Amnesty International organized a vigil in Porto on May 6 evening to “illuminate the darkness seen in India today” and that “silences dissent and the repression of human rights defenders”. Instead of people, the vigil featured a candle for each of the nearly 1,000 people who signed an online petitionContinue Reading
By Rosamma Thomas Pune: The UN has published a letter its special rapporteurs had written to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the closure of the Amnesty International’s work in the country. They had offered the Indian government 60 days to respond to their October 21, 2020, letter where theyContinue Reading
Police say they have found the body of a Pakistani dissident living in the Canadian city of Toronto on refugee status, with rights group Amnesty International and others calling for a full and transparent investigation into the circumstances surrounding her death. The body of 37-year-old Karima Mehrab Baloch was foundContinue Reading
New Delhi: Human rights cannot be an excuse for defying the law of the land, India’s Ministry of Home Affairs stated in response to the Amnesty International decision to halt its operations in the country. The Indian government accused the international NGO of adopting dubious processes to secure funds forContinue Reading
Srinagar, June 14, 2019: Authorities here on June 12 refused permission to Amnesty International to hold a briefing on alleged misuse of the controversial Public Safety Act (PSA), which provides for detention of a person up to one year without trial. An Amnesty spokesperson said the authorities had not givenContinue Reading
New Delhi: The dilution of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act can erode the faith of the historically marginalised communities in the criminal justice system in the country, Amnesty International India has said. “The (apex) court’s cherry-picking of statistics to reach the dubious conclusion that theContinue Reading
The authorities used repressive laws to curb freedom of expression and silence critics. Human rights defenders and organizations continued to face harassment and intimidation, and vigilante cow protection groups carried out several attacks. Thousands protested against discrimination and violence faced by Dalit communities. Millions of people opposed changes to labourContinue Reading
By Alex Williams There’s concern new legislation coming into force next month could restrict the ability of Christians in Vietnam to go to church. Religious groups must have approval from the government and be registered in order to practise under the Law on Belief and Religion. Thomas Muller, an analystContinue Reading
Bangaluru: Amnesty International, accused in a police complaint of sedition in Karnataka, has temporarily closed its offices in Chennai, Pune , Delhi and Bengaluru after protests by hundreds of young right-wing activists. The human-rights organization held an event to discuss the crisis in Kashmir on the weekend. Anti-India slogans wereContinue Reading
The August 13 meeting on human rights violation in Jammu and Kashmir at United Theological College attracted the ire of the activists ABVP activistsContinue Reading