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Atlas of Impunity: A report that ranks global lawlessness
A new report ranks countries on the basis of how poorly they have performed in terms of not adhering to the rules or the rule of law.
Anupama Katakam
Police brutality
Custodial violence incident in Tirunelveli shocks Tamil Nadu
Balveer Singh of Haryana, an ASP on probation, caused multiple injuries to several accused persons.
Ilangovan Rajasekaran
Human Rights
West’s Ukraine response exposes ‘double standards’: Amnesty report
It said the conflict highlighted shortcomings in responding to abuses in other parts of the globe.
AFP
Scandal
Anbu Jothi Ashram case: Villupuram’s chamber of horror
The incident also highlights the apathy of both Central and State government departments concerned.
Ilangovan Rajasekaran
SPOTLIGHT
Custodial death of Rampurhat massacre accused a loss of face for CBI
It comes at a time when Trinamool Congress appears all but cornered in multiple corruption cases.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
SPOTLIGHT
Justice proves elusive for those living on the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir
Surviving victims of Army excesses in villages on the Line of Control struggle with their lives.
Ashutosh Sharma
Spotlight
Justice for Bilkis Bano
The remission is a grievously wrong decision, which the Supreme Court must rectify at the earliest.
T.K. Rajalakshmi
More stories from Human rights
Tribals at the receiving end in Madhya Pradesh
Perpetrators roam free; authorities in no hurry to bring them to book.
Anando Bhakto
Spectre of brutality: Custodial death in Chennai shocks Tamil Nadu
The custodial death of a Dalit youth in Chennai again sparks outrage and highlights the urgent need to humanise the police force.
Ilangovan Rajasekaran
Prelude to a revolt
As New Delhi continues to lie to itself and the people of India on Kashmir, the engineered peace in the valley is likely to lead to a prolonged phase
Shabir Hussain
Jammu fights back: Economic policies of the Union Territory slammed
The economic policies of the Union Territory administration in Jammu come in for severe criticism from traders, small businesses, industrialists, lawy
Ashutosh Sharma
Yashwant Sinha: ‘Alienation of people in Kashmir at an all-time high’
Interview with Yashwant Sinha, Trinamool Congress leader and former Minister for External Affairs (2002-2004).
Anando Bhakto
Cultural invasion: Modi's move to rename historical places and institutions in Kashmir
The Narendra Modi government’s move to alter names of historical places and institutions is one more in a series of attempts to rewrite the political
Divya Trivedi
Jammu and Kashmir’s apparatus of repression
In post-August 2019 Kashmir, the state is using, among other things, raids, look-out circulars, denial of passports, anti-terror laws and sweeping sur
Anando Bhakto
AFSPA: Criminal misuse for decades
The uninterrupted deployment of the military over decades for internal security duties is proof of political-administrative incompetence. It is time t
S.G. Vombatkere
How Syria's hard-line rebels turned against a human rights activist: an investigation
The disappearance of Razan Zaitouneh and her colleagues has been one of the greatest mysteries of the Syrian war — until today. DW's investigative uni
Deutsche Welle
NHRC report on Thoothukudi firing: Truth under wraps
A High Court bench pulls up the National Human Rights Commission for closing its probe into the 2018 police firing on anti-Sterlite protesters without
Ilangovan Rajasekaran
Father Stan Swamy tells court that he would rather die in jail than be sent to hospital
Father Stan Swamy, who is incarcerated for his alleged role in the Bhima Koregaon case, tells the court that he would rather die in jail than be sent
Anupama Katakam
Tamil Nadu government's remedial measures come as solace for Sterlite police violence victims
The Tamil Nadu government upgrades the appointments of those affected by police violence in Thoothukudi during the anti-Sterlite protests three years
Ilangovan Rajasekaran