Topic

Human Rights

189 articles · 2003–2022

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  1. The need to spatialise human rights in urban India

    Report · Cities · Government · 4 July 2022

  2. Vulnerable women targeted by superstition and crime

    Report · Culture · Gender Violence · Odisha · 18 December 2021

  3. Laws for rapid response to crises need reforms

    Report · Human Rights · Laws · 20 October 2021

  4. Deterring private discrimination, constitutionally

    Report · Caste · Human Rights · 21 September 2021

  5. Procedures, rules hinder access to social security

    Report · Human Rights · Labour Issues · Karnataka · 13 August 2021

  6. New regime, but many pending expectations

    Report · Human Rights · Livelihoods · 15 April 2021

  7. Reforms needed to speed up High Courts

    Report · Human Rights · Justice System · 25 February 2021

  8. Will the SS Code ensure universal social security?

    Report · Human Rights · Labour Issues · 9 September 2019

  9. Holding a municipality accountable

    Report · Environment · Human Rights · 31 July 2017

  10. Popularity vs Performance

    Opinion · Government · Human Rights · 19 June 2017

  11. The “disappeared” Kashmiris

    Report · Human Rights · National Security · Jammu & Kashmir · 23 February 2017

  12. People's cinema with people's support

    Report · Adivasis · Human Rights · 17 February 2017

  13. A gross violation of human rights

    Review · Caste · Human Rights · 20 January 2017

  14. Saankal – strong content, weak movie

    Review · Art · Human Rights · 27 April 2016

  15. Debaranjan Sarangi: Another artist incarcerated

    Review · Human Rights · 5 April 2016

  16. Ishrat Jahan case: Is the political furore skirting the core issue?

    Report · Government · Human Rights · Gujarat · 27 March 2016

  17. The Supreme Court just made it easier for you to save lives; here’s how!

    Report · Human Rights · Laws · 14 March 2016

  18. An endless wait for social security

    Report · Human Rights · Labour Issues · 17 February 2016

  19. In Odisha, more tribal voices against mining

    Report · Environment · Human Rights · Odisha · 22 January 2016

  20. Turning a full circle

    Report · Displacement · Energy · Madhya Pradesh · 31 December 2015

  21. Where suicide is a crime, but not murder

    Report · Human Rights · National Security · Manipur · 5 November 2015

  22. How prepared are we to tackle a human crisis?

    Report · Human Rights · Law and Order · 22 September 2015

  23. Is “settling” forest rights in “campaign mode” a good idea?

    Report · Adivasis · Environment · 25 August 2015

  24. Lessons from tribals on surviving and thriving

    Report · Adivasis · Culture · 10 August 2015

  25. The quest for justice continues in Tripura’s dawn of hope

    Report · Human Rights · Law and Order · Tripura · 4 June 2015

  26. Securing tribal rights means understanding them first

    Report · Adivasis · Forests · 26 May 2015

  27. Workers, not beggars

    Report · Gender Law and Policy · Human Rights · Karnataka · 25 May 2015

  28. Why the Dongria Kondh rejected development in the Niyamgiri Hills

    Report · Adivasis · Forests · 14 May 2015

  29. Questions over AFSPA continue to echo in ‘disturbed’ northeastern states

    Report · Government · Human Rights · 22 April 2015

  30. Casting out caste crime

    Report · Adivasis · Caste · 6 April 2015

  31. Bringing spring back in the lives of India’s widows

    Report · Human Rights · Society · 23 March 2015

  32. Confluence of hope: Converging for a better world

    Opinion · Economy · Human Rights · 11 March 2015

  33. A paean to Chhattisgarh from an exiled lover

    Review · Human Rights · Chhattisgarh · 6 March 2015

  34. Give us the strength!

    Opinion · Gender Violence · Human Rights · 6 March 2015

  35. Swachh Bharat: What are we missing?

    Report · Government · Human Rights · 25 February 2015

  36. Spotlighting tales of people’s resistance

    Review · Human Rights · Society · 16 February 2015

  37. 'Krisis': Can Greece inspire India?

