Indian state 'backing vigilantes'

Leading human Rights Organisation HRW has accused  Indian provincial government of Chattisgarh of  promoting state backed armed activists to deal with Maoists rebels. HRW has also said that the violence has displaced tens of thousands of people who are...

An ethical 2008 Beijing Olympics ... perhaps

" Shareholders and consumers who care about human rights should not let Olympic corporate sponsors off the hook. Their silence on abuses in the run-up to the Beijing Games makes their claims to support human rights especially disingenuous. Arvind Ganesan, director of...

EU warns Sri Lanka over deteriorating human rights

European Union one of the largest trading partner and the second largest for garments export warned Sri Lanka of losing preferential import tariffs if the human rights record to get worse. The Reuters news story on...

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