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.

Communal Violence

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.

Fake Encounters & Police Atrocities

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.

Industrial Dispute & Labour Unrest

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