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

Bangladesh: Death threats to Buddhist MP candidates in the CHT, no free and fair elections

The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) has urged international election observers of the European Union, the Commonwealth and Japan to intervene with Bangladesh against threat to indigenous Buddhist candidates by the Bangladesh government sponsored armed group in the ongoing 13th Parliamentary elections. Two independent Buddhist candidates Mr Pahel Chakma from Rangamati Parliamentary Constituency and […]

COVID-19 Pandemic and Racism in the United States and India, Economic & Political Weekly

Economic & Political Weekly Vol. 55, Issue No. 23, 06 Jun, 2020 The novel coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world in many ways. Among the several implications for humanity, is the lesser talked-about issue of racism that has inherent psychological impacts. This article examines the rise of racial discrimination in the two largest […]

Unnao: Journalist Who Reported on ‘Sand Mafia’ Killed, The Wire

The Wire 24 June 2020 Days before his killing, Shubham Mani Tripathi had informed authorities that he had been threatened by persons involved in illegal sand mining and land encroachment activities. New Delhi: A reporter for a Kanpur-based newspaper was killed on June 19 in Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh, allegedly at the behest of a […]