Professional Documents
Culture Documents
The work of the project is not too much affected in the absence of Mr.
Karmnaya as other staff/activist of PVCHR is continuously helping in
the activities. (His resignation letter is attached as annexure).
In this meeting Dr. Lenin, Ms. Shruti Nagvanshi, Ms. Anupam, Mr.
Anup, Mr. Siddique Hasan, Mr. Jai Kumar Mishra, Mr. Ajay Kumar
Singh, Mr. Manoj Kumar Pandey, Ms. Shirin Shabana Khan, Mr.
Upendra, Mr. Umesh Singh and Mr. Shobnath were present.
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The overall progress of the project is according to the planned and activities
frame out in project proposal. Detailed report of the program is attached as
annexure I and II in first and second quarter report.
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The other significant progress detailed is attached as annexure III in first
and second quarter report
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FIRST QUARTER REPORT
(1st August, 08 – 31st October, 08)
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Annexure I
I. Supervision
The three days supervision from 17th September, to 19th September, 2008
was organized in PVCHR office. Supervision starts with welcome speech by
Dr. Lenin Director of PVCHR. In this workshop entire achievement was
discussed which was attain after workshop held in the month of May.
Dr. Inger Agger discussed the objective of this workshop. In this workshop
main emphasis was given on (1) achievements (2) Challenges (3) use of
testimony for legal advocacy
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Thursday Morning
18 September 10 – 12 (1) Experiences and
am problems/challenged
faced by Human Rights
Defender while taking
testimonial therapy
(2) Meditation
Lunch
12 – 1 pm
(1) Experiences and
problems/challenged
Afternoon faced by Human Rights
1- 4 pm Defender while taking
testimonial therapy
Friday
19 September (1) Experiences and
Morning problems/challenged
10 – 12 faced by Human Rights
am Defender while taking
testimonial therapy
Meditation
Lunch
12– 1 pm
(1) Meditation
The success and challenges faced by participants after third session were
traced out with thorough discussion, themes are given below-
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CHALLENGES:-
1. Fear of police
2. Security
3. Confession by Victims
4. Direct Intervention by the victim (without lawyer advice & HR
defender advice)
5. Lower officials
6. Political provocation
SUCCESS:-
1. Breaking fear
2. Psychological support
3. Respect by the police
1. In the enquiry of the cases Circle officer called Mr. Daya Shanker
Patel and Mr. Upendra as they both of these participants took the
testimony of Kaju and Paras (Paru). Along with Survivor Mr. Daya
Shanker Patel and Mr. Upendra went to the office of Circle Officer
(C.O). Circle officer offered chair to these survivor and he
immediately called responsible police and yelled them, that you
people are involving them in fake case. The gentle behaviour done
by police provides mental support to the survivor.
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3. Jaswant before taking testimony, he was saying his self suffering
in fragmented story. Now he shows his testimony to the Director
General of Police (DGP).
Role Play:
Story: When police again came to Kaju house so, after looking police Kaju
feared and hide himself. Kaju immediately makes a telephonic conversation
with Mr. Daya Shanker Patel (Human Right Defender). No problem occurs
in this case as Mr. Daya Shanker Patel successfully build trust and also
gave support to Kaju.
I. TRUST:
When a Human Right Defender (who is going to fill 2nd part of Monitoring
and Evaluation questionnaire) visits a survivor, he faces the problem of trust.
Interviewer ask about survivor to his neighbour or the people living
surrounding his house, they look interviewer with suspense. However their
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confidence increases when human Rights defender evokes them about honor
ceremony.
Role Play: to clarify the situation in front of other participants and how to
tackle these type of situation. Mr. Karmanya plays the role of Survivor and
Ms. Anupam as an Interviewer. Ms. Anupam went to fill the second part of
Monitoring & Evaluation questionnaire and in second role play Dr. Lenin
(Interviewer) and Mr. Karmanya (survivor).
Story: - {when other Human Rights Defender (Mr. Karmanya) went to fill
the second part of Monitoring & Evaluation questionnaire. As other
survivor did not meet with Mr. Karmanya so, they did not have trust on him.
