All ears for Hazare, deaf to Sharmila’s crusade

The 38-page report, jointly prepared by Human Rights Alert, Manipur, London-based rights group Redress and Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission, urged the Centre to repeal the act immediately and investigate and prosecute rights violators. The report also appealed to the UN Human Rights Commission to seek a report from the Union government on the human rights situation in the country.