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September 2024

The paradox of India’s woman politician (The Hindu, 27/09/2024)

‘Light has gone out of the constitutional lamp’: A.G. Noorani was a Justice Soldier not a Litigation Lawyer (The Hindu, 01/09/2024)

August 2024

Bhima Koregaon: Discussion at the India International Centre (Annexe), New Delhi, on the book written by journalist and author Ajaz Ashraf titled “Bhima Koregaon: Challenging Caste – Brahminism’s Wrath Against Dreamers of Equality” published by Paranjoy/AuthorsUpFront. Discussion on “Bhima Koregaon: Challenging Caste” (29 August 2024)

Gewalt an Frauen:

Junge Ärztin vergewaltigt und getötet (Tagesspiegel, 17/08/2024)

Kolkata doctor rape-murder case highlights: CBI to conduct psychological assessment of accused (The Hindu, 17/08/2024)

The issue of institutional violence, addressing it (The Hindu, 06/08/2024)

Juli 2024

Medien in Indien:

Arnab Goswami ist der vielleicht meistgehasste und meistgeliebte Journalist der Welt. Wer ihn versteht, versteht das neue Indien (Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 06/07/2024)

Clea Chakraverty, “Was Indien streamt”. In: Le Monde diplomatique, Juli 2024.

Romila Thapar Is One of India’s Bravest Public Intellectuals (Jacobin 7/2024)

Italian police free 33 Indian farm workers from ‘slavery’ (The Hindu, 13/07/2024)

Diaspora: Bundesregierung will in großem Stil Fachkräfte aus Indien anwerben (DLF, 11/07/2024)

Juni 2024

Election results:
Der übergrosse Modi gewinnt die Wahlen in Indien – aber weniger klar als erwartet (Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 07/06/2024)
Human dignity versus religious practices (The Hindu, 24/06/2024)

Heilsbringer im Sinkflug (Süddeutsche Zeitung, 08/06/2024)

Mai 2024
Showdown in Delhi (Süddeutsche Zeitung, 24/05/2024)

Why was NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha’s arrest invalidated by the top Court? | Explained (The Hindu, 15/05/2024)

Rationalisten: Murder and motive: on the Narendra Dabholkar murder case (The Hindu, 14. 05. 2024)

National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC):
UN-linked body defers NHRC-India accreditation for second year in a row (The Hindu, 13. 05. 2024)

Indien vor der Wahl
Die hindu-nationalistische Regierung verfolgt unter Premierminister Modi unerbittlich einen Kampf gegen nicht genehme Intellektuell (Arte TV, 04.05.2024)

Hany Babu withdraws bail plea in Elgar case (Times of India, 04.05.2024)

Indien – Israel: Despite Gaza War Crimes, India’s Ties With Key Israeli Military Firms Continue (The Wire, 02. 05. 2024)

April
Christophe Jaffrelot on What Makes Brand Modi Successful (The Diplomat, 08.04.2024)

März 2024

India: Draw for Change (Arte TV, 15.03.2024)

Freedom of expression is under threat in the world’s largest democracy. India cartoonist Rachita Taneja has used her successful feminist comic, Sanitary Panels, to criticise India’s institutions. A lawsuit against her means she could go to prison.

Februar2024
Delegationsreise nach Indien: Filmbranche, Freiheit von Kunst und Kultur sowie die Unabhängigkeit der Medien im Mittelpunkt

Januar 2024
Rule of law does not mean protection to a fortunate few: Justice Nagarathna
(The Hindu, 08. 01. 2024)

Bilkis Bano: Bilkis Bano case | Grant of remission ‘classic case’ of using SC order to violate law: SC (The Hindu, 09. 01. 2024)
Today, I Can Breathe Again, Says Bilkis Bano After Landmark Supreme Court Judgement (The Wire, 08. 01. 2024)

Civil society under siege, in India (The Hindu, 05. 01. 2024)

Dezember 2023

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/questionable-searches-under-the-money-laundering-act/article67663121.ece (The Hindu, 21. 12. 2023)

When India Was a Human Rights Leader (Time Magazine, 09. 12, 2023)

Oktober 2023

Mary Lawlor UN Special Rapporteur HRDs: India: detention and state of health of human rights defender G.N. Saibaba (joint communication)
(August 2023 / Oktober 2023)

Rooting for Israel, Not a Good Word About Palestine: Modi Is Upending Indian Foreign Policy
(The Wire, 13.10.2023)

Beyond Trudeau and Modi: The widening rift between India and Canada is rooted in history
(Scroll.in, 09.10.2023)

Geschichte als Waffe: How India’s Hindu Nationalists Are Weaponizing History Against Muslims (Time, 06. 10. 2023)

Prof Gyan Prakash: Wrong to Compare 1975 Emergency to Today. This is Way More Dangerous.
(The Wire, 05.10.2023)

Throttling What Remains of Independent Media in India
(The Wire, 05.10.2023)

On Tuesday, the Indian police raided the homes and offices of several dozen journalists and contributors associated with the online media outlet Newsclick:
The Gujarat Model has become the Gangster State. (azadessa.substack, 04. 10. 2023)

Raid on NewsClick: Raid on NewsClick: Mumbai Police conducts searches at activist Teesta Setalvad’s Juhu residence (Times of India, 03. 10. 2023)

September 2023

Extended exclusion: On AFSPA in Manipur (The Hindu, 29. 09. 2023)

“Massive Systematic & Dangerous”: UN Rapporteur on Violence Against Minorities in India (The Wire, 23. 09. 2023)

Gujarat 2002: Exclusive: Vajpayee Govt Didn’t Object to UK Report That 2002 Riots Were ‘Pre-Planned’, Cops ‘Told Not to Act’
(The Wire, 18. 09. 2023)

“Many intellectuals, writers, human rights activists have been imprisoned during this period. Narendra Dabholkar, Govind Pansare, M M Kalburgi, Gauri Lankesh and Father Sten Swamy had to offer martyrdom. Amnesty International and other human rights organizations have been attacked in the name of investigation and forced to stop their work.”
‘Indian Democracy Is Facing an Existential Crisis’: Progressive Writers’ Association
(The Wire, 09.09.2023)

Suchitra Vijayan, Francesca Recchia: Is India Still a Democracy? Political Prisoners Tell Their Stories
(Time, 07. 09. 2023)

G20: India Has Work To Do on Key Human Rights Issues
(Human Rights Watch, 04.09.2023)

August 2023

Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: The current talk of decolonisation is about an exclusionary political agenda
(Indian Express, 31. 08. 2023)

Am 9. und 10. September versammeln sich die EU und Staats- und Regierungschefs der
20 führenden Industrie- und Schwellenländer wieder zur jährlichen G20 Gipfelkonferenz.
Das Treffen findet dieses Jahr in Neu-Delhi, Indien statt.
Zum G20-Treffen in Neu-Delhi

