The UN Human Rights Council has many flaws – but by walking away, the US may have made things worse

The US is correct to note there are major deficiencies in the current council. But is its response the correct one?

Sarah Joseph, The Conversation

· Jun 20, 2018 · 11:30 pm

Activist Soni Sori among five recipients of international human rights award

The Ireland-based rights group Front Line Defenders has recognised her struggle to achieve justice for Adivasi people in Chhattisgarh.

Scroll Staff

· May 18, 2018 · 06:59 pm

Saudi Arabia has been holding thousands in detention without trial for 6 months: Human Rights Watch

The international NGO said one of these individuals was being held for over a decade.

Scroll Staff

· May 06, 2018 · 08:43 pm

Jharkhand: Adivasi rights activist in illegal solitary confinement gets relief after hunger strike

Inhuman treatment meted out to Damodar Turi and three fellow undertrails in Giridih jail triggered public outrage.

Aarefa Johari

· Apr 12, 2018 · 07:30 am

For all its problems, human rights law should not be dismissed just yet

More and more radical scholars and activists in the West are rejecting human rights.

Kiran Grewal, The Conversation

· Apr 10, 2018 · 11:30 pm

Amnesty International appoints South African rights activist Kumi Naidoo its next secretary general

He will take over from Salil Shetty, who has been holding the post since 2010.

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· Dec 22, 2017 · 07:28 am

Why Bastar police’s headline cases against ‘urban Maoist operatives’ from Odisha are falling apart

There’s scant evidence.

Malini Subramaniam

· Oct 17, 2017 · 09:00 am

‘Alternative Nobel’ award goes to human rights lawyer Colin Gonsalves and three others

The Supreme Court lawyer received the award for his use of public interest litigation to fight for India’s marginalised.

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· Sep 27, 2017 · 11:54 am

In the class conflict unfolding in Noida, union minister makes it clear he stands with flat owners

As authorities demolish stalls outside gated complex, Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma says domestic workers involved in protest ‘will not get bail for years’.

Abhishek Dey

· Jul 18, 2017 · 07:30 am

In Noida, a riot-like situation over a domestic worker puts the focus on India’s bitter class chasm

After Zohra Bibi failed to return from Mahagun Moderne Society, her neighbours barged in to search for her.

Abhishek Dey

· Jul 13, 2017 · 09:12 am

Video: In Bangladesh, political workers are disappearing and no one knows why

Activists and lawyers working for the Opposition are being illegally detained and their families are clueless.

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· Jul 08, 2017 · 11:30 am

Attorney general Mukul Rohatgi says torture is alien to Indian culture. Is he right?

Indians have internalised the notion that criminals deserve some pain. And the country still does not have a robust law against torture.

Urmila Pullat

· May 09, 2017 · 12:30 pm