This article examines India’s controversial amendment to its transgender law, which narrows legal recognition and introduces medical or administrative review. It raises concerns ...

This article examines the prolonged detention of activists linked to the 2020 Delhi riots case, highlighting concerns over delayed trials, bail denial, and ...

August 12th, 2025 Alexa Sporner  Asia Team Human Rights Researcher, Global Human Rights Defence.   New posters by local police in Gujarati have ...

14-02-2025 Marco Resconi  South and East Asia Researcher, Global Human Rights Defence.   The story behind the Uniform Civil Code The idea of ...

13-02-2025 Klaus M. Schmidt Flores  South and East Asia Researcher,  Global Human Rights Defence.   In July 2024, a cardiac arrest led to ...

09-11-2024 Stella Liantsi South and East Asia Researcher, Global Human Rights Defence. According to the Global Hunger Index (GHI), India scored 27.3 on ...

18-09-2024 Stella Liantsi South and East Asia Researcher, Global Human Rights Defence. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi often used hate rhetoric against Muslims ...

17-09-2024 Stella Liantsi South and East Asia Researcher, Global Human Rights Defence. From August 9th, 2024 doctors in India began to protest occasioned ...

22-08-2024 Marina Sáenz South and East Asia Researcher, Global Human Rights Defence.   The brutal rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor ...