human rights
Tibetans in Nepal Struggle for Donations After Quake
Namita Rao and Ritu Panchal
Since 1989, the Nepalese government has not recognised Tibetans as refugees
Ten years of the RTI
According to Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, there have been as many as 289 attacks on RTI activists in the past 10 years
Two Leaves and A Rebellion
A few thousand women in the hill ranges of Munnar challenge the male dominated trade unions of Kerala
Pot Needs to Call the Kettle Black
India needs to strengthen the UN’s hand in censuring Sri Lanka. But that requires facing up to its own human rights record
The Sin of Binayak Sen
The sentencing of Binayak Sen by the Raipur Sessions Court is a measure of the Chhattisgarh government’s desperation to finesse its record of human rights violations
Revolutionary Road
A fact-finding team from the Human Rights Lawyers Network visited Jharkhand, a state where Operation Green Hunt is underway. This is not a story about what they found, but an inside view of such a mission.
Where Are the Beautiful People?
Our human rights activists who oppose capital punishment choose not to speak for Kasab. That’s cowardly.
Inconvenient Martyr
That a headscarf can cost someone her life is disturbing enough. That the world media looked the other way is worse
Burma’s Steve Biko
Min Ko Naing has just received the Gwangju Prize for Human Rights. Often seen as Suu Kyi’s political heir, he is serving a 65-year term for organising the 2007 uprising against the junta
Brotherhood of Urchins
On the streets, boys survive on a powerful code of absolute friendship. They become one, a swarm, a super organism that sometimes gapes through your car window
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