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Satya Vatti
Victims of N-Bomb Tests on US Soil 75 Years Ago Continue to Seek Justice
10 Nov 2020
Before the US dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it conducted tests that have caused serious health issues to generations of New Mexico residents—who remain…
Vijay Prashad
U.S. Is Doing Its Best to Lock Out China From Latin America and the Caribbean
05 Nov 2020
In November 2018, Sánchez Cerén went to Beijing where he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Vijay Prashad
Argentina’s Alicia Castro Stands up for Sovereignty of Latin America
22 Oct 2020
The veteran Ambassador resigned after Argentina’s government voted against Venezuela in the UN Council for Human Rights on October 6.
Newsclick Report
NHRC Issues Notice to Madhya Pradesh Govt after Six SIMI Prisoners Hospitalised
20 Oct 2020
The commission has issued notices to the Chief Secretary of the state and Inspector General of Prison for violation of prisoners’ rights and inhuman behaviour.
Ravi Nair
Violations of Rights and Compensation: India’s Failure to Adhere to International Standards
05 Oct 2020
Without a mandated right to compensation, India does not meet international standards when it comes to recompense and rehabilitation for victims of rights violations.
Newsclick Report
‘Undemocratic and Anti-People’ Modi Government Destroying Institutions, Say Rights Activists, Jurists and Journalists
05 Oct 2020
Activist Biju Mathew said that right-wing governments have learned how to “flip liberal democracy on its head and cut through all the checks and balances. We need to reinvent that.”
Peoples Dispatch
War Crimes are Being Committed in Yemen, Says Report
01 Oct 2020
A group of eminent experts has demanded that the UN security council refer the situation in Yemen to the International Criminal Court and expand the list of persons sanctioned.
Newsclick Report
‘Full-fledged Denial of Justice’: UN Expert on Massive Slum Demolition along Rail Tracks in Delhi
28 Sep 2020
The expert said that any eviction that results in homelessness is a serious violation of human rights and a breach of India’s international obligations.
Sarah Imran
How Effective is UAPA? Anatomy of an Anti-Terrorism Law Used against Political Dissenters
14 Sep 2020
An independent review committee with a proactive and increased role to prevent any misuse of the stringent UAPA is the need of the hour.
Justin Podur
Can We Address That British Eugenics Scandal?
13 Sep 2020
The racist analogies have not held up for centuries, and yet they continue to crop up from unqualified and prominent figures today.