Significant rights abuses by Indian police, forces: US report

February 28, 2014 01:04

A US Congress-mandated report today said that abuses by police and security forces are the most significant human rights problems in India, but that the government had made some "progress" in cases seeking to punish officials for killings during the 2002 Gujarat riots.

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