Ssurvivor strangely behaves with him and he was not willing to respond the
question of Mr. Karmanya.}
In this role play participants look the challenge that before going to fill the
second part of Monitoring and Evaluation questionnaire. It is necessary to
communicate with the Human Rights defender, who took the testimony of
the survivor and also to carry the photographs of honor ceremony with them.
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Positive fight back democratic
Fear Anger & non - violent
Negative provocation
Feeling of injustice
Story: {The political provocation was seen in the case of Jaswant whose
son was kidnapped and he also has some land dispute. The alleged
person occupied his house and open office of ruling party (Bahujan
Samaj Party). When Jaswant found his son then people from the different
political party stand with Jaswant, as Jaswant already has feeling of
injustice and this feeling convert into anger and after getting support
from different political parties he went into the negative provocation.}
III. CONFESSION:-
(a) Mr. Upendra (victim), Daya (Human Right Defender) and Dr. Lenin
(Lawyer) and
(b) second situation of crime committed by the victim this role play was
done by Niraj (Human Rights Defender), Anupam (Victim) and Daya
Shanker (Lawyer)
The difference was trace after the two role plays in first situation
professional lawyer was not giving any moral support to the victim and his
emphasis was more on the money. The second scenario was entirely
different from first situation. Lawyer gave respect and he truly gave advises
to the victim.
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Meeting of survivor and human rights defender with lawyer
All the Participants used the process of testimonial therapy while doing
counseling the victim. This therapy really helps Survivor to again adjoin in
the main stream of society. Survivor were feeling relief and happy from
inside.
QUICK TESTIMONY:
MR. NIRAJ: He shared one incident that happened in Bihar. One innocent
book seller was involved by police in fake case and he was sent to prison.
So, Mr. Niraj with other human rights defender went to prison and discuss
incidence happened to him. Again Mr. Niraj individually went to meet with
this survivor and provide psychological support to him. He was feeling
shame and fear. He shares the self suffering of other people whose story was
very similar to them. This time Mr. Niraj uses the process of testimony.
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MS. SABA IQBAL: She adds to them that if human rights defender shows
sympathy to the survivor while hearing his self suffering. Survivor without
any hesitation informs his self suffering. (One survivor of rape first time
without her husband informs her self suffering to female human rights
defender, this happened with the use of testimony.
MODIFIED TESTIMONY:
In the modified testimony Mr. Anand Prakash came to know about one
respected family charged in the fake case by the police. Police arrest that
person from his home. Survivor has feeling of shame and he was unable to
make eye contact with the people and finally he keeps himself in the house.
Children and women were feared with the police.
So, Mr. Anand did first session with the women’s and children as they were
having fear. However Mr. Anand was unable to meet with the survivor.
Slowly and gradually he succeeds in making relation with the survivor. After
that he starts using the process of testimonial therapy and gave some psycho
–education to him that normally police do torture. He shares few self
suffering of respected person being tortured by the police. Finally Survivor
came out side from his house and now survivor and his family members are
living their life without fear.
Dr. Lenin discuss with the participants regarding the further use of testimony
by the human right defender of People’s Vigilance Committee on Human
Rights (PVCHR).
1. Legal
2. Prevention
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(a) folk school
(b) information sharing
(c) publication
(d) Human Rights streets movement
(e) Community meeting
(f) Street play
3. Campaign
4. Research
Testimony Method
Session
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1. Opening the story
Contact/trust
Psycho – education
Monitoring & Evaluation – I
Starting the story
Story is written
2. Closing the session
3. Delivery ceremony
Group meeting/ folk school/community meeting/demonstration/
community
Testimony is read to group and delivered to survivor
Victim is honored
Legal dialogue with victim if there is fact against the survivor
in testimony (Testimony for legal) (Lawyers)
4. Follow up
Filling of second part of monitoring and evaluation by Human
Rights defender.
3 a. after third session creating new testimony for the legal purpose with
human rights defender, victim and advocate
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Annexure II
On
Dr. Jhawar clinical psychologist he sent an apologies letter that due to some
unavoidable circumstances I am unable to participate and learn sheer bad luck
on my part but my colleagues are there.
Using testimony is a really wonderful thought and this helps the post traumatic
individual in all spheres.
