The NRC in Assam Doesn’t Just Violate Human Rights of Millions, it Also Breaks International Law
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The NRC in Assam Doesn’t Just Violate Human Rights of Millions, it Also Breaks International Law

India has defaulted on its international obligations by interning people in detention centres and depriving them of their right to nationality as well as the right not to be arbitrarily deprived of their nationality.

2020 Witnessed the Deliberate Destruction of Democratic Rights Organisations in India
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2020 Witnessed the Deliberate Destruction of Democratic Rights Organisations in India

The year 2020 has also been marked by the destruction of the democratic rights organizations of India, as part of a vicious plan of the BJP government to irreparably shrink the democratic space for a future that we can only tremble to think about.

Indigenous Movements and the Struggle for Defense of Land in 2020
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Indigenous Movements and the Struggle for Defense of Land in 2020

On top of the existing violence and institutional impediments, this year was particularly taxing for the defenders of land and environment as they had to face double whammy of COVID-19 pandemic and the intensification of neoliberalism using the pandemic as an excuse.