By ignoring health of jailed poet Varavara Rao, state is imposing capital punishment without trial

By ignoring health of jailed poet Varavara Rao, state is imposing capital punishment without trial

Scroll.in / by Sruthisagar Yamunan

The judiciary’s failure to protect his rights to medical treatment is disturbing.
In December 1990, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution titled “Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners”. Among the 10 principles that the UN said should be enforced “impartially” is this: “Prisoners shall have access to the health services available in the country without discrimination on the grounds of their legal situation.”
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