Violence Is the Engine of Modi’s Politics
(The Atlantic, 30. 08. 2023)

Modi’s ‘Tiger Warrior’ Diplomacy Is Harming India’s Interests
(Foreign Policy, 28. 08. 2023)

India must end ‘inhumane’ detention of activist GN Saibaba, says UN expert
(Al Jazeera, 22. 08. 2023)

März 2023

Civic Freedoms in India ‘Repressed’: Global Monitor Civicus (The Wire, 17. 03. 2023)

Indien: Wo Deutschland ziemlich egal ist (ZEIT Online, 11. 03. 2023)

Modi’s Final Assault on India’s Press Freedom Has Begun (New York Times, 08. 03. 2023)

India among the ‘worst autocratisers’ in the last 10 years, says Sweden’s V-Dem Institute (Scroll.in, 07. 03. 2023)

The West is ignoring India’s anti-democratic tendencies (Le Monde, 03. 03. 2023)

On India, say nothing (Politico, 02. 03. 2023)

Februar 2023

Modi is trying to silence the foreign press (Scroll.in, 26. 02. 2023)

In India on State Visit, German Chancellor Calls On the World for ‘Very Clear’ Stance on Ukraine (The Wire, 25. 02. 2023)

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s maiden visit to India aims at strengthening Indo-German strategic ties (Times Now, 17. 02. 2023)

Why India’s crackdown on BBC has left foreign correspondents anxious (Scroll.in, 15. 02. 2023)

BBC India offices searched by income tax officials (BBC, 14. 02. 2023)

I-T Department conducting verification at multiple BBC offices: agency official (The Hindu, 14. 0223)

The Long Shadow of the Nazi ‘Kristallnacht’ Fell on the 2002 Violence in Gujarat (The Wire, 06. 02. 2023)

Govt Forms Panel to Oversee Human Rights-Related Obligations to Treaty Bodies (The Wire, 05. 02. 2023)

Over 500 scientists and academics denounce ‘censorship’ of BBC documentary on PM Modi (The Hindu, 04. 02. 2023)

Hindu Nationalism on Display in India’s G20 Presidency (The Diplomat, 03. 02. 2023)

Januar 2023

European Union Refuses to Make its Reports on 2002 Gujarat Violence Public (The Wire, 30. 01. 2023)

The European Union investigated the 2002 Gujarat riots – but is refusing to make its report public (Scroll.in, 30. 01. 2023)

‘India Has Taken a Dangerous, Divisive, Self-Destructive Turn Under Modi’: Ramchandra Guha (The Wire, 30. 01. 2023)

Why India banned the BBC’s Modi documentary | The Listening Post (Al Jazeera, 29. 01. 2023)

BBC Documentary Implicating Modi in Gujarat Massacre | Part 2 (IslamiCity, 29. 01. 2023)

Zensurvorwürfe gegen Indiens Regierung: Kontroverse um BBC-Doku (Deutschlandfunk, 26. 01. 2023)

Ex-Foreign Minister Jack Straw Confirms UK Report Said ‘Modi Directly Responsible’ for 2002 Riots (The Wire, 21. 01. 2023)

Ambassadors from Germany and Israel on teaching the past: A ‘Holocaust education’ for India to create a just present (The Hindu, 27. 01. 2023)

Dezember 2022

Antonio Guterres on human rights in India: Insisted publicly on importance of protection of human rights defenders during visit to India: UN chief (Kashmir Reader, 12. 12. 2022)

Why is there friction between the government and the judiciary? (The Hindu, 12. 12. 2022)

We understand India’s economic constraints on Russian sanctions, oil price cap: German Foreign Minister Baerbock (The Hindu, 04. 12. 2022)

November 2022

Rights Bodies Demand ‘Immediate, Unconditional Release’ of Jailed Kashmir Activist Khurram Parvez (The Wire, 21. 11. 2022)

Oktober 2022

In Criminalising Political Action, Judges Are Helping the State Bring Politics Into India’s Court (The Wire, 29. 10. 2022)

Colonialism and its discontents today (The Hindu, 26. 10. 2022)

Explained | What is the case against former DU professor G.N. Saibaba? (The Hindu, 25. 10. 2022)

‘Deeply troubling’: Why experts criticise SC order suspending Bombay HC’s acquittal of GN Saibaba (Scroll.in, 17. 10. 2022)

“We will liberate ourselves from a colonial mindset.” (Jayashankar) : Watch | ‘Jaishankar’s Troubling UN Speech Throws India’s Record of Decolonisation in Dustbin’ (The Wire, 10. 10. 2022)

Ashwini K.P. Becomes First Indian to Be Appointed Independent Expert on Racism by UNHRC (The Wire, 08. 10. 2022)

India police flogging Muslims ‘serious rights violation’: Amnesty (Al Jazeera, 06. 10. 2022)

PUCL report alleges abuse of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act  (The Hindu, 02. 10. 2022)

September 2022

Radiobericht: Indiens NGOs in Not – Regierung verbietet ausländische Hilfsgelder (SWR 2, 27. 09. 2022)

India has lost its way in the use of international law (The Hindu, 13. 09. 2022)

Umar Khalid on His Two Years in Jail: ‘I Feel Pessimistic at Times. And Also Lonely’  (The Wire, 13. 09. 2022)

Political Prisoners Unite the British Raj and ‘New India’ (The Wire, 13. 09. 2022)

Elgar case: Arrested activists being systematically denied medical treatment, claim family members (The Telegraph, 11. 09. 2022)

Modis totalitäres Indien (Die Wochenzeitung, 01. 09.  2022)

August 2022

NGOs: Modi dreht den Geldhahn zu (Deutschlandfunk, 30. 08. 2022)

Fissures in democracy: Perceiving India in a different voice (New York Times, 22. 08. 2022)

Bilkis Bano:
Bilkis Bano case: 134 ex-bureaucrats urge SC to rectify ‘horrendously wrong decision’ (Scroll.in 29. 08. 2022)
I’m filled with anger (India Today, 24. 08. 2022)
How Can Justice for Any Woman End Like This, Asks Bilkis Bano as Rapists, Killers Walk Free (The Wire, 18. 08. 2022)
Release of Bilkis Bano Case Convicts: Conflicting Remission Policies Raise Difficult Questions (The Wire, 17. 08. 2022)
India: Outrage as rapists of Muslim woman freed (Deutsche Welle, 16. 08. 2022)
‘Real Face’ of New India: Opposition Slams Modi Over Release of Bilkis Bano Case Convicts (The Wire, 16. 08. 2022)
“Wrong Precedent”: Asaduddin Owaisi On Release Of Bilkis Bano Convicts (NDTV, 16. 08. 2022)

