Rights Violations
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Sold as a humane alternative to jail, ankle bracelets are driving US defendants into debt
Private companies charge defendants hundreds of dollars a month to wear the surveillance devices. If people can’t pay, they may end up behind bars.
Ava Kofman, ProPublica
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His parents await burial but Nigerian man languishes in Nagaland jail even after completing sentence
Raymond Chinenyeuba Nweze was to be freed in May last year but remains incarcerated despite approaching the Indian foreign ministry and the Nigerian embassy.
Sruthisagar Yamunan
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Watch video tributes to Irom Sharmila's inspirational struggle against AFSPA
The tributes are pouring in as one of the longest ever continuous fasts comes to an end.
Scroll Staff
Trending
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The real reason why Modi says what he does – Hindu India accepts it
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Microcontrollers in EVMs, VVPATs do not recognise party and candidate, observes Supreme Court
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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What Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024) had to say on violence, secularism, and religion in India
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BJP’s street-fighters in coastal Karnataka want a share in power
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Full text: Boycott Vedanta-sponsored Jaipur lit fest's London edition, writers urged in open letter
The mining company has been implicated in international human rights violations, claims a letter signed by dozens of writers, academics and activists.
Scroll Staff
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7,000 Syrians were tortured to death in government detention centres: report
In photographs researched by the Human Rights Watch, detainees’ bodies show clear signs of starvation, beatings and other forms of torture.
Scroll Staff
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Women are being illegally detained in shelter homes for falling in love. Yet nobody’s being punished
The police routinely order ‘protective custody’ of women against their will, but action is never taken against erring officers, or magistrates.
Aarefa Johari
Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes