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Imperative for Understanding Evolution of Human Rights Paradigm: Whither Human Rights in India

‘Whither Human Rights in India’ is a comprehensive exploration of how the devastation of human rights over the parts decade symbolise a crucial departure or rupture, manifesting a new fascist paradigm

Sharp spike in hate, minorities the target, hate is new normal: India Hate Lab Report 2025

1,318 verified in-person events in 2025, with BJP-ruled states accounting for 88% documents the India Hate Labs Report 2025

Rituals of Fear, Politics of Hate: How AHP’s national network rewrote the boundaries of democracy and citizenship

An unprecedented analysis of 200+ events showing how demographic panic, vigilante enforcement, and anti-minority mobilisation reshape India’s public sphere

The Bihar Verdict 2025: How an election was engineered before votes were cast

From mass voter deletions to post-poll data manipulation, the new Vote For Democracy report exposes the systematic subversion of democracy in Bihar

When Speech Becomes an Act of Terrorism

Terms like “freedom of speech,” “freedom of expression,” “Article 19” or even a simple “free” do not even find a mention in the Supreme...

Academic, Deepak Pawar to Mumbai Police: Are frivolous cases against us –filed after a peaceful demonstration to save Marathi schools –being dropped because of...

Does the Mumbai police seeks to withdraw cases filed against Deepak Pawar, Marathi Abhyas Kendra and other activists, or not?

India tops among countries at risk of mass crimes, atrocities, US Holocaust Museum warns

Though three countries scored higher than India with Myanmar holding the top spot, followed by Chad and Sudan, in these two countries the mass killings are ongoing. This makes India's position particularly noteworthy as a “flawed democracy” and as a potential new flashpoint

Muslim student set on fire in Bareilly outside exam centre, suffers 8% burns

The Times of India reported that a 19 year old student, Farhad, a Muslim, studying in the B-Com course was set on fire in broad day light on the afternoon of Thursday, Jan 8 outside the Hindu College, Moradabad; the assailants were fellow students, Aarush Singh, 21 and Deepak Kumar, 20

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From citizenship and reservation to encounter accountability, privacy, environmental protection and minority rights, the Court's most contentious judgments of 2025 reveal an increasing preference for institutional deference and procedural compliance over substantive constitutional justice

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