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
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
In India the situation of activists and journalists remains precarious under the COVID-19 lockdown Published at 06.05.2020 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption women refugees and migrants restrictive law harassment HRD detained protestor(s) detained criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment HRD prosecuted Read more
Civil society calls on authorities to address police inaction and hate speech around Delhi violence Published at 28.02.2020 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption religious groups minority groups harassment attack on journalist excessive force violent protest protestor(s) detained Read more
Discriminatory citizenship law sparks a month of protests in India and brutal response from police Published at 13.01.2020 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest excessive force protest youth protest disruption intimidation harassment killing of protestors HRD detained internet restriction protestor(s) detained non state actors torture/ill-treatment Read more
Ongoing attacks against environmental activists and journalists in India while critics harassed Published at 10.09.2019 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment environmental rights protestor(s) detained HRD detained attack on journalist criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment extractive industries time,place restrictions non state actors HRD threatened office raid attack on HRD restrictive law minority groups land rights Read more
Civil society concerned about risks to fundamental freedoms in Kashmir as special status revoked Published at 13.08.2019 Country India Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction prevention of protest minority groups time,place restrictions censorship excessive force Read more