    Opinion · Economy · Environment · 2 February 2015

  38. What’s ‘fashionable’ about protesting human rights violations?

    Opinion · Creative Media · Human Rights · 23 January 2015

  39. Will 2015 be a year of hope?

    Report · Environment · Government · 5 January 2015

  40. “We don’t need toilets, give us electricity and water”

    Report · Food Security · Government · 30 December 2014

  41. SC verdict puts the spotlight on Bangla immigrants in Assam

    Report · Government · Human Rights · Assam · 27 December 2014

  42. When one man stood up against a 35-storey giant

    Review · Displacement · Economy · 18 December 2014

  43. Where the fight against extremism is far from over

    Report · Government · Human Rights · Karnataka · 22 November 2014

  44. Can a court order end passive violence?

    Report · Human Rights · Laws · 7 November 2014

  45. Voices from a wounded land

    Report · Gender Violence · Human Rights · Manipur · 22 October 2014

  46. Building the lives of those who build our houses

    Opinion · Human Rights · Labour Issues · 10 October 2014

  47. A trend highlighted in the Jadavpur University moment

    Report · Gender Violence · Human Rights · 6 October 2014

  48. Why the market fails to lure Mali Parbat’s militant environmentalists

    Report · Adivasis · Displacement · 29 September 2014

  49. In conversation with an alleged terrorist

    Interview · Human Rights · Justice System · Kerala · 19 August 2014

  50. When a tsunami is manufactured

    Report · Displacement · Government · Gujarat · 12 July 2014

  51. There’s always one to clear your mess!

    Report · Caste · Human Rights · 24 June 2014

  52. Why the IB report is undemocratic

    Opinion · Economy · Government · 20 June 2014

  53. Killing the dead all over again

    Report · Caste · Human Rights · Andhra Pradesh · 26 May 2014

  54. Could Modi be a development disaster?

    Report · Elections · Environment · Gujarat · 4 April 2014

  55. Pragmatism over principles is the norm today: Usha Ramanathan

    Report · Government · Human Rights · 20 February 2014

  56. Tales of the excluded

    Report · Culture · Gender Violence · 8 February 2014

  57. Left to languish in a foreign country

    Report · Human Rights · Justice System · 7 February 2014

  58. Sons and daughters waiting to be rescued

    Review · Child labour · Human Rights · Delhi · 21 January 2014

  59. Shunned by law, embraced by cinema

    Report · Human Rights · 25 December 2013

  60. Small hands, hard labour in Surat's textile industry

    Report · Child labour · Human Rights · Gujarat · 17 December 2013

  61. SC judgment: The gaps in logic

    Report · Human Rights · Laws · 12 December 2013

  62. Moments with Mandela: Meeting South Africa's Gandhi

    Report · Human Rights · Peace · 1 December 2013

  63. When legal redress isn't enough to protect children

    Report · Children · Human Rights · Karnataka · 20 November 2013

  64. Cutting sugar: The bitter reality

    Report · Human Rights · Labour Issues · Maharashtra · 30 October 2013

  65. A childhood lost behind bars

    Report · Children · Human Rights · 1 October 2013

  66. Seeking new homes in Hyderabad

    Report · Displacement · Government · Andhra Pradesh · 12 August 2013

  67. Can we have the truth, please?

    Report · Human Rights · Justice System · Uttar Pradesh · 6 August 2013

  68. In celebration of resistance

    Review · Human Rights · 31 July 2013

  69. The State is snooping: Can you escape?

    Report · Government · Human Rights · 26 June 2013

  70. Kunan-Poshpora revive fight for justice

    Report · Gender Violence · Human Rights · Jammu & Kashmir · 22 June 2013

  71. A deeper look at the Tamil student stir

    Report · Human Rights · Society · Tamil Nadu · 11 June 2013

  72. Justice eludes Mumbai's homeless

    Report · Displacement · Housing · Maharashtra · 20 May 2013

  73. Is free speech an Indian value?

    Review · Human Rights · 27 April 2013

  74. Lethal injuries from 'non-lethal' weapons

    Report · Human Rights · 25 April 2013

  75. Opting out of the chaos

    Report · Displacement · Human Rights · Assam · 10 February 2013

  76. Repeated mistakes in relief efforts

    Report · Displacement · Human Rights · Assam · 15 December 2012

  77. Maimed by the state, quietly

    Report · Human Rights · Jammu & Kashmir · 13 August 2012

  78. A child's trauma, the media's madness

    Report · Child Health · Children · 13 July 2012

  79. Shroud of impunity

    Report · Human Rights · Justice System · Jammu & Kashmir · 10 December 2011

  80. Dissolving the burns

    Report · Gender Violence · Human Rights · 24 October 2011

  81. One acre forward, two back

    Report · Displacement · Human Rights · 1 September 2011

  82. A review of the KSHRC

    Report · Human Rights · Karnataka · 31 July 2011

  83. A death in the family

    Report · Human Rights · Jammu & Kashmir · 20 June 2011

  84. Children impacted by forced evictions

    Report · Children · Displacement · West Bengal · 7 June 2011

  85. Death of an activist

    Report · Human Rights · Right To Info · 21 April 2011

  86. Who is illegal?

    Report · Displacement · Human Rights · Maharashtra · 23 February 2011

  87. "I try to hope that I will live again with Binayak in my lifetime"