T- Truth where
E- Emotions &
S- Sentiments of
T- Tortured
I – Individual with
M- Magnifiable
O- Operations &
N- Never
Y- Yawing their rights right
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Wishing you all the best for the programme, best wishes to Dr. Agger & Prof.
Gurnani and all other learned participants.
Discussion starts at 9:30 am with the registration with the designed schedule thirty
renowned psychologist, psychiatrist and counselor of Uttar Pradesh actively
participate in this stimulating Round Table Discussion.
Program detail:
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on behalf of above three organizations and she gave her best wishes for the
success of this discussion. She also briefly presents the Curriculum Vitae of
Dr. Inger Agger. Program was moderated by Dr. Tulsi. The discussion starts
with the traditional Indian spiritual style by lighting candle.
Chief Guest and Guest of Honor and other renowned people present in the
desk were honored by the flower garland. The main motive behind this
discussion was to know the feedback from the psychologist and psychiatry
nearby Varanasi district on using Testimonial as a psychotherapeutic tool in
India.
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Flower garland to guest of honor
The Question is how to bring back again bring a person to the normal level
of thinking acting and feeling and how to rehabilitate, how to restore
confidence in them in minimum expenditure and in a brief supportive
ways. How to reach a common person who is most neglected tortured
person of the society. How to give relief him of his trauma and how to tackle
what is happening inside them. So, Dr. Inger all ways from Denmark come
to give her hopes to give us new method a new technique she work with a
torture survivor and war survivor which we cannot imagine.
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Dr. Gurnani giving his blessing
Prof R.G Sharma state that Torture and testimonial therapy as a great
relation we as a psychologist we see after the effect of torture. Suicide,
homicide, anxiety, fear and depression are main component after the effect
of torture. Perhaps by bringing this type of therapy, we feel happy that now
this therapy has been introduced in a very formal way. It root are very old
and now it is present in form of testimony therapy, however it is so old even
in second world war with a restricted goal and limited aims. It was used
with the prisoner of Second World War and victim of war. So in that way it
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roots are old. A team has given tackling the effect of torture I feel a problem
of psychologist we have to be very careful in this type of disturbance.
Torture in police custody a question arise it is a genuine torture or hard core
torture The reliability of information and tool and assessment after torture
and problems are genuine and we can tackle by psychological means.
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Dr. Inger presenting Testimonial Therapy
The honor ceremony of 15 survivors was done in front of District Head Quarter
Varanasi. After the honor ceremony father of one survivor Ram Chander starts
crying and said “I fells my dignity is detained back and I will show this testimony
when I will go back to my home”.
For legal cases we talk with the advocate regarding the confession made by the
Survivor, as one survivor did confession that he feel very pleasant when he read in
the newspaper that police who tortured him was killed by the naxlite. So, this type
of confession may create problem to the survivor. In 12 years of Dr. Lenin work he
did not see this type of change in police department. After looking the testimony
Circle officer (C.O) immediately called police and yelled him that you are doing
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torture to these types of people. We did not take testimony of hard core criminal
because they did not do confession or uncensorship themselves. They only came to
Human Right organization for the address of National Human Rights Commission
(NHRC).
Dr. Tulsi president of Deva International School for Child Care (DISCC) brief
the presentation of Dr. Inger Agger and Dr. Lenin and present given below points
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for stimulating discussion. He says that violence, torture and terrorism have
become global psycho- social and economic problems.
• Intense noise.
• Use of chilly powder.
• Giving electric shocks.
• Kidnapping of the family members.
• Constant threat against one’s own safety or towards family members.
• Being forced to witness the torture.
• Rape and Gang rapes and sexual abuse of different kinds.
• Burning.
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• Public humiliation.
• Domestic violence.
• Organized political violence.
Likely to develop:
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Rehabilitation of Survivor
• Pharmacological
• Psychological
• Social
Psychological Rehabilitation
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Victims need Help
Human Beings
After the presentation of Dr. Tulsi floor was open for the discussion and the
question arises in this round table discussion was entertained by Dr. Inger
Agger and Dr. Lenin.
1. Firstly what we used word torture for the victim is very doubtful. Is
torture physically or psychologically torture. So, we basically here
we are talking about psychologically torture. After effects of the
torture. We have to deal only with the psychologically torture.
