Freedom of expression was guaranteed selectively, and dissent was repressed through unlawful restrictions on peaceful protests and by silencing critics. Human rights defenders, including students, academics, journalists and artists, were arbitrarily arrested, often without charge or trial. Despite...

The Indian government has exploited the 2010 and 2013 Financial Action Task Force (FATF) assessment reports to supplement its arsenal of counterterrorism and money laundering laws, many of which are routinely used to target civil society organisations and human rights defenders. The briefing paper...

On 8 September, Amnesty International and five others organisations wrote to the Asia Pacific Forum raising concerns about the proposed Asia-Pacific Forum Conference of national human rights institutions of 26 countries scheduled to be hosted by the National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRCI)...

The member states and other countries invited to attend the G20 summit hosted this year by India must speak out about the deteriorating human rights situation in the country characterized by the persecution of minorities, a shrinking space for dissent and weakening of autonomous institutions and...

In this joint open letter, Amnesty International along with the undersigned organisations bring to the attention of the representative of G20 member countries, guest countries and invited international organizations serious concerns regarding human rights violations occurring in Indian-administered...

Amnesty International is alarmed at the continued and unabated violence that is taking place between ethnic groups in the North-Eastern state of Manipur, India and the inability of the Indian authorities to protect human rights in the region. Since the start of the ethnic violence on 3 May, more...

Sixteen human rights organisations today called on Indian authorities to immediately stop the reprisals against human rights defenders and organizations in Jammu and Kashmir, especially Khurram Parvez, Irfan Mehraj, and the Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS). Khurram Parvez has...

In this joint statement for World Press Freedom Day, concerned organizations express their alarm at the further expansion of government control over online content through the draconian Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2023 (The IT...

Responding to a report by the Financial Times that India is searching for alternative spyware technology to replace NSO Group’s Pegasus surveillance software, Donncha Ó Cearbhaill, Head of the Security Lab at Amnesty International, said:   “It is chilling that instead of respecting human rights and...

On 23 January 2023, the Assam government announced that it is launching a crackdown on people who “participated in child marriage” in the last seven years in the state. Since then, at least 6000 people have been accused including the persons who officiated child marriages and over 3000 people have...

This is Amnesty International’s Oral Statement on the consideration of India’s UPR report at the UN Human Rights Council’s 52nd Session from 27 February – 4 April 2023.

Seven non-governmental organisations wrote an open letter to the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) ahead of the review of the accreditation status of the National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRCI) by GANHRI’s Sub-Committee on Accreditation (SCA) this month. We...

Amnesty International is gravely concerned about the imminent threat of forced eviction faced by at least 4,500 families in Gaffur Basti located in Haldwani town of Uttarakhand state in India. The disputed area is inhabited by one of the most economically and socially vulnerable communities, mostly...