    Report · Human Rights · Chhattisgarh · 14 February 2011

  88. Memories of protest

    Report · Human Rights · Jammu & Kashmir · 12 January 2011

  89. The battlefield of hopes

    Report · Displacement · Human Rights · Odisha · 17 December 2010

  90. The human rights challenge

    Report · Human Rights · Jammu & Kashmir · 21 November 2010

  91. The Protocol of vested interests

    Opinion · Human Rights · Water · 17 November 2010

  92. They hit back, "and it felt good"

    Report · Human Rights · Labour Issues · Bihar · 15 November 2010

  93. Recognising the human right to water

    Report · Human Rights · Water · 17 October 2010

  94. Nuclear Liability Bill: Who bears the brunt?

    Opinion · Energy · Human Rights · 31 July 2010

  95. A mother's fight for justice

    Report · Human Rights · Justice System · 30 June 2010

  96. Ring the bell against violence

    Review · Gender Violence · Human Rights · 10 June 2010

  97. Penury and peril

    Report · Displacement · Human Rights · Madhya Pradesh · 24 February 2010

  98. Child labour in Gujarat's cottonseed farms

    Report · Child labour · Human Rights · Gujarat · 9 February 2010

  99. A new home, but in a nala!

    Report · Displacement · Human Rights · Maharashtra · 5 February 2010

  100. Human rights amidst terror

    Report · Human Rights · Justice System · 8 January 2010

  101. A lifetime's harvest

    Report · Displacement · Human Rights · Madhya Pradesh · 5 January 2010

  102. Equal compensation for equal loss

    Report · Displacement · Human Rights · Madhya Pradesh · 15 December 2009

  103. The futility of hope

    Report · Displacement · Human Rights · Madhya Pradesh · 25 November 2009

  104. Making ends meet

    Report · Displacement · Human Rights · Gujarat · 7 November 2009

  105. A legacy of loss

    Report · Displacement · Human Rights · Gujarat · 26 October 2009

  106. Living on the edge

    Report · Displacement · Human Rights · Gujarat · 22 October 2009

  107. Waiting, against all odds

    Review · Human Rights · 13 October 2009

  108. A public, private database

    Report · Human Rights · Justice System · 6 September 2009

  109. Abortion law's grey zone: retarded mothers

    Report · Human Rights · Laws · 14 August 2009

  110. Lalgarh: Deprived of a peace of life

    Report · Human Rights · Society · West Bengal · 13 August 2009

  111. Calcutta HC steps in against corporal punishment

    Report · Children · Education · West Bengal · 14 June 2009

  112. Incest and the conspiracy of silence

    Report · Children · Human Rights · 30 April 2009

  113. Disturbed in Manipur

    Opinion · Human Rights · Manipur · 23 March 2009

  114. Livelihood crisis for Chakma, Hajong refugees

    Report · Human Rights · Livelihoods · 14 September 2008

  115. Uttarakhand Gujjars being ousted without compensation

    Report · Forests · Human Rights · Uttarakhand · 5 September 2008

  116. Heavy odds, meagre resources

    Report · Human Rights · Justice System · 16 July 2008

  117. Life sentences: How long is enough?

    Report · Human Rights · Justice System · 29 June 2008

  118. Defending the right to legal aid

    Report · Human Rights · Justice System · 8 April 2008

  119. Wilful distortion denies salt pan owners justice