Caste in California: Big Tech giants confront ancient Indian hierarchy (The Hindu, 16. 08. 2022)

India at 75 (Pen America, Aug. 2022)

‘Attack on a dream’: Muslims in fear as Indian democracy turns 75 (Aljazeera, 15. 08. 2022)

The Hinduization of India Is Nearly Complete (The Atlantic, Aug. 2022)

Romila Thapar—I don’t like Modi’s India, it’s too Narrow & Limited; History won’t be Kind to Him (The Wire, 10. 08. 2022)

‘Tests Show Multiple Individuals in India Have Been Targeted by the Same Pegasus Customer’, Amnesty Tells SC Panel (The Wire, 09. 08. 2022)

Dalits: “Bei uns nehmen die Unterdrückten das Mikrofon in die Hand” (Amnesty Journal, Aug. 2022)

Teesta Setalvad files bail plea in Gujarat HC, claims she was victimised for seeking justice (Scroll.in, 02. 08. 2022)

Juli 2022

We need to protect whistle blowers (The Hindu, 30. 07. 2022)

Supreme Court on Money Laundering Act: Narrow view: On the Supreme Court’s PMLA verdict (The Hindu, 29. 07. 2022)

Bundestag: https://www.bundestag.de/resource/blob/909532/b44fc20a25acfbc33996d4133bf6748b/WD-2-051-22-pdf-data.pdf (27. 07. 2022)

European Union: Address reprisals against human rights defenders in India (International Federation for Human Rights, 26. 07. 2022)

A shot in the arm for rule of law (The Hindu, 25. 07. 2022)

Amnesty Directed Over Rs 51 Cr to Indian Unit for ‘Anti National Activities’: ED (The Quint, 24. 07. 2022)

India’s President Droupadi Murmu and ‘an Unbroken History of Broken Promises’ (The Quint, 23. 07. 2022)

Fate of Human Rights in India (The Tribune, 20. 07. 2022)

A benign mask for whole world; fangs bared to citizens at home (Deccan Chronicle, 19. 07. 2022)

Teesta Setalvad worked at the behest of Ahmed Patel to destabilise Gujarat govt: police  (The Hindu, 16. 07. 2022)

Indien: Säkularismus in Gefahr (Böll-Stiftung, 12. 07. 2022)

Rest in Peace, Rule of Law — Especially When Muslims Are the Target (The Wire, 11. 07. 2022)

Indien verhängt Millionenstrafe gegen Amnesty International (Tagesspiegel, 10. 07. 2022)
Indien verhängt Millionenstrafe gegen Amnesty International (Der Spiegel, 10. 07. 2022)
After FEMA Penalty, ED Files Money Laundering Chargesheet Against Amnesty India (The Wire, 09. 07. 2022)
ED slaps penalities on Amnesty India International, Aakar Patel (The Hindu, 08. 07. 2022)

Amnesty India, ex-head Aakar Patel fined ₹62 crore by ED over FEMA ‘violations’ (Hindustan Times, 08. 07. 2022)

India’s human rights record under scrutiny as NHRC prepares for renewal of accreditation with GANHRI SCA (The Leaflet, 08. 07. 2022)

Worldview with Suhasini Haidar | Democratic freedoms: Should India worry about international criticism? (The Hindu, 08. 07. 2022)
Avoid uninformed comments: India to Germany over remarks on Mohammed Zubair’s arrest (Economic Times, 07. 07. 2022)
India to Germany over remarks on Mohammed Zubair’s arrest (The Telegraph, 07. 07. 2022)

Pressekonferenz von Kanzleramt und AA zur “Inhaftierung eines indischen Journalisten in Indien”:
https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/newsroom/regierungspressekonferenz/2541264 (06. 07. 2022)
Journalists Shouldn’t Be Imprisoned for What They Write: Germany on Mohammed Zubair’s Arrest (The Wire, 07. 07. 2022)

Indian Judiciary Has Become an Instrument of the Executive: Jaffrelot (The Wire, 07. 07. 2022)

Over 90 Ex Bureaucrats Urge Supreme Court to Withdraw Observations in Zakia Jafri Judgment (The Wire, 07. 07. 2022)

Opinion: Indian democracy is marching towards authoritarianism, under the garb of pluralism (Scroll.in, 07. 07. 2022)

Setalvad, Sreekumar’s Real ‘Crime’ Was Raising the Question of Modi’s Command Responsibility (The Wire, 05. 07. 2022)

India arrests two opponents of the government (The Economist, 02. 07. 2022)

‘Biased Comments’: India Reacts to US Body’s ‘Concern Over Repression of Critical Voices’ (The Wire, 02. 07. 2022)

Anonymous Complainant Targeting Zubair Tweet Linked to Tek Fog App, BJYM Leader in Gujarat (The Wire, 02. 07. 2022)

Juni 2022

The PEN Ten: An Interview with Suchitra Vijayan (Pen.org, 30. 06. 2022)

The unholy alliance: Hindutva and Zionism (The Cradle, 29. 06. 2022)

Why global criticism cannot be expected to act as a check on India’s growing majoritarianism (Scroll.in, 29. 06. 2022)

Teesta Setalvad detained:

How India has turned into a land of conspiracies that turns those battling injustice into villains (Scroll.in, 01. 07. 2022)

Activist Teesta Setalvad Detained By Gujarat Anti-Terror Squad In Mumbai (NDTV, 25. 06. 2022)

Gujarat anti-terror team detains activist Teesta Setalvad in Mumbai (The Hindu, 25. 06. 2022)

Gujarat Police Arrest Teesta Setalvad, Activist Who Pursued 2002 Riots Case Against Modi (The Wire, 25. 06. 2022)

Gujarat Police to take activist Teesta Setalvad from Mumbai to Ahmedabad (Scroll.in, 25. 06. 2022)

Global Civil Society, Academic Groups Ask CJI To Grant Immediate Bail to G.N. Saibaba (The Wire, 23. 06. 2022)

Former SC, HC Judges, Lawyers Issue ‘Urgent Appeal to SC to Take Note of UP State Repression’ (The Wire, 14. 06. 2022)

India’s geopolitical dilemma 3/3 | DW Analysis: Why India & the West are wary of each other (Deutsche Welle, 10. 06. 2022)

Downside of BJP’s new ‘tolerant’ narrative (Deccan Herald, 07. 06. 2022)

Do we need a law to compensate those implicated in false cases? (The Hindu, 02. 06. 2022)

Mai 2022

Umar Khalid. History will bear witness to the struggles of those who stood against the forces of hate. … Eminent historians in conversation reflecting on the present from the lens of the past: History will bear Witness (Karwan e Mohabbat, 14. 05. 2022)

