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🚨Amnesty International India's Investigative findings on the role of Delhi Police in the anti Muslim pogrom, Delhi 2020🚨

A 20 page pdf explained in brief in the following thread.

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An Amnesty International India field investigation has documented
several human rights violations committed by the Delhi police during the 2020 February Delhi riots. These violations include Delhi police
officers indulging in violence with the rioters; torturing in custody;
Using excessive force on protesters; dismantling protest sites used
by peaceful protesters and being mute bystanders as rioters wreaked
havoc.
In February 2020, communal violence broke out in Delhi. The riots took place from 23 to 29 February. According to government data, 53 lives lost and injured 500+. During these 6 months, the Delhi police (DP) have filed 750+ First FIRs and at least 200 charge sheets.
DP has arrested mainly Students, Professors and Activists as key people who directed the violence. Till now there have been no Human Right violations investigation on DP.
On March 11 Amit Shah gave DP clean chit saying they have done a great job in stopping violence in 3 days.
Amnesty International India interviewed 50+ riot
survivors, eye witnesses, lawyers, human rights activists and retired police officers. It also analysed several videos on social media platforms like Twitter to analyse the role of the Delhi police during the riots.
A time line of the state violence,
1) Dec 15, 4 days after the enactment of CAA DP entered the campus of JMI and brutally thrased and allegedly sexually assaulted the students. The police have objected against the complaints filed and PILs against them in this case.
2) 5 Jan 2020, a masked mob layed havoc in JNU campus injuring over 2 dozen students and professors and damaged campus. Over 40 co.plaints filed but no FIR registered yet.

3) 27 Jan 2020, Anurag Thakur encouraged crowd to chant "Desh ke gaddaron ko goli maaro salon ko"
4) 28 Jan 2020, Pravesh Verma gave a statement that tomorrow protestors will come to your homes and k*ll and r*pe your daughters.

5) 30 Jan 2020, A man open fired a pistol at a group of anti CAA protestors.

6) Feb 17 2020 The SC expresses its concern over blocking public areas.
7) Feb 23 2020, Kapil Mishra calls of a rally against women protests of Jaffarabad where he made that Hate Speech.

The progrom commenced on 23 after his speechand carried on till 29 Feb.
The Delhi HC ordered DP to take a "Conscious decision" in filing of FIR agaist the political leaders. No FIR has been filed against them yet.

Moinuddin, a riot survivor said that he saw Kapil Mishra make speech and aftwr that people gathered and burned his shop.
Acc to a report filed by NDTV DP received 130000 calls during the violence. Riot survivors say DP could have stopped the violence if they wanted. Interviews of riot survivors show that common response to calls was "azadi chahiye thi, yeh lo Azadi"
Many videos were analysed by Amnesty including 26 yr old Faizans where he was asked to sing national anthem. He was arrested and handed over to his mother 36 hrs later with no paper work.

The pogrom saw over 3 times casualty of Muslims, it wasn't spontaneous.
Dr. M Anwar of Al Hind Hospital who provided medical care for the injured said over 75% cases were of firearm injuries. He asked DP to give protection to ambulances but DP did not.

1 st july 2020 FIR was filed against Dr. Anwar by DP for organising anti-CAA protest
DP was recorded arresting Khalid Saifi on 26 Feb 2020.On march 11 he was produced before court and was on wheel chair. Saifi's family allege DP of custodial torture.

Many Unlawful arrests are also documented. Athar, riot survivor said his mom asked him to not return to his house
But when he was coming police asked him whether he was a hindu or Muslim, when he said he was a Muslim he was arrested at Dayalpuri station. They kept saying "We'll give you Azadi" he got bail after 28 days.
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