    Report · Human Rights · Justice System · Maharashtra · 3 April 2008

  120. A unique land scam in MP

    Report · Displacement · Human Rights · Madhya Pradesh · 20 March 2008

  121. Baba Amte: Restless and romantic

    Opinion · Human Rights · Maharashtra · 18 February 2008

  122. In Orissa, NREGA is still a ray of hope

    Report · Human Rights · Livelihoods · Odisha · 2 February 2008

  123. Mine today, gone tomorrow

    Report · Adivasis · Environment · Odisha · 30 December 2007

  124. Crippling Lok Adalats

    Report · Human Rights · Justice System · 1 December 2007

  125. Resettlement policy: promising start, and a let down

    Report · Displacement · Government · 12 November 2007

  126. The POTA families of Godhra

    Report · Human Rights · Women · Gujarat · 6 November 2007

  127. Clear the jails first

    Report · Human Rights · Justice System · 12 August 2007

  128. Tales of eviction in Bengal

    Review · Displacement · Human Rights · West Bengal · 7 June 2007

  129. Nandigram, an atrocity on dalits

    Opinion · Caste · Human Rights · West Bengal · 5 May 2007

  130. Villagers push for work benefits in Orissa

    Report · Human Rights · Labour Issues · Odisha · 27 February 2007

  131. Not just a place to live

    Report · Displacement · Human Rights · Andhra Pradesh · 23 February 2007

  132. An entitlement with no law

    Report · Education · Education Law and Policy · 6 January 2007

  133. No end to a shameful practice

    Report · Caste · Human Rights · 12 December 2006

  134. New lease for documentaries

    Report · Creative Media · Human Rights · 9 December 2006

  135. Caught on reality

    Interview · Human Rights · 23 November 2006

  136. Preparing to repeat a dammed history

    Report · Displacement · Human Rights · Andhra Pradesh · 2 September 2006

  137. Child labour ban not good enough

    Report · Child labour · Human Rights · 29 August 2006

  138. Women in the line of fire

    Report · Gender Violence · Human Rights · Manipur · 22 July 2006

  139. Erecting a stop sign for trafficking

    Report · Human Rights · Karnataka · 13 July 2006

  140. Death of a 10-year-old

    Opinion · Children · Human Rights · 11 July 2006

  141. A familiar battle at Tadadi

    Report · Displacement · Human Rights · Karnataka · 19 June 2006

  142. Ain't no cure for love

    Report · Human Rights · 6 April 2006

  143. Minimised by the law

    Report · Human Rights · Labour Issues · Karnataka · 6 February 2006

  144. Friday at the court

    Opinion · Human Rights · Justice System · 20 January 2006

  145. Your hands, so warm

    Opinion · Human Rights · 26 December 2005

  146. Children can't read, adults can't count

    Report · Child labour · Children · 20 November 2005

  147. Savita's choice

    Opinion · Human Rights · Rajasthan · 17 September 2005

  148. Special Exploitation Zone

    Report · Economy · Human Rights · Kerala · 17 August 2005

  149. Kashmir 'disappearances have come down'

    Interview · Human Rights · Jammu & Kashmir · 23 July 2005

  150. Presumed guilty, secretly

    Review · Human Rights · 14 July 2005

  151. A 'general' need for reform

    Report · Human Rights · 2 May 2005

  152. Narmada rehabilitation scam exposed

    Report · Displacement · Human Rights · 13 April 2005

  153. 1422 executions in 10 years, many more?