Video: Zerrissenes Indien. Im Bann der Nationalisten (ZDF, 13. 05. 2022)

Union Government Tells Supreme Court it Will Reconsider Sedition Law (The Wire, 09. 05. 2022)

An AFSPA free Northeast? (Himal, 06. 05. 2022)

April 2022

Revisiting death penalty jurisprudence (The Hindu, 29. 04. 2022)

EU human rights official says he raised communal violence, NGOs ban with Indian government (The Hindu, 29. 04. 2022)

Why the West is reckoning with caste bias now (BBC, 28. 04. 2022)

India’s turned a blind Right eye to Hindutva violence, but it can be a threat to State itself (The Print, 17. 04. 2022)

India among top 10 countries to jail writers, academics in 2021, shows Pen America’s report (Scroll.in, 15. 04. 2022)

Why is India’s government trying to keep activist critics from traveling abroad? (Deutsche Welle, 12. 04. 2022)

Modi critic and Amnesty activist Aakar Patel allowed to fly (Bottomline with Barkha, 16. 04. 2022)
Special CBI Court upholds Magistrate court order setting aside CBI LOC against Aakar Patel (Barandbench, 16. 04. 2022)
CBI gets govt nod to prosecute Aakar Patel (News Drum, 12. 04. 2022)
Aakar Patel stopped again, despite relief from court (The Hindu, 07. 04. 2022)
I Was Likely Stopped From Flying because my Book Criticises Modi, CBI gave no Details–Aakar Patel (The Wire, 07. 04. 2022)
Delhi Court Asks CBI Director To Apologize To Aakar Patel Acknowledging Lapse On Part Of His Subordinates  (Live Law, 07. 04. 2022)
Delhi court tells CBI to send written apology to Aakar Patel (The News Minute, 07. 04. 2022)
Travel ban on Aakar Patel now: Journalists, activists in India under assault (National Herald, 06. 04. 2022)

März 2022

EU-Indien: die gemeinsame Wertebasis wackelt (Euractiv, 30. 03. 2022)

Amnesty India calls for release of Umar Khalid in first statement since it closed offices in 2020 (The Hindu, 24. 03. 2022)

Expanding Germany’s Relations with India, Triangular Cooperation as the Next Step in the Strategic Partnership (SWP, 11. 02. 2022)

Open Letter Against National Overseas Scholarship (NOS) Restrictions (2022-2023 Guidelines) (InSAF India)

Letter to Indian authorities by Alviina Alametsä (Greens/EFA), signed by 21 Members of the European Parliament: Open letter regarding the treatment of human rights defenders in India (07. 03. 2022)

The Partnership Shift: Analysing the European Union’s Strategic Engagement with India (The Swedish Institute of International Affairs, 9/2019)

Process of Genocide Already Underway in India: Experts at Global Summit (The Wire, 02. 03. 2022)

Februar 2022

‘Shoot them’: Indian state police accused of murdering Muslims and Dalits (The Guardian, 22. 02. 2022)

https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/dangerous-twists-and-turns-kannada-tv-media-s-coverage-hijab-row-161204 (The News Minute, 21. 02. 2022)

Justice is the voice of a coalition of organisations and networks in the UK who stand up against injustice: India_Justice_Bulltein 3 Pdf (Feb 2022)

Hamid Ansari ‘controversy’: A healthy democracy does not fear criticism from well-wishers (Scroll.in, 02. 02. 2022)

Januar 2022

Rise of ‘new untouchables’: Veteran academics trace roots of Hindutva in Gujarat (Counterview, 31. 01. 2022)

India’s government unleashing controversial Unlawful Activities Prevention Act as means of silencing civil rights activists (Daily Maverick, 26. 01. 2022)

India at risk: Rwanda killings predictor sounds genocide warning (The Telegraph, 20. 01. 2022)

Preventing genocide (The Hindu, 19. 01. 2022)

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has booked the Madurai-based Centre for Promotion of Social Concerns (CPSC) and its program unit People’s Watch, under Sections 120B (Punishment of criminal conspiracy) and 420 (Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) of the Indian Penal Code, as well as on charges of violation of the Foreign Contributions Regulation Act (FCRA). In this interview with NewsClick, Henri Tiphagne, the Executive Director of People’s Watch, talks about the background and the reason for the actions against him: Human Rights Activist Henry Tiphagne Talks About Why CBI Booked Him (17. 01. 2022)

Militant Hindutva Leader Yati Narsinghanand Arrested at Haridwar (The Wire, 15. 01. 2022)

On January 12, 2022, a coalition of 17 civil society groups including Indian American Muslim Council organized a Congressional Briefing on the “Call For Genocide of Indian Muslims”: I predicted Rwandan Genocide & I Warn Same Could Repeat in India: Dr. Gregory Stanton (13. 01. 2022)

Are the provisions of the FCRA loaded against civil society?  (The Hindu, 15. 01. 2022)

PUCL condemns CBI case and searches on CPSC-People’s Watch (The Hindu, 10. 01. 2022)

Members of global Indian diaspora demand arrest of those responsible for ‘genocidal hate speech’ at Haridwar conclave (Indian Express, 09. 01. 20022)

Members of global Indian diaspora demand arrest of those responsible for ‘genocidal hate speech’ at Haridwar conclave (The World News, 09. 01. 2022)

Members of global Indian diaspora demand arrest of those responsible for ‘genocidal hate speech’ at Haridwar conclave (Aljazeera, 09. 01. 2022)

Members of global Indian diaspora demand arrest of those responsible for ‘genocidal hate speech’ at Haridwar conclave  (The Hindu, 09. 01. 2022)

Bhima Koregaon accused and their counsel write to SC’s Pegasus technical committee alleging snooping (The Leaflet, 08. 01. 2022)

Message from Mumbai: On hate crimes and legal action (The Hindu, 06. 01. 2022)

Tek Fog: An App With BJP Footprints for Cyber Troops to Automate Hate, Manipulate Trends (The Wire, 06. 01. 2022) )

Right-Wing Hate Speech Runs Rampant in India’s Elections (Countercurrents, 05. 01. 2022)

India’s rights record, America’s blinkered vision (The Hindu, 03. 01. 2022)

Dezember 2021

Killing the licence: On NGOs and funding (The Hindu, 31. 12. 2021)

In India, calls for Muslim genocide grow louder. Modi’s silence is an endorsement (Washington Post, 29. 12. 2021)

Falling short: On action against violence in the name of religion (The Hindu, 29. 12. 2021)

A progressive step: On setting of panel for AFSPA by Nagaland (The Hindu, 28. 12. 2021)

Attempts at Genocide Could Lead to Civil War, Modi’s Silence Shows He Doesn’t Care—Naseeruddin Shah (The Wire, 28. 12. 2022)

