Human Rights Defenders Alert – India welcomes the release of Advocate Mohamed Abbas, who was arrested on 9th May 2023 by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) from his residence in Madurai. He was under judicial custody till today and was released Yesterday.
Human Rights Defenders Alert-India is deeply concerned at the case filed on Professor G Haragopal, retired professor of University of Hyderabad and a visiting professor at the National Law School University, Bengaluru and 151 other human rights defenders by the Telangana police under draconian
The joint European Union (EU)-India press release, which provides a summary of the topics discussed during the 10th EU-India human rights dialogue which took place on 15 July 2022 in New Delhi, fails to adequately address pressing issues of security and reprisals faced by human rights defenders in India, five human rights organizations said today. The organizations expressed their disappointment in the EU’s apparent failure to raise
Human Rights Defenders Alert - India (HRDA) strongly condemns the FIR against prominent woman human rights defender (WHRD) Medha Patkar and 11 other trustees of the Narmada Nav Nirman Abhiyan (NNNA) by the Madhya Pradesh Police.
We, the undersigned, welcome the order of the Delhi High Court, issuing notice to the Delhi police, on a petition filed on behalf of incarcerated journalist Mohammed Zubair, co-founder of AltNews. The petition challenged the legality and propriety of the four-day police remand and the seizure of his electronic devices, as it has been argued that all proceedings in FIR 0172/22 Special Cell, Thana, Delhi Police, are malafide. The Delhi police have been asked by the co
A draft policy on protection of human rights defenders will be submitted to the Tamil Nadu government on December 10. When enacted, such a policy would be in place for the first time in the country, Henri Tiphagne, Executive Director of People's Watch said on Sunday.
AFGHANISTAN: Open letter to Foreign Affairs Ministers to demand urgent action to protect human rights defenders, journalists, and civil society members in danger
