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Vasanth Adithya. J
Flipside of New Human Trafficking Bill
23 Jul 2021
The Bill proposes a common law that would bring into its ambit all forms of human trafficking, including sexual exploitation, indentured labour, slavery, sexual servitude and organ trade.
PTI
Fr. Stan Swamy's Death Will 'Remain a Stain' on India's Human Rights Record: UN Expert
17 Jul 2021
UN Special Rapporteur Mary Lawlor said 84-year-old Jesuit priest’s case should remind all states that human rights defenders and all those detained without sufficient legal basis, should be released.
N. Kavitha Rameshwar
Madras High Court Judgment is a Harbinger of Hope for Human Rights
09 Jul 2021
The Act, hitherto in a powerless position, has now been lent with judicial crutches and empowered by the judgment to ensure that justice is truly done in terms of the objects sought to be achieved by…
PTI
Maha: Elgar Accused Observe Hunger Strike in Jail against 'Institutional Murder' of Stan Swamy
07 Jul 2021
'...for this institutional murder, NIA officials and Kurlekar should be tried under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code,' their statement said, while demanding a judicial inquiry into his…
PTI
Disturbed over Stan Swamy's Death, Says UN Human Rights Body
07 Jul 2021
Rejecting mounting international criticism over the handling of the case, India on Tuesday said the concerned authorities act against violations of law and do not restrain legitimate exercise of…
Ditsa Bhattacharya
COVID-19: Public Health Experts Call for Decongesting Prisons to Safeguard Inmates
28 Jun 2021
As of now about 40% of Indian prisons are overcrowded; 134 prisons have overcrowding between 100% and 636%, making the prison inmates particularly vulnerable to COVID-19.
Celina Della Croce
How a Congressman Took on US Blockade Against Venezuela
26 Jun 2021
In a letter to President Biden, Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern flayed the use of sanctions to punish whole populations for actions of their leaders to “bludgeon an adversary into submission.”
ICF Team
St Stephen’s Collaborates with Zionist Whitewashing as Palestinians Face Violence
15 Jun 2021
On May 30, the student newspaper DU Beat flagged an upcoming four-part seminar on the Holocaust, at St Stephen’s College, Delhi.
Sumedha Pal
Aravalli Encroachment: SC Orders Clearance of 10,000 Houses as Khori Villagers Protest
12 Jun 2021
Water supply to the village on the outskirts of Faridabad was cut, while those who protested against the eviction are facing charges and detention
Sagrika Kissu
Jammu: Families of Rohingya Refugees Who Tested Positive for COVID-19 in the Dark
27 May 2021
The family members of the detainees, who are residing in camps in Jammu’s Kiryani Talab, were taken aback when they learned of the COVID-19 cases. They claimed that the jail authorities did not…