QUESTION
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PROF K.C GURNANI: How you start to use testimonial method and also
what are the requirements for taking testimonial therapy?
ANSWER:
DR. INGER: I did testimonial model with political refugee coming from
different part of world. Refugees were being tortured and live in asylum in
Denmark. So, RCT at that time I was working as a clinical psychologist and
used testimony mode. Refugees want to tell their story and they also wants
to recall the incidence happened to them.
QUESTION:
DR. SANJAY GUPTA: There should be few dedicated person. In that case
for the small pockets if you want to channelize it to the entire place and if
you want to keep Varanasi as centre so, person suffering problem will not
come from Gazipur to Varanasi to tell his pain
ANSWER:
DR. INGER AGGER: That’s why RCT and PVCHR with joint endeavor
are going to organize two training one in Varanasi and second in Ranchi
(Jharkhand) so, in this workshop participants from six organizations is being
trained. We hope this organization should train to other organization. We are
trying to establish training of trainer model. It’s not very complicated it is
for the bare foot model and it is easy to learn.
QUESTION:
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Dr. TULSI: Do the person are going to do testimonial therapy should they
have some basic background to understand psychological?
ANSWER:
DR. SANJAY GUPTA: In India We have the join family system in the
village and different group usually in the village if any people subject to
torture they word the prominent people of the village how it is very expertise
in healing or ventilating the person out. So, I can hear with easily absorb,
they are no psychologist, social worker and stuff their. That is great injustice
their. He may take out in an edited form. I am quite sure creates a model and
give to the village and give the model to the village so some prominent
people may take the testimony.
QUESTION
ANSWER
DR LENIN: We are not taking the cases who are suffering from severe
psychological illness; we deal only with the PSTD victim. We are not
dealing the case who are having suicidal tendency and people who are
suffering from depression. We are organizing folk school and small fears are
finish in campaign. The honor ceremony depends on the wish of the
survivor, some time he wants his honor ceremony in front of his family or in
front of his community. No this testimony therapy is not going to be used by
the psychiatry but by the Human Rights Defenders having psychological
understanding.
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Open floor of round table discussion
QUESTION:
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you are doing this then you have a very good pre and post model. We have a
group of 25 they were having this –this type of problem and these and these
now quality of life is improving after one months or three months.
ANSWER:
QUESTION:
ANSWER:
DR. LENIN: People who are trained by Dr. Inger in the workshop will take
the testimony and we will not involve a new person for taking testimony.
Victim is saying his fragmented story and here it is important to adjoin the
Victims own story. One person is taking the interview and other person is
writing the story. Survivor edit story on the second session and he also
decides whether photographs will be used in the testimony and he also
decides for going into the legal advocacy. If the survivor wants to use his
name X in the testimony his name will be choose by himself. In last to
encourage victim we say normally police torture the people and at last we
ask feedback from the victim that how he feels after sharing his story, doing
the meditation.
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In which Dr. Tulsi add three times he himself organize a refreshing course
for the Human Rights Defenders how to do counseling of the victim This is
a victim centric .
QUESTION:
DR. K.C GURNANI said that if you are taking a society there is no need of
assessment or evaluation. Take a subject deal it with scientific way do the
diagnosis. If you want to go for the health of a poor person who did not have
venue, go to the root level we can’t say where you did not have to go for the
legal remedy or where are not going to help them with a legal document for
the advocacy. That a view to express their pain
Dr. Lenin presents memento to the renowed people chairing the desk and he
gave thanks to the participants for marking their valuable presence in this
discussion.
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Dr. Tulsi culminates this program by giving vote of thanks and state Lets
join hands together and make a better world for future race. He especially
thanks to Dr. Inger Agger
Annexure III
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Dr. Subhransu Sekhar Misra
Dr, Inger presents testimonial therapy through power points presentation and
Dr. Lenin presents the positive use of this therapy in the work of his
organization and he also shares the success of this therapy.
After presentation two ways discourse starts and lecture culminate with vote
of thanks given by Head of Department History Mrs. Kutty.