As Hindu Extremists Call for Killing of Muslims, India’s Leaders Keep Silent (New York Times, 25. 12. 2021)

Haridwar Hate Event: Call To Violence, Communal Speeches, No Arrests | Left, Right & Centre (NDTV, Dec. 2021)

Experts call for immediate release of Kashmiri human rights defender (UN News, 23. 12. 2021)

Hindutva Leaders at Haridwar Event Call for Muslim Genocide (The Wire, 22. 12. 2021)

Supreme Court Stays Probe Of Justice Lokur Commission Constituted By WB Govt In Pegasus Case  (Live Law, 17. 12. 2021)

Why Police Brutality and Torture Are Endemic in India (The Wire, 13. 12. 2021)

Indian Diaspora Activists Highlight Narsinghanand Saraswati’s Anti-Muslim Speeches at the Hague (The Wire, 13. 12. 2021)

Govt. keen to introduce anti-conversation Bill in winter session: Bommai (The Hindu, 12. 12. 2021)

International Human Rights Day: Khurram Parvez’s arrest casts shadow over human rights work in Kashmir (Hindutva Watch, 10. 12. 2021)

Human Rights Day, 10 December 2021:

‘Speaking Up Is Not Anti-National’: Global Groups Condemn Attacks on India’s Rights Defenders (The Wire, 11. 12. 2021)

Indian diaspora groups, global bodies bring out campaign against human rights abuses in India (Devidiscourse, 11. 12. 2021)

Indian diaspora groups, global bodies campaign against human rights abuses in India (oneindia, 10. 12. 2021)

Indian diaspora teams, world our bodies marketing campaign towards human rights abuses in India (aaj ki taaza news, 10. 12. 2021)

November 2021

NSA Ajit Doval says civil society is ‘new frontier of war’ (The Telegraph, 15. 11. 2021)

‘Only in India’: Twitter Reacts as NHRC Debates If Human Rights Are a ‘Stumbling Block’ (The Wire, 09. 11. 2021)

Modi’s India Is “One of the Most Dangerous Countries for Journalists” (The Nation, 08. 11. 2021)

Silencing dissent: The vice tightens (New Internationalist, 03. 11. 2021)

Journalists: Mapping patterns of violence against journalists in India (The Polis Project, Nov. 2021)

Oktober 2021

Vatican highlights challenge of ‘hyper-nationalism’ in Diwali message (Catholic News Agency, 29. 10. 2021)

Freedom of Association in India (Labour Campaign for Human Rights, Oct. 2021)

International Coalition For Justice in India (ICJI) (The Asian Independent, 19. 10. 2021)

Mindset that harms human rights (Indian Express, 18. 10. 2021)

Facebook’s Omission of Hindu Nationalist Terror Groups in ‘Dangerous’ List Is Serious (The Wire, 16. 10. 2021)

‘Are We Human?’ Modi’s Use of Antiterror Law Draws Scrutiny From Courts (New York Times, 12. 10. 2021)

Modi addressing the National Human Rights Commission of India: PM Modi warns against ‘selective’ interpretation of human rights’ issues (The Hindu, 12. 10. 2021)

Assam: En Inde, la traque des musulmans s’accélère (Le Monde, 04. 10. 2021)

September 2021

Singling Out Muslims: Bihar Govt Asks Citizens To Identify, Report ‘Illegal Immigrants’ (Article14, 28. 09. 2021)

‘Continued Harassment’: Rights Activists, Academics Condemn ED Raids Against Harsh Mander (The Wire, 17. 09. 2021)

August 2021

Interview | India Must Stop Criminalising the Defence of Human Rights: UN Special Rapporteur (The Wire, 21. 08. 2021)

‘Misused, abused’: India’s harsh terror law under rare scrutiny (Aljazeera, 16. 08. 2021)

Groups mark India’s Independence Day with vigil, protest in UK (The Tribune, 15. 08. 2021)

Juli 2021

Amnesty India: Why Amnesty Has Irked Indian Govts & Why It Is Hard To Remove (Article 14, 28. 07. 2021)

Press freedom: International Press Institute asks US secretary of state to raise issue of press freedom on India visit  (The Caravan, 27. 07. 2021)

The Pegasus Project:

Anti-national, ban Amnesty, negative atmosphere: How BJP CMs, past and present, responded to charges (Indian Express, 21. 07. 2021)

Across official denials and BJP responses, one phrase missing: ‘India did not use Pegasus spyware’ (Scroll.in, 21. 07. 2021)

Two women journalists move SC challenging sedition law (Indian Express, 19. 07. 2021)

India: The New ‘Republic of Fear’ (The Wire, 12. 07. 2021)

Interview | Amit Shah Should Resign Because of My Acquittal: Akhil Gogoi (The Wire, 02. 07. 2021)

Juni 2021

Stellenausschreibung Amnesty India:
Researcher- India (2980) (Amnesty International, June 2021)
Campaigner – India (2981) (Amnesty International, June 2021)

Terrorising dissent: On bail for student activists (The Hindu, 17. 06. 2021)

Watch | Breaking Down the Bail Order for Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita, Asif Iqbal (The Wire, 17. 06. 2021)

Delhi Riots case: How the Delhi High Court caught the bull by the horns while confronting Section 43(D)5 of UAPA (barandbench, 17. 06. 2021)

Delhi Court Reserves Order On Release Of Devanagana Kalita, Natasha Narwal After Police Seek Time For Address Verification (Live Law, 16. 06. 2021)

Delhi riots: India court grants bail to activists held over citizenship law protests (BBC, 15. 06. 2021)

‘Right To Protest Not ‘Terrorist Act’ Under UAPA’ : Delhi High Court Finds No Prima Facie Case Against Asif Iqbal Tanha, Natasha Narwal & Devangana Kalita (Live Law, 15. 06. 2021)

‘Centre blurring line between protest, terrorism’: What HC said in Delhi violence case bail order (Scroll.in, 15. 06. 2021)

Amid India’s COVID-19 crisis, advocates raise alarm over growing number of political prisoners behind bars (The Globe and Mail, 12. 06. 2021)

How Dissent Dies (The Atlantic, 12. 06. 2021)

India’s Democracy Is the World’s Problem (The Atlantic, 10. 06. 2021)

India natural ally of open societies: PM Modi at G7 Summit (Times of India, 14. 06. 2021)

India signs joint statement at G-7 for freedom of expression: ‘Internet curbs threat to democracy’ (Indian Express, 14. 06. 2021)

‘I’m Scared to Tell You I Saved a Muslim’: Hindu Man Who Rescued His Friend in Delhi Riots (The Wire, 04. 06. 2021)

Mai 2021

Cooption with denial of dignity & rights is the Dalit reality under BJP-RSS (Sabrang, 29. 05. 2021)

