Global index 2025 ranks India high-risk country for torture and ill-treatment - Kashmir Media Service

World Organization Against Torture flags India as “high risk” country for police torture: Some reflections

On the UN’s International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, we reflect on a recent report by a global alliance of anti-torture organisations which scored India as ‘high risk’ overall. Between India’s refusal to ratify the Convention Against Torture and the downgrading of the NHRC, the country is facing a critical moment in its human rights stature.

Henri Tiphagne slams India’s ‘zero accountability’ on torture

Human Rights activist Henry Tiphagne at the press meetInstagram/peopleswatch On 25 June 2025 Azeefa Fathima wrote how – at the release of the Global Index on Torture in Geneva, human rights defender Henri Tiphagne of India’s People’s Watch slammed India for failing to ratify the UN Convention Against Torture and for allowing systemic impunity in custodial deaths. India’s human rights record on custodial torture came under sharp international cri…

Global index 2025 ranks India high-risk country for torture and ill-treatment - Kashmir Media Service

Geneva: India has been ranked a “high-risk” country for torture and ill-treatment in the World Organization Against Torture’s first Global Torture Index 2025. According to Kashmir Media Service, the World Organization Against Torture’s first Global Torture also known as OMC) is a coalition of NGOs working on issues linked to arbitrary detention, torture, extrajudicial executions, forced disappearances and other forms of violence. In association …