ACHR urges President of UN Human Rights Council for removal of UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar Professor Yanghee Lee for bias

PM Modi urged to tell States to drop sedition cases against journalists, The Hindu

The Hindu 21 October 2020 Letter to PM Modi says that in past few months, a number of journalists have been charged under Section 124A of IPC. The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and journalists, along with the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), in a letter to Prime Minister […]

Ramachandra Guha: Why Ram Mohun Roy’s colonial-era petition for press freedom is still relevant, Scroll

Scroll 21 June 2020 The Indian press is less free, more vulnerable to state intimidation than at any time since the Emergency. In 1824, the Government of Bengal (which was then in the hands of the East India Company) issued an Ordinance placing strict curbs on the freedom of the press. This gave the government […]

Conflicts In Bangladesh and Myanmar: The Threat To Regional Peace And Security

Presentation by Suhas Chakma, Director of the Rights & Risks Analysis Group in a briefing for the diplomatic community and think-tanks on 09.10.2024 at India International Centre, New Delhi The full report, “Conflicts In Bangladesh and Myanmar:  The Threat To Regional Peace And Security” can be accessed here. The oral presentation can be viewed here: […]