Shashi Tharoor: “Mich enttäuscht Kanzlerin Merkel” (Die Zeit, 12. 05. 2021)

Civil Society Organizations, Lawyers & Academicians Write To MP High Court Chief Justice For De-Congestion Of Prisons (Live Law, 10. 05. 2021)

How Bengali Civil Society Stood up Against the BJP (The Wire, 10. 05. 2021)

India is Not Your Default Democracy (Global Policy, 05. 05. 2021)

Online-Petition: Covid-19 is a virtual death sentence for political prisoners! Release them now! (Change.org, Mai 2021)

Arundhati Roy: We need a government (Scroll.in, 04. 03. 2021)

Sedition law: SC agrees to examine constitutional validity of sedition law, seeks Centre’s response (Scroll.in, 01. 05. 2021)

 

April 2021

8th May 2021, India and the European Union, 16th Summit

The EU-India People’s Summit (1 to 8 May)

European Parliament recommendation concerning EU-India relations: DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RECOMMENDATION (European Parliament, 16. April 2021)

Women’s reluctance to take up judge’s positions: Women, ‘Domestic Responsibilities’ and Indian Judiciary’s Grand Patriarchy (The Wire, 16. 04. 2021)

EU-Indien-Menschenrechtsdialog in New Delhi: 9th EU-India Human Rights Dialogue (Presseerklärung, 12. 04. 2021)

Indian Diaspora Washington DC Metro Presents: Aakar Patel: “What Desis Abroad can do” (10. 02. 2021)

US State Department, Human Rights Report 2020: Excerpts: US State Dept Report Records Increasing Use of UAPA by Indian Government (The Wire, 04. 04. 2021)

Online-Medien: Why Is the Indian Government Afraid of Digital News? (The Wire, 04. 04. 2021)

SGPC Passes Resolution Against RSS for ‘Trying To Make’ India a Hindu Rashtra (The Wire, 02. 04. 2021)

Laws Around Electronic Evidence Compromise India’s Criminal Justice System (Article14, 02. 04. 2021)

NIA raids lawyer V Raghunath’s house, finds Maoist literature (New Indian Express, 01. 04. 2021)

März 2021

Video: Freedom of Expression & Secularism in India: Prof. Pratap Bhanu Mehta & Rajdeep Sardesai (Quorum, March 2021)

Muzaffarnagar Riots Cases Dropped Against BJP Leaders: Flawed Law? (The Quint, 31. 03. 2021)

More control: Regulating civil society organisations (The Telegraph, 30. 03. 2021)

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea For Deportation Of Illegal Immigrants Including Rohingyas (Live Law, 27. 03. 2021)

The Modi Government Is a Regime of Low-Intensity Terror (The Nation, 24. 03. 2021)

Democracy in India. Autocratization Turns Viral: Democracy Report 2021 (V-Dem Institute, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, March 2021)

Freedom in the World 202: Democracy under Siege (Freedom House, March 2021)

The state of democracy around the world: Democracy Index 2020: In sickness and in health? (ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT, March 2021)

India, the world’s largest democracy, is now powered by a cult of personality (Washington Post, 18. 03. 2021)

India’s status as a democracy downgraded after damning reports (ABC, 17. 03. 2021)

Dalit-Diskriminierung: Untouchability in India: A Reading List (EPW, 15. 03. 2021)

Untouchability in India: A Reading List (EPW, 15. 03. 2021)

L’Inde rétrogradée au rang d’autocratie (Le Monde, 12. 03. 2021)

Delhi HC Issues Notice in The Wire’s Challenge to New IT Rules (The Wire, 09. 03. 2021)

India has turned into an ‘electoral autocracy’, says Swedish institute (Scroll.in, 09. 03. 2021)

Gujarat court acquits 122 arrested under UAPA for alleged links to banned outfit SIMI after 19 years (Scroll.in, 07. 03. 2021)

No country for young activists? (Times of India, 07. 03. 2021)

Indiens Weg zur Weltmacht (Arte TV, März 2021)

India is now only ‘partly free’ under Modi, says report (BBC, 03. 03. 2021)

A Mala Fide Attempt to Control Independent Digital Media (The Wire, 02. 03. 2021)

Indians are telling their 18 million-strong diaspora to keep out of their affairs (CNN, 01. 03. 2021)

Februar 2021

Explainer: How India’s new digital media rules are anti-democratic and unconstitutional (Scroll.in, 27. 02. 2021)

China’s Counterpart (II) (German Foreign Policy, 25. 02. 2021)

Delhi Riots: A year later, 557 out of 1,753 people arrested over Delhi riots out on bail (Deccan Herald, 22. 02. 2021)

Deutsche Waffen nach Indien? Kashmir: army human rights record raises barrier before German arms exports (The Telegraph, 20. 02. 2021)

Disha Ravi: Indian climate activist becomes symbol of crackdown on dissent (NBC News, 20. 02. 2021)

Protesting farmers support Disha Ravi and NewsClick (The Telegraph, 19. 02. 2021)

Karnataka police yet to file charge-sheets in 3 sedition cases filed a year ago (Hindustan Times, 16. 02. 2021)

Why Modi And Shah Fear Young Activists – by Ramachandra Guha (NDTV, 17. 02. 2021)

No one critical of the government seems to be innocent any longer (Business Standard, 15. 02. 2021)

India Twitter standoff puts spotlight on free speech (Deutsche Welle, 15. 02. 2021)

Centre, Twitter India get SC notice on plea seeking mechanism to regulate content spreading hate (The Hindu, 12. 02. 2021)

The attack on Newsclick must be resisted by those who care about journalism – and democracy in India (Scroll.in, 12. 02. 2021)

https://www.democracynow.org/2021/2/11/india_farmworker_protests_media_crackdown_sainath (Democracy Now, 11. 02. 2021)

India’s democracy in decline (Washington Post, 12. 02. 2021)

Bhima Koregaon: Incriminating letters planted on Bhima Koregaon accused Rona Wilson’s laptop by cyber attacker: US lab (National Herald, 10. 02. 2021)

If India can charge journalists with ‘sedition’ for doing their jobs, it has no free press (The Guardian, 07. 02. 2021)

The prospects and perils of India’s new diplomacy (Moneycontrol, 06. 02. 2021)

Why journalists in India are under attack (BBC, 04. 02. 2021)

India is turning to colonial-era laws to silence journalists (Open Democracy, 03. 02. 2021)

Januar 2021

Bauernproteste gegen neue Gesetze: Sturm auf das Rote Fort (Süddeutsche Zeitung, 27. 01. 2021)

The Farmer Has Bypassed Delhi and That Should Worry the Establishment (The Wire, 27. 01. 2021)

