Fear Still Stalks Religious Minorities
In the words of activist Harsh Mander, a prominent target of the regime, the “election results of 2024 have not erased the dangers of fascism. The cadres of the Hindu Right remain powerful and motivated.”
Colonial Reality of India’s Criminal Laws Remains Despite the New Hindi Names
The argument that we are in the process of decolonizing laws is a bogus one and it reveals our hypocrisies more than anything else.
Two Elections, Two Outcomes: Prospects for Human Rights in Guatemala and El Salvador
On January 15, 2024, Bernardo Arévalo was sworn in as President of Guatemala. A month later, President Nayib Bukele was unconstitutionally re-elected to a second term in El Salvador. What will the future of these two presidencies look like for human rights defenders?
Israel Committing Genocide of Gaza’s Children – 2 Articles
‘Gaza Is a Children’s Cemetery’; ‘Israel on UN Blacklist of Countries Harming Children: More Murderous Than ISIS’: Israel’s war on Gaza has resulted in more than 15,000 children’s deaths, tens of thousands of children injured, hundreds of thousands of children displaced …
Any Plans to Make Lakshadweep a Tourist Hub That Rivals the Maldives Could Prove Costly
India cannot just open the floodgates to tourism. It must be scientifically paced. There is an obligation to protect the Islands’ fragile ecology and limited assets. It’s no shame to say we have insufficient space.
Religious-National Identity, Civilisational Revival: Hindutva and Zionism are Ideological Cousins
The earliest Hindu nationalists V.D. Savarkar and M.S. Golwalkar modelled their Hindu state on Zionism.
Homelessness a Permanent Feature in the USA; Housing a Right in Cuba – 2 Articles
‘Housing, Not Handcuffs: The Moral Response to Homelessness’: The city of Grants Pass, Oregon, USA has outlawed resting or sleeping anywhere on public property with so much as a blanket to survive in cold weather, even when no beds in shelters were available. Also: ‘I Witnessed an Alternative to the U.S. Homelessness Crisis in Socialist Cuba’.
Gaza: The Siege and the Battle for Humanity
The battle being fought by Palestine, particularly in Gaza, is a civilisational battle… a battle for all humanity.
Accreditation of NHRC Deferred for Third Time: A Major Setback for India
The Sub Committee of Accreditation of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions decided to defer the accreditation of India’s National Human Rights Commission (NHRC-India) for the second consecutive year.
The Untold ICC Story
Even the most optimistic of political analysts did not expect that the International Criminal Court’s Chief Prosecutor would be uttering these words: “I have reasonable grounds to believe that Benjamin Netanyahu (…) and Yoav Gallant (…) bear criminal responsibility for (…) war crimes and crimes against humanity …”