SFLC has been tracking Internet shutdowns in India with their website internetshutdowns. in. It recorded 31 instances of internet shutdowns...

The UN Human Rights Council will conduct its third review of India's human rights record under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) procedur...

The ability to access foreign funding is integral to the rights to free association and expression which can only be restricted under narro...

HRW said Indian authorities should credibly and impartially investigate police use of lethal force during the violent protests in Jammu and...

The NHRC's statement delivered by Commissioner Mohna Ansari talked about discriminatory citizenship provisions in the new Constitution.

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International also slammed the government for blocking foreign funding and targeting non-governmental organi...

An international rights group demanded the repealing of a colonial-era law that was enforced to arrest a folk singer on writing songs criti...

A global human rights body has asked the new government to fulfill its campaign promises of introducing laws to end discrimination.

Says, failure of Indian governments since 1984 to prosecute those involved in the "organised carnage" shows the need for police reforms and...

During 2013, authorities also failed to enforce laws that protect vulnerable communities including Dalits, religious minorities and tribal ...

An eminent human rights body today asked India to immediately stop impending executions and renew its moratorium on capital punishment.

The group said it opposes the death penalty in all circumstances as an inherently irreversible, inhumane punishment.

The New York-based HRW said the December 16 incident should spur decisive action by the Indian government to combat sexual violence.

A leading human rights group today asked India to repeal AFSPA, impose a moratorium on the death penalty and accept other recommendations.

The use of children as informers and messengers by Maoists is one of the major areas of concern as it is a violation of human rights.

A leading rights watchdog has asked India to repeal the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), which it said has led to human rights viol...

A leading international human rights watchdog has appealed to all parties in the troubled state to settle peacefully the ongoing dispute.