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New Delhi: Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir should end the use of the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act (PSA) to arbitrarily detain people, including children, Amnesty International India, Human Rights Watch and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said today. The PSA violates international due process standards and should be repealed, the groups said. […]
New Delhi: The cancellation of another human rights NGO’s foreign funding license shows why a call by three UN experts for the repeal of India’s foreign funding law must be immediately heeded, Amnesty International India said today. On 16 June, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs cancelled the registration under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act […]
New Delhi: New foreign funding restrictions imposed on Lawyers Collective, a prominent human rights organization, violate constitutionally guaranteed rights to freedom of expression and association, Amnesty International India said today. On 1 June, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs suspended for 180 days Lawyers Collective’s license to receive foreign funding. The Ministry stated that the […]
New Delhi: International protection of human rights is in danger of unravelling as short-term national self-interest and draconian security crackdowns have led to a wholesale assault on basic freedoms and rights, warned Amnesty International as it launched its annual assessment of human rights around the world. “Your rights are in jeopardy: they are being treated […]
