The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) today called for an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the killing of Mr Cheristerfield Thangkhiew, former leader of the Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) during a police raid at his home in Shillong on 13th August 2021. Meghalaya Home Minister Lahkmen Rymbui resigned yesterday […]
The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) in its report, “India: Media’s Crackdown During COVID-19 Lockdown” stated that at least 55 journalists faced arrest, registration of FIRs, summons or show causes notices, physical assaults, alleged destruction of properties and threats for reportage on COVID-19 or exercising freedom of opinion and expression during the national lockdown […]
“The murder of 25 Sikhs by a member of the Islamic State on 25 March 2020 at a Gurdwara in the heart of Kabul and another blast targeting those attending the funeral the next day on 26 March expose specific targeting and absolute vulnerability of the Sikh minorities, inability of the Afghanistan government to provide […]