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Student carefully hearing lecture
• Honor Ceremony
Program starts at 11:00 am in the morning and it finish at 3:30 in the late
afternoon. Ms. Shruti briefly presents the testimony therapy to the villagers
and the motives behind organizing this honor ceremony.
The name of honored ceremony - Kuddus Khan, in place of Hira Lal Jaiswal
his grandson came to receive testimony, Kunti Devi, Chote Lal and
Babundar Ghasia, Devnath and Pintu Gupta.
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Group picture of survivor
Thereafter, the testimonies of the 7survivors were read out to the public by
the interviewers who took the testimonies, and the survivors were honored
by giving them a flower garland, a white shawl and the testimony document.
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After honor ceremony happiness was seen on the face of survivor. After
hearing her story from Human Rights defenders Kunti Devi eyes became
wet and smile was also observe on the face of Pintu Gupta.
In this tribunal two cases were selected from PVCHR Uttar Pradesh,
first Mr. Ram Chandra (torture – Illegal detention & Torture in
custody) and were heard in the plenary session of this tribunal and in
session III.
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Mr. Ole Espersen, Legal Advisor of RCT, Denmark was also present
in the felicitations with Ms. Ellen Pedersen, Deputy Head of
Development Co –operation EC Delegation of India and Dr. Rene
Klaff, Regional Director South Asia, Friedrich Naumann Stifung fur
die Freiheit (FNSt).
• Mr. Karmanya starts collecting new cases of police torture for taking
new testimony.
• On 27th September, 2008 Dr. Lenin met with the Secretary General
and Director General of National Human Rights Commission, New
Delhi and he presents testimonial therapy and brief outcome of
professional consultation.
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history of Testimonial Therapy and he kept how private pain became
political. Dr. Lenin also discussed Testimonial Therapy with Mr.
Montu Ahanthem Executive Director Wide Angel and his staff.
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SECOND QUARTER REPORT
(1st November, 08 – 31st January, 09)
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ANNEXURE I
Participants were from Voice of people (V.O.P), Savitri Bai Phule Women
Forum (S.W.F), Sumitra Sansthan Hamirpur, Dalits Association for social &
Human Rights Awareness (DASRA) Bihar, Dalits foundation, Sikhar
Prashikshan Sansthan (S.P.S) Chunar, Public Union for Civil Liberties
(PUCL) Madhya Pradesh, Lok Samiti, PVCHR & Uttarakhand Youth
Sangathan Organization.
Schedule of the workshop and pre – departure guideline with the invitation
letter was sent to the participants through speed post. During workshop
translator was provided for those participants who were unable to understand
English language.
SCHEDULE OF WORKSHOP
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process
Meditation instruction
(3) Psychosocial
community work
12 -1 pm
Afternoo Lunch
n
(1) Meditation
1 – 4 pm (2) Communication and
active listening (role-
plays)
12– 1 pm Lunch
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8 January 10 – 12 taking
am testimony(dialogue and
writing)
12 – 1 (2) Closing the story:
pm Session two
Afternoo Lunch
n
1 – 4 pm (1) Meditation
(2) Testimony exercises
continued (role
plays):Session two
Friday Morning Delivery ceremony:
9 January 10 – 12 Session three
am Lunch
12 – 1 (1) Meditation
pm (2) Group discussion
:questions and follow
Afternoo up on testimony
n procedure
1–4
pm (3) Summing up
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survivors
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testimonies
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S. Name Age Male Femal Education Eng Eng Eng Work Organization
no e goo some non
d e
1 Mr. Kok 45 X High X Human PUCL
Singh Tomar School Rights
defender
2 Mr. Satya 23 X P.G X 4 year Voice of People
Prakash Dev Diploma in experience (VOP)
Pandey Human in social
Rights work and
2 year as
district
human
rights
monitor
3 Ms. Renu 25 X M.A in X Work as Savitri Bai Phule
Singh Social counselor Women’s Forum
work in AIIMS, (SWF)
New Delhi
& State
Law
Associates
(SLA)
4 Ms. Rekha 23 X Graduation X Working Savitri Bai Phule
with home as Women’s Forum
science communit (SWF)
y worker
5 Mr. Harish 32 X Intermediat X Grass root Lok Samiti
Chadra e with (Bio activist
Sonkar – group)
6 Mr. Manoj 32 X Graduation X Human Voice of people
Singh (Art) Right (VOP)
