Communal Violence

Communal violence refers to a situation where violence is perpetrated across

ethnic lines, and victims are chosen based upon ethnic group membership. The
worst affected area of communal violence is South Asia where conflict between
ethnic communities results in massacres. Its an mutual aggression, in which
members of all involved ethnic groups both perpetrate violence and serve as its
victims. Countries worldwide, particularly India is struggling with violence
between religious communities for decades. The Religious violence includes acts
of violence by followers of one religious group against followers and institutions of
another religious group, often in the form of rioting. Despite the secular and
religiously tolerant constitution of India, broad religious representation in various
aspects of society including the government, is required.

Fake Encounters & Police Atrocities

In fake or custodial encounters, the police or armed forces kill the suspected
person on the basis of his/her criminal activities, when the person is either in
custody or are unarmed, and claims to have shot them in self-defence. These types
of fake encounters can not be justified as authorized by a court or by the law. UHRF
is very much concerned and disturbed by the diabolical recurrence of police
torture resulting in a terrible scare in the minds of common citizens that their lives
and liberty are under a new peril when the guardians of the law gore human rights
to death. The vulnerability of human rights assumes a traumatic, torture some
poignancy (when) the violent violation is perpetrated by the police arm of the State
whose function is to protect the citizen and not to commit gruesome offences
against them. Police lock-up if reports in newspapers have a streak of credence, are
becoming more and more awesome cells. This development is disastrous to our
human rights awareness and humanist constitutional order.

Industrial Dispute & Labour Unrest

The Industrial Dispute is unrest in labour which expreses itself in mnay ways and
forms. The most striking feature of the labour unrest is strike or stopage of work.
As a result of strike, the factories are closed down and this proves harmful both to
employees and the employers. Subsequently, it leads to the lockout and a series of
conflict and tension. The causes of Industrial Disputes is lower wages, rising prices,
unsatisfactory work conditions, retrenchment etc. The workers' humiliation and
exploitation is required to be contained, their grievances should appropriately be
redressed, harmonious relations between the employee and employer be
ensured. The labour laws in India are not labour friendly and drastic changes are
required to re-enacted or modified them.