HRDs in prison: Release activists arrested in Bhima Koregaon case, UN Human Rights Office urges Centre  (Scroll.in, 25. 01. 2021)

Scientists Weigh In on India’s Citizenship Debate (Scientific American, 15. 01. 2021)

EU India Human Rights Dialogue:
India’s human rights defenders deserve EU support (euobserver, 12. 01. 2021) )
India: EU Should Speak Out Against India’s Rights Violations (World Organisation Against Torture, 11. 01- 2021)

Three UN Special Rapporteurs have written to the Indian government regarding Amnesty International India:

‘Stop attacking NGOs’: UN rapporteurs tell India over Amnesty probe  (The Federal, 04. 01. 2021)

Stories of Dissent (The London Story, Jan. 2021)

Lawyers Withstood Pressures and Defended Activists in the Bhima Koregaon Case (The Leaflet, 01. 01. 2021)

Dezember 2020

Bhopal, 36 years after the gas disaster:

At Remember Bhopal Museum, histories of those affected by 1984 disaster are preserved against apathy, neglect (Firstpost, 02. 12. 2020)
Bhopal: Survivors of industrial accident make up over half of Covid-19 victims in Indian city (Independent, Nov. 2020)
‘COVID-19 deaths in Bhopal 6.5 times higher in gas-exposed population’ (The Week, 24. 11. 2020)
Geschichte aktuell: Katastrophe ohne Ende (Deutschlandfunk, 03. 12. 2009)

Amnesty India: What Is ED’s Legal Power To Ask Banks To Freeze Amnesty India’s Accounts? Karnataka High Court Asks (Live Law, 02. 12. 2020)

November 2020

Australischer Diplomat besucht RSS-Hauptquartier in Nagpur: Australia’s Top Diplomat in India Applauds RSS (Clarion, 16. 11. 2020)

Justiz: UAPA and the growing crisis of judicial credibility in India  (Ovserver Research Fondation, 21. 11. 2020)

Protect our Republic, my lords (The Hindu, 16. 11. 2020)

Funding hate: Don’t give ads to hate channels: Ex-officials (The Telegraph, 01. 11. 2020)

Oktober 2020

Mirrors of Bhima Koregaon (Indian Express, 29. 10. 2020)

Reclaiming India Conference, Day 1 (Oct 3, 2020) (Hindus for Human Rights, Oct. 2020)

Modi government to come under heavy international censure for CAA (Gulfnews, 22. 10. 2020)

Bhima Koregaon, Stan Swamy: Adivasi rights activist Stan Swamy’s life and work demonstrate why the powerful want him silenced (Scroll.in, 21. 10. 2020)

UN high commissioner for human rights on FCRA in India: Bachelet dismayed at restrictions on human rights NGOs and arrests of activists in India (20. 10. 2020)

Amartya Sen, Rede zur Verleihung des Friedenspreises: Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels (Deutsches Fernsehen, 18. 10. 2020)

Justice Lokur: Our Fundamental Rights to Free Speech and Protest Are Being Eroded and Mauled (The Wire, 13. 10. 2020)

Bhima Koregaon, weiterer Menschenrechtsverteidiger in Haft: Stan Swamy: The oldest person to be accused of terrorism in India (BBC, 13. 10. 2020)

Dalits: Asia The hard life of India’s Dalits on display in Berlin art gallery (Deutsche Welle, 12. 10. 2020)

Hathras, Vergewaltigung

A Murder in Hathras, and a Question for the Country’s Conscience (The Wire, 13. 10. 2020)
Eine neue Gruppenvergewaltigung wühlt Indien auf – und die Behörden beweisen, dass sie noch immer nichts dazugelernt haben (Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 14. 10. 2020)
Im Abgrund der “Unberührbaren” (Süddeutsche Zeitung, 07. 10. 2020)

CAVACH-Interview mit Margarete Bause MdB (Die Grünen) (07. 10. 2020)

CAVACH-Interview mit Michel Brandt MdB (Die Linke)  (Okt. 2020)

Amnesty International Calls for India to Lift Account Freeze to Resume Vital Human Rights Work  (Just Security, 10. 10. 2020)
By kicking Amnesty out, India is betraying its founding ideals (The Guardian, 01. 10. 2020)

September 2020

Amnesty India stellt die Arbeit vorläufig ein:

Il governo indiano congela i conti di Amnesty International nel paese. (Il Fatto Quotidiano, 30. 09. 2020)

Amnesty lascia l’India: “Trattati come criminali. Da governo, caccia alle streghe” (La Repubblica, 29. 09. 2020)

Amnistía Internacional suspende su trabajo en la India ante la “caza de brujas” del Gobierno de Modi (El Pais, 29. 09. 2020)

Amnesty International closes India office (New York Times, 29. 09. 2020)

Amnesty International halts operations in India (Deutsche Welle, 29. 09. 2020)

EU Says it Values Amnesty International’s Work, Expresses Concern About India Closure (The Wire, 29. 09. 2020)

Shailesh Rai, Ehemaliger Mitarbeiter von Amnesty India: What I Learned Working in Amnesty India: The Flame Will Rekindle (The Quint, 29. 09. 2020)

Indisches Innenministerium:  Human Rights cannot be an excuse for defying the law of the land (Ministry of Home Affairs, 29. 09. 2020)

India: Amnesty International forced to halt work – Government increasingly targeting rights groups (International Commission of Jurists, 29. 09. 2020)

“Hexenjagd” gegen Amnesty International (Süddeutsche Zeitung, 29. 09. 2020)

Amnesty to halt work in India due to government ‘witch-hunt’ (The Guardian, 29. 09. 2020)

Amnesty International India Shuts Down, Blames Government’s ‘Reprisal’ (The Wire, 29. 09. 2020)

Amnesty International to halt India operations (BBC, 29. 09. 2020)

FCRA amendment bill
Henri Tiphagne, Interview: ‘They want to do away with NGOs’ (Rediff, 23. 09. 2020)
The Proposed FCRA Amendment Will Deal Another Blow to India’s Non-Profit Sector (The Wire, 23. 09. 2020)
The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill 2020 (Centre For Advancement of Philanthropy, 20. 09. 2020)

Kasten-Diskriminierung und Reservierung (affirmative action): Does ‘Merit’ Have a Caste? (The Wire, 19. 09. 2020)

Delhi Police Spreads Riots ‘Conspiracy’ Net, Drags In Eminent Academics and Activists  (The Wire, 12. 09. 2020)

Indische Justiz: With Freedom at Stake, Courts Are Collapsing (New York Times, 09. 09. 2020)

CAVACH-Interview mit Frank Schwabe MdB (SPD) über Menschenrechte in Indien (Sept 2020)
CAVACH-Interview mit Frank Heinrich MdB über die Menschenrechtssituation in Indien (09. 09. 2020)