defender
7 Mr. Brij Lal 30 X High X Dalit Dalit foundation
School fellow
working
for dalit
right
8 Mr. Mahesh 25 X Graduation X Dalit Dalit foundation
(Art) fellow
working
for dalit
right
9 Mr.Narendra 24 X M.Com X Activist Sumitra
Singh three years Sansthan
experience
10 Mr. Sushil 27 X P.G X Activist DASRA
Kumar diploma in three years
journalism experience
11 Mr. Prem 22 X Intermediat X Human S.P.S.
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Kumar e (Bio rights
-group) defender
12 Mr. Lakhan 32 X Graduation X Human PVCHR &
Chilwal (Art) rights Uttarakhand
defender youth Sangathan
13 Mr. Satish 35 X M.A Social X Three year S.P.S
work experience
as activist
14 Mr. Manoj 31 X Graduate in X Working PVCHR
Kumar Law as
Pandey advocacy
coordinato
r
{The age of the participant’s range from 22 to 45. 12 of them were male and 2 of them were female. 5 of the participants
had an MA degree (in social work, human rights, journalism and commerce); 5 had a BA (Law, sociology and home
science); 3 had only an intermediate school education with Biology stream and two had only High School education. 8
understood English, and 4 spoke it well. 2 did not understand any English.}
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FIRST WEEK (THEROTICAL AND ROLE PLAY)
The workshop start with the formal introduction of the participants and Dr.
Lenin introduced Ms. Inger Agger and briefly enrich them about testimonial
therapy in India.
She states some of you might have already taken the story of the survivor for
the legal and you know how to take legal testimony. In the month of May
manual “Giving Voice” Using Testimony as a Brief Therapy Intervention in
Psychosocial Community Work for Survivors of Torture and Organized
Violence for community workers and Human Rights defenders in India. If
you will not share pain and anxiety it will create stress. It is important to
share your pain and agony otherwise you will be in stress. Survivor feel
hesitate. In the next week you will hear lots of traumatic stories. We will try
to psychologically heal survivor with the testimonial therapy.
After lunch Ms. Inger Agger briefly explained about meditation and its instruction, first
day Ms. Inger Agger gave the instruction it was decided to change the role of instructor
day by day.
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ACTIVE LISTENING THROUGH ROLE PLAY
- Open questions
- Repetition of small phrases
- Summaries of facts and feelings
She also state that participants for Non-verbal behaviour that is:
Look at the person with sufficient but not excessive eye contact
Feel the interest in the other person
Show in the posture of your body that you are interested in the other
person
Participants will evaluate the trauma stories and identify some of the
reactions mentioned
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Participants were asked to image /create some traumatic story or share
his/her own trauma and role changed after ten minutes. Participants share
their feeling after role play
• Male Interviewer should not have too much eye contact with female
survivor.
• Male interviewers not to lean towards the female survivor.
• Always use open question while taking the question.
• Don’t try to immediately ask question related to trauma.
• Torture is done to make survivor silent, so let the survivor speak
his/her trauma.
• Interviewer should be calm and respect the feeling of the survivor.
On the second day Ms. Inger Agger briefly explained about the procedure of
taking testimony and also explain about filling of the questionnaire and Dr.
Lenin explained this M&E questionnaire in Hindi to the participants and
they were also directed how to fill the questionnaire:-
Participants did role play with the same pair as were on the first day and they
fill I and II part of the Monitoring and Evaluation questionnaire.
AFTERNOON SESSION
Again afternoon session start with the meditation and again participants starts
continuing communication exercise with the III and IV part of the questionnaire.
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Participants filling M&E questionnaire in role play
PROBLEM ENCOUNTERED:
She also suggested participants not to take the testimony in referral are not
advised if:
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The survivor suffers from severe depression or other psychotic
symptoms. In this case, the survivor should be referred to a
psychiatrist;
If the survivor is active in a self-healing process of political or human
rights activism;
If the survivor is not motivated for therapy.
A staff member with a medical, psychological or social work
background should evaluate referrals for testimony therapy and pass
the referrals on to trained community workers or human rights
defenders.
