By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, March 27, 2024: The accreditation review of the National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRCI) is scheduled to take place in the last week of March and in the last week of April. This year, the Sub-Committee on Accreditation (SCA) of the Global Alliance of NationalContinue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Our world today (particularly, India) is broken and fragmented; divisiveness, hate and violence hold way! The people cry out for exemplars: women and men who can transcend exclusiveness, pettiness and jingoism! Those who have the prophetic courage to be visible and vocal and who make efforts toContinue Reading
By Frank Krishner Patna: An online condolence meeting for Jesuit human rights defender Father Stan Swamy was challenged to stop wailing and get involved in people’s struggles. “These meetings allow us to weep, and people join in the wailing without connecting Stan’s reality, his faith, or his conviction. In tribalContinue Reading
By Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad: Medha Patkar is a woman of indomitable spirit! She is a person who has sacrificed a career in order to spend her life, accompanying the Adivasis and other vulnerable and excluded groups, particularly those who have been displaced by mega-projects. On November 23, addressing a webinarContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec 19, 2019: John Dayal and Jesuit Father Cedric Prakash were among hundreds of human rights activists on December 19 detained in various parts of India for protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which they say is divisive. The Delhi Police detained Dayal,Continue Reading
By Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ On Sunday March 23,1980, in powerful homily Archbishop Oscar Romero made a passionate plea for disarmament and peace. He minced no words as he castigated the government and the military of his country, “I would like to make an appeal in a special way toContinue Reading
By Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ Ahmedabad, July 2, 2019: The controversial and self-proclaimed ‘godman’ Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Insan is currently serving a life-term in at the Sunaria jail in Rohtak after being convicted in two cases of rape and the murder of a journalist. Recently, he applied for 42Continue Reading
By Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ India today is at a defining moment of her history. There is so much that has taken place in the past five years (and particularly in the last ten days) that several citizens of the country are genuinely concerned about the future of the country.Continue Reading
By Fr Cedric Prakash SJ According to the United Nations, “Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is one of the most widespread, persistent and devastating human rights violations in our world today. It remains largely unreported due to the impunity, silence, stigma and shame surrounding it. In general terms, itContinue Reading
By Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ It is October 17 and the world community once again commemorates the ‘International Day for the Eradication of Poverty’. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the declaration by the General Assembly, (in its resolution 47/196 of 22 December 1992) of this special day. ItContinue Reading