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Human rights in India

  • Delhi Police tried to detain activist Nadeem Khan without warrant in Bengaluru: Civil rights group

    Delhi Police tried to detain activist Nadeem Khan without warrant in Bengaluru: Civil rights group

    Scroll Staff
    · Dec 01, 2024 · 04:51 pm
  • Narendra Modi’s next challenge is to contain his extremist supporters

    Narendra Modi’s next challenge is to contain his extremist supporters

    Meenakshi Ganguly
    · May 30, 2019 · 08:00 am
  • Once again, a South Kashmir village mourns its dead, including a 14-year-old girl

    Once again, a South Kashmir village mourns its dead, including a 14-year-old girl

    Rayan Naqash
    · Jul 09, 2018 · 07:30 am
  • Republic TV’s hounding of rights activist shows ‘urban Naxal’ is convenient label to crush dissent

    Republic TV’s hounding of rights activist shows ‘urban Naxal’ is convenient label to crush dissent

    Raksha Kumar
    · Jul 08, 2018 · 09:03 am
  • National Human Rights Commission member returns to work two months after quitting, raising questions

    National Human Rights Commission member returns to work two months after quitting, raising questions

    Abhishek Dey
    · Mar 14, 2018 · 07:30 am
  • Deporting Rohingya refugees: Why the Centre is wrong (despite claims of threat to national security)

    Deporting Rohingya refugees: Why the Centre is wrong (despite claims of threat to national security)

    Ipsita Chakravarty
    · Sep 19, 2017 · 06:30 am
  • Why the fate of Tibetan refugees in Arunachal Pradesh should not depend on India’s ties with China

    Why the fate of Tibetan refugees in Arunachal Pradesh should not depend on India’s ties with China

    Ipsita Chakravarty
    · Sep 09, 2017 · 10:30 am
  • Why shifting an interrogation centre out of Manipur’s Kangla Fort is mere symbolism

    Why shifting an interrogation centre out of Manipur’s Kangla Fort is mere symbolism

    Ipsita Chakravarty
    · Aug 20, 2017 · 07:30 am
  • Will Supreme Court’s verdict on Manipur fake encounter killings force the Centre to rethink AFSPA?

    Will Supreme Court’s verdict on Manipur fake encounter killings force the Centre to rethink AFSPA?

    Ipsita Chakravarty
    · Jul 19, 2017 · 06:30 am
  • Why the Armed Forces Special Powers Act is not leaving Kashmir anytime soon

    Why the Armed Forces Special Powers Act is not leaving Kashmir anytime soon

    Ipsita Chakravarty
    · Jul 30, 2016 · 08:00 am