Dr. Lenin explains the participant guideline for writing a good testimony
as prior to this workshop gaps in writing skill was identified. He appeal
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(d) Language
(e) Checklist
Before writing the “Soft” testimony interviewer will be sure that he
passes through the various measures and themes which are essential
for writing a good testimony.
The interviewer must take interest in what he/she is writing, and take
care to go over the document before submitting it.
ROLE PLAY
Dr. Lenin, Mr. Upendra and Mr. Manoj Kumar Pandey (Adv) did role play
for making participants more clear how to take testimony.
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{Story: Interviewer (Dr. Lenin) and Note taker (Mr. Manoj Kumar
Pandey) went to survivor name Kaju (Mr. Upendra) house for taking
testimony. Survivor was involved in the fake case of murder and
severely tortured by the police in the custody. Now the police is giving
threat to him. He was not willing to give testimony as he afraid police
will again create problem to him, however after psycho – education
he trust on them}.
AFTERNOON SESSION:
In the role play participants were divided into group of three, one
interviewer, one note taker and one Survivor. The survivors were given 5
minutes to study the pain and trauma and they were also directed not to
look the story while giving testimony. Roles were exchanged and every
participant played the role of Interviewer, Note taker and Survivors. After
role play the participant shared the essence of the testimony.
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Ms. Inger Agger explained in the second session, one of the therapists
starts the session by reading the written testimony to the survivor in a
loud voice so that the survivor may hear and ensure that his or her story
has been given voice. The survivor is asked to correct the story or add
any additional details that may have been missed;
Again on second day Dr. Lenin, Mr. Upendra and Mr. Manoj Kumar
Pandey did role play of the second session.
{Role Play: Note taker (Mr. Manoj) read the story to the survivor
named Kaju (Mr. Upendra) he make few correction and in second
session he more openly inform his trauma. Interviewer asked about
the feeling of the survivor, he said he is feeling very much relief from
inside}
SECOND SESSION:
Role Play:
Again participants sit in the group of three: One interviewer, one note-
taker and one survivor as they were sitting on the first day. Note taker
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start reading testimony in the loud voice and begin taking a testimony
(session two: closing the story, including reading the story to the
survivor)
After role play participants gave few suggestions for the further use of
testimony, which is given below:
• For himself
• Legal support
• For publication and broadcasting
• Urgent Appeal
• Prevention
• Meeting group
• Public
• Street Play and theater
•
(b)AFTERNOON SESSION:
ROLE PLAY
In the second session Mr. Upendra and Ms. Shabana Khan demonstrate
two type of delivery (honor) ceremony one in front of district head
quarter and second itself in the survivor community. Reading testimony,
honoring survivor by shawl and flower garland, how the survivor feels
when he when he is honored by the respected person.
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Survivor honored by the political leader
The group of two one note takers and the other interviewer is every day
interchanged on the performance of the participants. While taking testimony
participants were being monitored. In four days i.e. 12th January, 09 to 15th
January, 09 29 testimonies were taken by the participants, due to excess
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survivor and qualitative input by existing trained people other participants
Ms. Shruti, Ms. Saba Iqbal and Mr. Daya Shanker Patel (from May
workshop) were called for taking testimony.
The 29 survivors who gave their testimonies were known to PVCHR. Most
of them had all previously given legal testimonies for use in court cases
against the perpetrators. Most of them were selected out of a group of
approximately 80 clients of PVCHR because they had shown evidence of
psychological distress.
21/29 were male, and 9/29 were female, 4 belonged to the upper castes,
while 17 belonged to the “backward” castes and 8 to the “scheduled” castes.
29/29 were Hindus. There were 17 primary victims, and 6 secondary
victims.
The survivors who gave their testimony in Varanasi workshop were mostly
primary victims of torture i.e. 18/29. The perpetrators were almost always
the police and the influential people. The participants ranged in age from 19
to 65 and were predominantly illiterate and few get their schooling up to
secondary and others four receive their education up to graduation and Post
graduation. All of the survivors were Hindu, and most of them were
belonging to lower caste of society. Most of them work as a lower
occupational levels and other are engage in family business and in service,
and do not consider themselves as political activists. Entire survivors were
psychologically tortured and 17 were physically tortured.
