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‘We Cannot Be Afraid’: Rhiya Ahir in Conversation with Teesta Setalvad

What does it mean to stand beside young people when they choose to confront power?In this conversation, activist and journalist Teesta Setalvad speaks with Rhiya Ahir, whose act of...

I get death threats every day: Umar Khalid

Umar Khalid, along with his fellow students Kanhaiya Kumar,...

Combating online abuse with the principles of nonviolent resistance

Individual and collective empowerment may be a more effective...

Delayed wages and refusal to provide work haunt MGNREGS

The rural job guarantee scheme – officially called Mahatma...

Umar Khalid on how India is criminalising dissent

Umar Khalid is not known for mincing words. In...

Egyptian MPs seek to ban gay sex, gay social activities and rainbow flags

Amid the continuing moral panic over homosexuality in Egypt,...

The Rohingya crisis: UN official ‘very disappointed’ in Suu Kyi

According to UNHCR, at least 604,000 Rohingyas have entered...

New law on foreign funding tightens the screws on NGOs in Bangladesh

Rights and advocacy-based NGOs face funding crunch after new...

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