human rights

Covid-19 overhang to seriously cripple Next Gen leadership, warns Aarohan at Leadership seminar

Covid-19 overhang to seriously cripple Next Gen leadership, warns Aarohan at Leadership seminar

November 24, 2022

Clear warning about the crippling impact of Covid-19 on the quality of the next generation of national leadership was one of the key takeaways of the 2nd National Summit on Leadership in Positivity & Awards 2022, that was recently organised by Movement of Positivity in New De...

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Belarus-Poland standoff, Channel tragedy put focus on EU’s poor migrant policy

Belarus-Poland standoff, Channel tragedy put focus on EU’s poor migrant policy

December 2, 2021

Six years after it was faced with a crippling flow of migrants, from war-hit and natural disaster affected parts of Middle East and South Asia, Europe is having a tough time again with migrants. In the worst-ever such incident in decades, dozens drowned in the English Channel as ...

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Child marriage rose 50 pc during pandemic: NCRB

Child marriage rose 50 pc during pandemic: NCRB

October 1, 2021

Until 2019, life for Priya (name changed), a 14-year-old girl living with with her parents and an elder brother at Jal Vihar in South Delhi was no different to that of any 14-year-old belonging to low-income family. She was studying in the ninth grade in a near-by government-run ...

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Human rights violations by the police surge in India

Human rights violations by the police surge in India

August 11, 2021

On August 8, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, while addressing an event organised by the National Legal Services Authority pointed at the rampant human rights abuse by police in India, notably custodial torture and other atrocities especially towards the vulnerable and marginali...

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Government in denial over manual scavenging deaths

Government in denial over manual scavenging deaths

August 5, 2021

Last week, in response to outcry from activists over continuous deaths of manual scavengers, minister of state for social justice and empowerment, Ramdas Athawale, told the Parliament that no deaths had taken place from manual scavenging, adding that there were only 66,692 regist...

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Blinken blinks on human rights in Delhi visit

Blinken blinks on human rights in Delhi visit

July 31, 2021

On his day-long debut visit to India, United States Secretary of State Anthony Blinked arrived in New Delhi earlier this week and met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Minister of External Affairs S Jaishanker and other prominent players during a civil society roundtable, which inclu...

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Modi makes it to rogues’ gallery in RSF Free Press Predators

Modi makes it to rogues’ gallery in RSF Free Press Predators

July 7, 2021

In its report Free Press Predators, RSF has listed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with 26 other leaders from around the world that have stifled free press in their countries. The Paris-based global press freedom organization says Modi has been a ‘predator since takin...

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Human Rights in India

Human Rights in India

December 11, 2019

As the world marked the Human Rights Day on December 10, India had very little cheerful to report on its own record of defending human rights. The number of incidents of grave violations, mainly by the State and its forces has risen sharply , as has the area affected by the viola...

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EU migrant crisis

EU migrant crisis

August 19, 2019

Italy’s nationalist leader faces sharp criticism from EU partners over blockade of migrant boats off Italy.

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India’s Stance on Refugees

India’s Stance on Refugees

May 31, 2018

India hosts the largest population of refugees in all of South Asia. At the end of 2016, there were 207,070 persons of concern in India, out of whom 197,851 were refugees and 9,219 were asylum seekers. As per the Global Trends report on Forced Displacement in 2016, published by t...

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Rallying Call for a Disability-Inclusive Society

Rallying Call for a Disability-Inclusive Society

May 31, 2018

In a country where disability is often stigmatised, the differently-abled face a number of challenges – from lack of basic infrastructural facilities to sexual violence. Though both government and private players are recognising the need to focus on the differently-abled popula...

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India’s Rohingya policy criticised by the UN

India’s Rohingya policy criticised by the UN

September 14, 2017

While the United Nations Human Rights Council describes the violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar as typical ‘ethnic cleansing’, India's stand regarding the minority refugees also attracts criticism.

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