India: Death of human rights defender and continued repression of dissent highlights risks facing activists Published at 20.11.2024 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women minority groups intimidation harassment HRD detained labour rights bureaucratic restriction journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
India: Activists and journalists continued to be targeted around elections despite UN Human Rights Committee scrutiny Published at 22.08.2024 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women intimidation attack on journalist torture/ill-treatment restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
India: Crackdown on the opposition, divisive rhetoric and targeting of activists and critics persists around the elections Published at 29.05.2024 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women release of HRDs harassment travel ban HRD detained restrictive law journalist detained Read more
India: Modi government targets civil society groups and activists, suppresses protests and censors reporting as election draws near Published at 22.02.2024 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction protest disruption office raid youth minority groups harassment surveillance attack on journalist excessive force extractive industries restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
India: Raids on journalists and activists escalate while those reporting on Manipur and Kashmir are silenced Published at 30.10.2023 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption indigenous groups women minority groups intimidation harassment HRD detained enforced disappearance internet restriction extractive industries political interference restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
India: Ahead of the G20 summit, human rights defenders face raids, arrests and detention while impunity persists in Manipur Published at 17.08.2023 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption women minority groups intimidation harassment attack on journalist HRD detained HRD killing excessive force internet restriction environmental rights Read more
India: Government continues crackdown on civil society and harassment of journalists as it hosts the G20 Published at 31.05.2023 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction women protest disruption minority groups intimidation harassment surveillance HRD detained attack on journalist negative court ruling excessive force internet restriction killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Amid UN scrutiny, documentary on Modi censored, activists remain in detention and repression in Kashmir continues Published at 24.02.2023 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling office raid harassment criminal defamation protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Government agencies used to silence dissent in India as its rights record is scrutinised at the UN Published at 22.11.2022 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD killing prevention of protest protest disruption office raid excessive force harassment negative court ruling bureaucratic restriction protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Indian authorities criminalise activists and bulldoze homes of protesters to silence dissent Published at 01.08.2022 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups harassment youth women attack on HRD journalist detained HRD detained Read more
Arbitrary travel restrictions, harassment of activists and targeting of journalists in India Published at 15.04.2022 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: travel ban attack on journalist protest disruption journalist detained negative court ruling women bureaucratic restriction protestor(s) detained Read more
Authorities harass and squeeze funding of NGOs while activists, journalists targeted in India Published at 28.02.2022 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction protest disruption restrictive law office raid intimidation harassment HRD detained journalist detained excessive force criminal defamation protestor(s) detained surveillance non state actors women minority groups protest land rights Read more