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PROBLEM ENCOUNTERED WHILE TAKING TESTIMONY
POSITIVE
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ANNEXURE - II
The video footage of Dr. Amar Deep Gupta and his brother
Adv. Ratan Gupta while brutally beaten by the police is
viewed by 1,753 people and 90 people view the video
footage of Dr. Amardeep while giving his testimony.
II. INTERVENTION’S
After that Dudhnath Pal received one lakhs rupees (Rs 100,000/)
from Chief Minister Uttar Pradesh, he was allotted land and
residence was allotted to him under India Awas Scheme. He had
been given Job Card under NREGA. Red card (Antoyadaya card)
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had been issued to him. His daughter Soni was given financial
assistance from Ms Parul Sharma of Sweden to continue her study.
We did complete testimony of Dudnath Pal in the workshop.
• Mr. Amirulla and his father Siddiqueulla was bonded labour for
more than ten years. With the initiative of Dr. Lenin member of
district Vigilance Committee on bonded labour under Bonded
labour (abolition) Act 1976, both were released on 23rd November,
2008 by the order of ADM (Administration) Varanasi. Letter was
sent to District Magistrate for the rehabilitation after release on the
order no. 13052 – 56 and 13057-61. Mr. Amirullah and his father
Mr. Sidhiqueulla will receive 20 – 20 thousand Rupees each for
their rehabilitation. PVCHR had helped in opening their bank
account to facilitate them in receiving their compensation amount.
We did testimony of Mr. Amirulla and now he felt relief after
sharing the trauma.
• On the testimony of Paru alias Paras UPPCC respond kind wait for
the enquiry officers reaches to you for the statement from the
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DGPs office endorsement. It will take some time. We as
webmaster send your information to the complaint cell.
• In the midnight of 28th & 29th January, 09 at about 1:30 am, the
police men entered inside the house of the Dharkar community
situated on the road side at the Hukulganj area of Varanasi district.
They started to beat and threatened those people with the naked
revolver. At last the police men had ruined their hut and lit fire to
vacate that place. As soon as the information came into the
knowledge of PVCHR the activist of PVCHR immediately went to
the place of occurrence at 4 am and reported to both print and
electronic media. Very quickly the attention was given from lot of
people. One activist of PVCHR has gone to take the quick
testimony of the victims and provided him psychological and moral
support to the victims, which leads into the people’s protest at
District Head Quarter of Varanasi by the survivors. In this contest
the PVCHR requested to issue the urgent appeal to AHRC and
AHRC agreed to issue the urgent appeal very shortly. IBN7 did
the live telecast the incidence and the protest and this news was
also placed in Hindi newspaper.
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Rights and Denmark’s Rehabilitation and Research Center for
Torture Victim.
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finding Documentation and Advocacy - Chattisgarh and Mr.
Chandranath Dani, Orissa and Mr. Venu Gopal from Hyderabad
were sent through email and participants start confirming their
participation by sending their resume. Representative from CRY
will also participate in this workshop.
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• Dr. Lenin gave petition to Mr. Rahul Gandhi Member of
Parliament (M.P) for the ratification of United Nation Convention
against Torture (UNCAT) http://frank-
hoffmann.blogspot.com/2008/11/video-von-lenin.html
• PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL
REHABILITATION CONFERENCE: Mr. Peter Polatin and
Ms. Inger Agger presented “Testimonial therapy a brief
intervention to improve well being in victims of Torture and
Organized Violence (TOV) in free communication on 3rd
December, 08
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PAPER CLIPPING
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S. no Name Address
1 Dr. Abha Verma Dr. Abha Verma
C/o S.K Verma
Shastri Marg
Goleghar Gorakhpur
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pvchr@yahoo.com
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22 Subhas Chandra Rai St. Atulanand Convent school
Varanasi
23 Keshri Narayen Singh Village Bibipur Azamgarh
Contact no. +919450820100
24 Anupam People’s Vigilance Committee
on Human Rights
SA 4/2 A Daulatpur, Varanasi
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Durgakund Varanasi- 5
37 Madhurima Singh SOS children’s village
Chaubeypur, Varanasi
madhuhoney@gmail.com
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