COVID-19 and Rights of Prisoners

Hitesh Nagpal The coronavirus pandemic has brought normal life to a standstill by mercilessly affecting all sections of the society and with more than fourteen million cases and over one hundred seventy-seven thousand deaths, India is one of worst affected countries. While the rest of the country is attempting to combat the crisis by maintaining …

The ‘Guardian of India’s Constitution’ is relinquishing its duty: Failure of a Constitutional Court

Sushant Kumar This article is based on the unprecedented conduct of the Indian Supreme Court over a period of time in failing to fulfil its constitutional responsibility and siding with the Executive on important matters concerning civil rights. Deferring hearing and failing to pronounce on matters involving constitutional infringements, the Apex Court of the world’s …

The Precarious Position of Child Marriages in India

Samriddhi Chatterjee Child marriages have been a problem in India for a very long time. Every year, numerous children, especially girls, are denied basic rights such as that of education, bodily autonomy, privacy, etc, that are attributable to the social evil. India is one such country that has always remained in the top countries known …

The Plight of Uighurs beyond the Great Wall

This article is authored by Astha Sharma, the Senior Editor of the Human Rights Blog, CASIHR. “The object of terrorism is terrorism. The object of oppression is oppression. The object of torture is torture. The object of murder is murder. The object of power is power. Now do you begin to understand me?” -George Orwell (1984) …

Execution is not the Solution

Abhishek Ranjan and Akshaya Akriti In the month of January, former US President Donald Trump and his Department of Justice finalized a total of 13 death penalties which ended a 17-year federal death penalty hiatus in the States. Justice Sonia Sotomayor recalls that the number of death penalties carried out can be referred to as …