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.

1 month ago

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,…

2 months ago

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.

2 months ago

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.

4 months ago

Personal Political: Eerie Silence

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

5 years ago

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…

6 years ago

In Cox Bazaar there is a drinking water shortage

In the Rohingya refugee camps the ground water is drying up and there is no clean drinking water left causing…

7 years ago

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

Recounting the one-year period that has passed since the coup attempt took place, the Turkish Ambassador said that 300 institutions…

7 years ago

Three Rohingya Killed by Security forces in Myanmar

Myanmar security forces are engaged in a ‘clearance operation’ in the Rakhine State Myanmar security forces killed three people while…

7 years ago

Indira Jaising to lead UN probe into Rohingya crackdown

Indian Human Rights lawyer Indira Jaising leads the UN Human Rights fact-finding mission to better understand the violence. In the…

7 years ago