Human Rights

Harris, human rights and a problem for Modi

Trump won’t bother about India’s human rights record. Harris might. That’s a worry for the Modi administration.
Oct 21

Violence, victimhood and the collapse of civilian protection

The Responsibility to Protect was supposed to ensure states care for their people — or else. In Gaza and beyond, this hard-won principle lies in tatters.
Oct 07

Is the Jammu and Kashmir election a quest for political agency?

The Pakistani standoff aside, the Indian government must go beyond ensuring only procedural democracy in the Kashmir Valley.
Sep 23

History’s key role in students’ deadly protests

In their struggles against authoritarian rule, Bangladesh’s students have always relied on their history’s many artefacts.
Jul 29

Personal Political: Eerie Silence

The trauma of Kashmir in the larger context of the fight for democracy and human rights.
Aug 23

Bid to arrest Modi in South Africa over ‘Kashmir’ rejected

A petition filed by many civil society organisations in South Africa to arrest Indian PM Narendra Modi for misgovernance in Kashmir was rejected
Jul 23

In Cox Bazaar there is a drinking water shortage

In the Rohingya refugee camps the ground water is drying […]
Oct 31

‘Turkey still recovering from last year’s coup attempt’

Recounting the one-year period that has passed since the coup […]
Jul 15

Three Rohingya Killed by Security forces in Myanmar

Myanmar security forces are engaged in a ‘clearance operation’ in […]
Jun 22

Indira Jaising to lead UN probe into Rohingya crackdown

Indian Human Rights lawyer Indira Jaising leads the UN Human […]
May 30
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