    Report · Human Rights · 2 April 2005

  154. The curse of manual scavenging

    Report · Caste · Human Rights · 26 February 2005

  155. Persistent and tenacious struggle

    Report · Human Rights · Madhya Pradesh · 4 December 2004

  156. Too little for the little ones

    Report · Children · Human Rights · 1 December 2004

  157. Sewers becoming death holes

    Report · Human Rights · Labour Issues · Delhi · 1 December 2004

  158. The dark side of Indian homes

    Report · Gender Violence · Human Rights · 1 November 2004

  159. Young flesh in the trade

    Report · Children · Human Rights · 1 October 2004

  160. Crippling delivery to the disabled

    Report · Disability · Health · 1 September 2004

  161. Rehabilitation's short arm

    Report · Human Rights · Maharashtra · 1 September 2004

  162. Narmada: life, struggle and exodus

    Report · Human Rights · 1 August 2004

  163. Rising waters, declining hopes

    Report · Human Rights · Madhya Pradesh · 1 August 2004

  164. Victims have rights too

    Report · Human Rights · Law and Order · 1 July 2004

  165. A crippled inspection panel

    Report · Human Rights · 1 July 2004

  166. Resort pushes out fisher folk

    Report · Human Rights · 1 May 2004

  167. Unemployment and migration

    Report · Economy · Human Rights · 1 March 2004

  168. Competitive but inaccessible

    Report · Health · Human Rights · 1 March 2004

  169. Economic rights as human rights

    Opinion · Human Rights · 1 January 2004

  170. Criminal justice system "reforms" - II

    Report · Human Rights · Laws · 1 December 2003

  171. Bhopal : a new momentum

    Report · Human Rights · Madhya Pradesh · 1 December 2003

  172. Criminal justice system "reforms"

    Report · Human Rights · Laws · 1 November 2003

  173. Seniors await policy, action

    Report · Human Rights · 1 October 2003

  174. At home, at work

    Opinion · Human Rights · Livelihoods · 1 October 2003

  175. Healthcare : Eyes on the prize

    Report · Health · Human Rights · Maharashtra · 1 October 2003

  176. Two children, countless wrongs

    Report · Health · Human Rights · 1 October 2003

  177. In the name of servitude

    Opinion · Human Rights · Livelihoods · Maharashtra · 1 September 2003

  178. Different state, same story

    Report · Environment · Human Rights · Odisha · 1 September 2003

  179. SC checking food crisis

    Report · Human Rights · Poverty · Madhya Pradesh · 1 August 2003

  180. We shall overcome

    Report · Human Rights · Maharashtra · 1 July 2003

  181. At long last, an extradition request

    Report · Human Rights · 1 July 2003

  182. Vanishing people, vanishing livelihoods

    Report · Human Rights · Rajasthan · 1 July 2003

  183. Unsafe custody in Punjab's prisons

    Report · Human Rights · Punjab · 1 July 2003

  184. Missing justice

    Report · Human Rights · Punjab · 1 June 2003

  185. SC rules on preventing starvation deaths

    Report · Agriculture · Human Rights · 1 May 2003

  186. The need for ethical debate

    Report · Health · Human Rights · 1 April 2003

  187. The Great Betrayal : Indian Land Reforms

    Review · Human Rights · Poverty · 1 April 2003

  188. Lady Courage

    Report · Cities · Human Rights · Maharashtra · 1 March 2003

  189. Small change in bonded labour

    Report · Children · Human Rights · 10 January 2003