HUMAN RIGHTS IN INDIA 94-2 HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION JUNE 23, 28, 29; SEPTEMBER 16 AND 23, 1976 Printed for the use of the Committee on International Relations 76-718 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1976 MAY 1977 Y For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THOMAS E. MORGAN, Pennsylvania, Chairman CLEMENT J. ZABLOCKI, Wisconsin L. H. FOUNTAIN, North Carolina DONALD W. RIEGLE, JR., Michigan CARDISS COLLINS, Illinois STEPHEN J. SOLARZ, New York HELEN S. MEYNER, New Jersey DON BONKER, Washington GERRY E. STUDDS, Massachusetts WILLIAM S. BROOMFIELD, Michigan BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, New York ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO, California ROBERT B. BOETTCHER, Subcommittee Staff Consultant THOMAS R. SMEETON, Minority Subcommittee Staff Consultant (II) Dr. Homer A. Jack, Secretary General, World Conference of Religion Page Prof. Ainslie T. Embree, associate dean, School of International Af- Prof. Ved P. Nanda, School of Law, University of Denver___ Rev. James K. Mathews, Bishop of the Washington Area, United Jagjit Singh Chohan, President of the International Council of Sikhs_ 51 Ram Jethmalani, Chairman, Bar Council of India___. Charles Reynolds, International Secretary, Ludhiana Christian Medi- Leila Kabir Fernandes, wife of George Fernandes, chairman of the Socialist Party of India and president of the All-India Railway Hon. Arthur Z. Gardiner, Jr., Assistant Administrator for Asia, Agency for International Development____ Claude-Armand Sheppard, attorney, observer of the trial of P. R. Sar- kar in Patna, India (leader of the Ananda Marga religious society) – Craig Runde, former director of P. R. Sarkar International Defense 1. Exhibits submitted by Dr. Homer A. Jack: Report entitled "The Erosion of Fundamental Rights in India Today," by Dr. Homer A. Jack.......... Reports of ill-treatment of political prisoners held under emer- gency legislation in India (by Amnesty International). Letter to Prime Minister Gandhi from several Indian citziens__ Report on "Torture of Political Prisoners in India" submitted by the International League for Human Rights and Indians for Letter to Secretary General of the United Nations, Kurt Wald- heim from the International League for the Rights of Man---- Article entitled "80 Americans Appeal to India to Restore Funda- mental Rights," from the New York Times, March 5, 1976___. Article entitled "India: More Repression," from the New York 2. Letter to Prime Minister Gandhi from Hans Ehrenstrale, Deputy Sec- retary General of Amnesty International (London). 3. Mailgram to Prime Minister Gandhi from Manoranjan Dutta, presi- 5. Article entitled "Economic Prospects Bright, Says World Bank Re- port" from India News (published by the Embassy of India) May Exhibit 1: Letter of George Fernandes to Indira Gandhi.. Exhibit 6: Letter from Alice Fernandes to the President of India INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS Other Documents in the Series Human Rights in the World Community: A Call for U.S. Leadership. March 27, 1974.1 (Report of the Subcommittee on International Organizations and Movements.) International Protection of Human Rights: The Work of International Organizations and the Role of U.S. Foreign Policy. August 1; September 13, 19, 20, 27; October 3, 4, 10, 11, 16, 18, 24, 25; November 1; December 7, 1973.1 (Hearings before the Subcommittee on International Organizations and Movements.) Human Rights in Chile (Part 1). December 9, 1973; May 7, 23; June 11, 12, and 18, 1974. (Joint hearings by the Subcommittee on International Organizations and Movements and the Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs.) Treatment of Israeli POW's in Syria and Their Status Under the Geneva Convention. February 26, 1974. (Hearing before the Subcommittee on International Organizations and Movements and the full committee.) Problems of Protecting Civilians Under International Law in the Middle East Conflict. April 4, 1974.4 (Hearing before the Subcommittee on International Organizations and Movements.) Human Rights in Africa: Report by the International Commission of Jurists. June 13, 1974. (Hearings before the Subcommittee on International Organizations and Movements.) Review of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights. June 18 and 20, 1974." (Hearings before the Subcommittee on International Organizations and Movements.) Soviet Union; Human Rights and Détente. July 17 and 25, 1974.* (Joint hearings by the Subcommittee on Europe and the Subcommittee on International Organizations and Movements.) Torture and Oppression in Brazil. December 11, 1974. (Before the Subcommittee on International Organizations.) Human Rights in South Korea and the Philippines: Implications for U.S. Policy. May 20, 22; June 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 24, 1975.1 (Before the Subcommittee on International Organizations and Movements.) Human Rights in Chile (Part 2). November 19, 1974.2 (Joint hearing by the Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs and the Subcommittee on International Organizations and Movements.) Human Rights in South Korea: Implications for U.S. Policy. July 31, August 5, December 20, 1974. (Joint hearings by the Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs and the Subcommittee on International Organizations and Movements.) Human Rights in Haiti. November 18, 1975.2 (Hearing before the Subcommittee on International Organizations.) Human Rights in Chile. December 9, 1975. (Hearings before the Subcommittee on International Organizations.) Chile: The Status of Human Rights and Its Relationships to U.S. Economic Assistance Programs. April 29; May 5, 1976.2 (Hearings before the Subcommittee on International Organizations.) Psychiatric Abuse of Political Prisoners in the Soviet Union: Testimony by Leonid Plyushch. March 30, 1976.o (Hearing before the Subcommittee on International Organizations.) Human Rights in Indonesia and the Philippines. December 18 and May 3, 1976.* (Hearings before the Subcommittee on International Organizations.) Anti-Semitism and Reprisals Against Jewish Emigration in the Soviet Union. May 27, 1976. (Hearing before the Subcommittee on International Organizations.) See footnotes on following page. |