Making the ‘Invisible’ visible: Custodial violence and the civil liberties-democratic rights movement in India

Civil Liberties and Democratic Rights Movement (henceforth CLDR movement) in India has been documenting and highlighting the issue of custodial violence for long. This paper attempts to cull out the nuances of the engagement of the civil and democratic rights movement in India with the issue of cust...

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Main Author: Chauhan, Preeti (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: International journal of law, crime and justice
Year: 2020, Volume: 62
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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