Amnesty International issued a statement on October 2 criticising restrictions imposed during protests over India’s electoral-roll revision. Its India board chair, Aakar Patel, called for protection of peaceful assembly and the release of people detained solely for exercising that right. This was the organisation’s assessment, not a court finding that particular detentions were unlawful.
The statement followed demonstrations in Delhi and Mumbai demanding the Chief Election Commissioner’s resignation. Common Dreams separately covered Amnesty’s intervention. The Indian Express’s October 3 live coverage reported that Delhi detainees had been released by Friday evening. Amnesty’s earlier release demand should therefore not be read as evidence that those protesters remain in custody.
The Election Commission says the revision checks voter eligibility and denies political manipulation. Protesters dispute the process and its consequences. Amnesty’s new intervention focuses on how authorities respond to peaceful dissent; it does not settle the separate allegations about voter-list errors or establish that every deletion was wrongful.