GENEVA (11 January 2019) – Four UN human rights experts* have expressed alarm about allegations of at least 59 extrajudicial killings by police in Uttar Pradesh since March 2017. India’s Supreme Court is scheduled to consider several of the cases on 14 January 2019. The experts have sent detailed information to the Indian Government on 15 of the cases, most concerning individuals from Muslim communities living in poverty. They have yet to receive a response to their letter.
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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 11 January 2019. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.
