, the specific circumstances under which international actors succeed in facilitating releases have not been identified. Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian. In India’s context, Human Rights violation hasn’t been a gross issue but it becomes a problem quite often when the individuals located in the matrix of public & private sectors come to crossroads with social, political & legal systems and the corruption widespread across them & fail. Though, the doctrine of human rights has been highly influential within international law, global and regional institutions, in the policies of countries and in the activities of non-governmental organizations and has become a keystone of public policy around the world. India thus, happens to be an occasional instance of human rights violation, but it’s ironical that whenever some issue is reported, it’s of extreme nature.
The case of Hari Singh could be considered one rarest of the rare case, in which he had been denied his fundamental right to have a fair trial. He was later convicted and awarded a life sentence as his punishment according to the Indian Penal code (IPC). Hari Singh has been in prison for last 21 years waiting for justice; the same is the condition with his family which has suffered a lot on social, economical, and emotional grounds battling everyday’s challenges. Hari Singh has been trapped amidst the uncertainty of crime’s definition, as he just posed to commit a crime but never committed it. The court acknowledged it too, that he did it all to make a political point, as he was disheartened by the events of violence which took the entire country in its stride in the beginning of year 1993.
What he craves for is just the acknowledgement of his intent behind his revolutionary act, and if at all the government gets keen on understanding his case, he will get fair justice. Let’s join hands to convey our message of humanity to the government so that his case must be reconsidered for mercy as he did no crime. Let’s ensure that Human Rights in his case won’t be violated because if it happens, it would bring a bad name to our country & our judicial system. Let’s put our best at work to show the solidarity a patriot needs. Let’s not punish him for any reason. Let’s put a full stop to his & his family’s sufferings. Lets’ fight for what is right. Justice for Hari Singh.
We Want Justice For My Father
- Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General September 14, 1998 NGO/DPI Conference
In the academic circles, the release of political prisoners is typically interpreted as a tactical compromise made by countries to counter human rights criticism. Outside academia, non-governmental organizations like Amnesty International have long focused their human rights advocacy on individual cases. Still, the specific circumstances under which international actors succeed in facilitating releases have not been identified. Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian. In India’s context, Human Rights violation hasn’t been a gross issue but it becomes a problem quite often when the individuals located in the matrix of public & private sectors come to crossroads with social, political & legal systems and the corruption widespread across them & fail. Though, the doctrine of human rights has been highly influential within international law, global and regional institutions, in the policies of countries and in the activities of non-governmental organizations and has become a keystone of public policy around the world. India thus, happens to be an occasional instance of human rights violation, but it’s ironical that whenever some issue is reported, it’s of extreme nature.
The case of Hari Singh could be considered one rarest of the rare case, in which he had been denied his fundamental right to have a fair trial. He was later convicted and awarded a life sentence as his punishment according to the Indian Penal code (IPC). Hari Singh has been in prison for last 21 years waiting for justice; the same is the condition with his family which has suffered a lot on social, economical, and emotional grounds battling everyday’s challenges. Hari Singh has been trapped amidst the uncertainty of crime’s definition, as he just posed to commit a crime but never committed it. The court acknowledged it too, that he did it all to make a political point, as he was disheartened by the events of violence which took the entire country in its stride in the beginning of year 1993.
What he craves for is just the acknowledgement of his intent behind his revolutionary act, and if at all the government gets keen on understanding his case, he will get fair justice. Let’s join hands to convey our message of humanity to the government so that his case must be reconsidered for mercy as he did no crime. Let’s ensure that Human Rights in his case won’t be violated because if it happens, it would bring a bad name to our country & our judicial system. Let’s put our best at work to show the solidarity a patriot needs. Let’s not punish him for any reason. Let’s put a full stop to his & his family’s sufferings. Lets’ fight for what is right. Justice for Hari Singh.
We Want Justice For My Father
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