Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The country also has an independent judiciary [1] [2] as well as bodies to look into issues of human rights. [3] The 2016 report of Human Rights Watch accepts the above-mentioned facilities but goes to state that India has "serious human rights concerns. Civil society groups face harassment and government critics face intimidation and lawsuits ...
In its annual human rights reports for 1999, the United States Department of State criticised India for "increasing societal violence against Christians." [ 62 ] The report on anti-Christian violence listed over 90 incidents of anti-Christian violence, ranging from damage of religious property to violence against Christians pilgrims.
The 2008 Human Rights Watch report notes: India claims an abiding commitment to human rights, but its record is marred by continuing violations by security forces in counterinsurgency operations and by government failure to rigorously implement laws and policies to protect marginalised communities. A vibrant media and civil society continue to ...
India today ranks 127 out of 146 in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap report; it is among the states with the highest number of attacks against human rights defenders; and it is ...
The act has been criticized by Human Rights Watch as a "tool of state abuse, oppression and discrimination". [4] The South Asian Human Rights Documentation Centre argues that the governments' call for increased force is part of the problem. [5] "This reasoning exemplifies the vicious cycle which has been instituted in the North East due to the ...
Animal welfare and rights in India (4 C, 21 P) C. ... Child marriage in India (18 P) Crime in India (20 C, 11 P) D. Discrimination in India ... Human rights in India ...
A 2010 US State Department report cited extrajudicial killings by security forces in areas of conflict such as Kashmir as a major human rights problem in India. [20] The British parliament expressed its sadness and regret over the discovery of over 6,000 unmarked graves in Kashmir. [ 110 ]
Under the domestic laws, The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1994 in Section 2(1)(d) states that, "human rights" means the rights relating to life, liberty, equality and dignity of the individual guaranteed by the Constitution or embodied in the International Covenants and enforceable by courts in India.