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Activists, academics and journalists in India face judicial harassment despite pandemic
Published at
16.09.2020
Country
India
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- internet restriction
- sexual assault
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- women
- harassment
- attack on journalist

Persecution of activists, raids in Kashmir and increasing restrictions on foreign funding in India
Published at
12.01.2021
Country
India
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- office raid
- journalist detained
- CSO closure
- restrictive law
- HRD detained
- protest

Indian authorities target activists, journalists as they suppress support for the farmers’ protests
Published at
24.02.2021
Country
India
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- women
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
- criminal defamation
- public vilification
- torture/ill-treatment
- violent protest
- restrictive law
- time,place restrictions
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained

Increasing use of draconian UAPA and other repressive laws to stifle dissent in India
Published at
02.12.2021
Country
India
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- journalist detained
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- protest

Indian authorities continue to stifle dissent and persecute activists despite pandemic surge
Published at
04.05.2021
Country
India
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- censorship
- attack on HRD
- protest
- journalist detained
- criminal defamation
- public vilification
- HRD threatened

Death of Fr Swamy and increasing online restrictions highlights risk facing activists in India
Published at
09.07.2021
Country
India
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- internet restriction
- women
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- HRD killing
- land rights

Indian government snooping row sparks outrage as restrictions on civic freedoms persist
Published at
15.09.2021
Country
India
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- internet restriction
- protest disruption
- surveillance
- protestor(s) detained
- excessive force
- protest

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

India: Indigenous movement banned, protests stifled while activists and journalists targeted
Published at
01.03.2025
Country
India
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- enforced disappearance
- killing of journalist
- extractive industries
- bureaucratic restriction
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- land rights