From: gnreddy@dp1.attmail.com (G.N.Reddy)
Subject: US Assails India Over Human Rights Violations
Organization: AT&T
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 00:18:16 GMT

Source   : Press Trust of India
Date     : Jan  22, 1993
Country  : India


As of this posting, CBS is featuring "Dowry Deaths in India" in its 
60 minutes program. ( 7:15pm EST Jan 24, 1993 )
 
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* Militants blamed for violence in Indian states 

Washington - The U.S state department has blamed the militants for the 
violence in the northern states of Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab, and the
north-eastern state of Assam. while also accusing India of human
rights violations.
	In an annual human rights report, the US also assails incidents of
bonded and child labour, violence against women and female
infanticide, which it say is prevalent in India.
	Though several officials who worked on this report are continuing
in the Clinton adminstration, the report is essentially a Bush-regime
document which was released a day before he left the office.
	Though a functioning democracy, human rights abuse is prevalent in
India, the report says, adding that many of these are product of
ethnic, religious, caste, communal and secessionist activities and
government's reaction to the,
	The report says "Police, paramilitary and army excesses" on
civilians in Punjab, Assam and Kashmir are in response to attacks by
the militants.
	The report expressed concern that militants in Punjab had spread
their activities to neighboring Haryana and U.P, besides the capital
New Delhi.
	Assailing what it called "fake counters" by police in the state,
it also criticised the militant organizations for their attacks on
public sites in which civil servants, politicians, police and
journalists were targeted.
	The state department claimed there was credible evidence of
torture of detainees in prison by the police in several states though
"torture and cruel treatment or punishment are prohibited law."
	On the question of religion, the report said the India government,
though not in favour of any religious group, is now facing a serious
problem due to religious differences that pose a challenge to India's
secular foundation.

* Indian Surgeon at Osmania Hospital shows cheap alternative to liver
  transplants

New Delhi - An Indian surgeon has shown that liver cells retrieved
from aborted human foetuses are a cheap and life-saving alternative to
expensive liver transplants for patients dying of liver failure.
	Dr.C.M Habibullah, chief gastroenterologist at Osmania general
hospital, Hyderabad, on Friday announced that his team had successfully
treated three out of seven patients on the verge of death by simply
injecting foetal liver cells into their stomachs.
	four patients, however, died due to complications.
	"Hepatocyte (liver cell) implantation is a promising alternative
to whole liver transplants," Dr.Habibullah said, delivering a special
guest lecture at the annual meeting o the association of Indian
physicians here.
	Over 200,000 patients die of liver failure in India each year.
Liver transplants are the only hope for a majority.
	The Osmania group has shown that clusters of tiny liver cells
isolated from either aborted human foetuses or animals like dogs of
goats can take over the function of a diseased or damaged liver.

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