India: Dalit Rights Activists Detained

Expand Police try to stop people belonging to the Dalit community as they take part in a protest during a nationwide strike called by Dalit organizations, in Chandigarh, India on April 2, 2018. © 2018 Reuters/Ajay Verma (New York) – Indian authorities should cease arrests of Dalit rights activists for their work, Amnesty International India and Human Rights Watch said today. The recent arrest and detention of five Dalit and Adivasi rights activists for alleged terrorism-related offenses appear to be politically motivated. On June 6, 2018, Maharashtra police arrested Surendra Gadling, Rona…

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