Gauri Lankesh Murder Case: How the SIT’s Investigation Unfolded (The Quint, 05. 09. 2020)

August 2020

CAVACH-Interview mit Pieter Friedrich:
Teil 1: DE 0:23 / 34:24 CAVACH in conversation with author and activist Pieter Friedrich – Part 1
Teil 2: CAVACH in conversation with author and activist Pieter Friedrich (Aug. 2020)

The World Is Watching, India (The Wire, 22. 08. 2020)

10 free speech cases this year: In most, no relief from SC — except when Centre did not object (Indian Express, 22. 08. 2020)

Male Leadership Malpractice (Project Syndicate, 11. 08. 2020)
Crushing the right to dissent (Frontline / The Hindu, 19. 06. 2020)
Modi Uses The Pandemic To Squeeze States – By Ramachandra Guha (NDTV, 30. 04. 2020)

Interview mit Avinash Kumar, Amnesty International India: Amnesty’s Avinash Kumar on challenges of heading human rights organisation (Business Standard, 08. 08. 2020)

CAVACH-Interview mit Peter Heidt, MdB: Peter Herr Heidt, MdB, FDP Fraktion speaks to CAVACH on Indian Human Rights Situation (08. 08. 2020)

Listen to the youngsters (Indian Express, 05. 08. 2020)

Amnesty International India urges NHRC, NCW to re-open offices in J&K (The Hindu, 06. 08. 2020)

Ayodhya:
From anger in 1992 to celebratory acceptance: A tale of Indian newspapers on Babri Masjid-Ram Temple (SIASAT Daily, 07. 08. 2020)
Indian Republic Transformed into Formal Brahmanic Hindu Republic (Countercurrents, 05. 08. 2020)
Ayodhya’s Class of 1992: The Key Conspirators (The Wire, Nov. 2019)
Modi Founds Temple on Mosque’s Ruins, in Triumphal Moment for Hindu Base (New York Times, 05. 08. 2020)
Times Square advertisers asked not to run Hindu temple ad (Washinton Post, 05. 08. 2020)
Brief an New York Bürgermeister De Blasio: Stop Celebration of Hatred in New York Times Square! (India Civil Watch, Aug. 2020)

BK11. Indische Menschenrechtsverteidiger in Haft: Video Testimonials in support of the BK-11 (India Civil Watch, Aug. 2020)

Juli 2020

Indians will regret their silence over Modi’s ever-growing list of political prisoners (The Print, 29. 07. 2020)

EU India Summit
EU-India relations set for a new era (CEPS, 17. 07. 2020)
Joint Statement – 15th EU-India Summit, 15 July 2020 (Council of the European Union, 15. 07. 2020)
EU und Indien: Der Wille, mehr zu erreichen (Deutsche Welle, 15. 07. 2020)
Request to raise serious concerns and urge progress on the situation of human rights defenders during the upcoming 15th EU-India Summit of 15 July 2020 (Amnesty International etc., 06. 07. 2020)

Dalit-Diskriminierung, weltweit: The Cisco Case Could Expose Rampant Prejudice Against Dalits in Silicon Valley (The Wire, 08. 07. 2020)

The Global State of Democracy Indices (Juli 2020)

Hindutva: Reading Savarkar: How a Hindutva icon justified the idea of rape as a political tool (Scroll.in, 28. 05. 2016)

The foreign hand (Frontline, Dec 2002)

Juni 2020

Why Ram Mohun Roy’s colonial-era petition for press freedom is still relevant (Scroll.in, 21. 06. 2020)

MPs write to Uddhav Thackeray, seek proper medical treatment for poet Varavara Rao (New Indian Express, 20. 06. 2020)

Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen wins German Peace Prize 2020 (Gauri Lankesh News, 17. 06. 2020)

‘Please release my mother, Sudha Bharadwaj’ (Rediff News, 17. 06. 2020)

Nine activists, most of them working to release Bhima Koregaon accused, targets of spyware: Amnesty (Scroll.in, 16. 06. 2020)

India and the US Can No Longer Afford to Look Away From Systemic Injustice (The Wire, 15. 06. 2020)

Delhi Riots Chargesheet Skips Hate Speeches By BJP Leaders (NDTV, 09. 06. 2020)

Despite Court Order, Sudha Bharadwaj Denied Basic Right of Phone Calls in Jail (The Wire, 07. 06. 2020)

India must follow Supreme Court orders to protect 100 million migrant workers: UN rights experts (UN News, 04. 06. 2020)

Mai 2020

Does Law Allow Calls to Boycott Muslims During the COVID-19 Lockdown? (The Wire, 28. 05. 2020)

EU flags human rights concerns to Indian Home Minister (Media Scanner, 29. 05. 2020)

Lage der Menschenrechte in Indien (Deutscher Bundestag, Parlamentsnachrichten, 28. 05. 2020)

Amit Shah’s ‘Bhima Koregaon Model’ Used For Anti-CAA Protests (NDTV, 25. 05. 2020)

In Delhi violence investigation, a disturbing pattern: Victims end up being prosecuted by police (Scroll.in, 24. 04. 2020)

The darkest hour (The Telegraph, 23. 04. 2020)

Data in Action: Spotlight on India (Human Rights Measurement Initiative)

UN Special Rapporteurs express concerns over UAPA (The Leaflet, 18. 05. 2020)

Vizag gas leak shows Bhopal lessons not learnt
Visakhapatnam: What Were the Health Effects of the Styrene Gas Leak? (The Wire, 14. 05. 2020)
Deadly gas leak in India, grim wake-up call for global chemical industry: UN rights expert (UN News, 14. 05. 2020)
Vizag leak shows Bhopal lessons weren’t learnt (The Statesman, 11. 05. 2020)

Delhi Communal Violence Case: Jail for Pregnant Safoora, Bail for ‘Gun Supplier’ Sirohi (The Wire, 13. 05. 2020)

India Coronavirus: Pregnant student Safoora Zargar at risk  (BBC, 12. 05. 2020)

How India is outsourcing the COVID-19 pandemic to its poor (Caravan Magazine, 10. 05. 2020)

Covid-19 und das Recht auf Ernährung: Impact of COVID-19 on the Human Right to Food and NutritionPreliminary monitoring report (FIAN International, April 2020)

Covid-19, Zivilgesellschaft: Where India’s government has failed in the pandemic, its people have stepped in (The Guardian, 05. 05. 2020)

Pressefreiheit:
India at 142 on World Press Freedom Index over Kashmir blackout (Aljazeera, 03. 05. 2020)
2020 World Press Freedom Index: “Entering a decisive decade for journalism, exacerbated by coronavirus” (Reporters Without Borders, Mai 2020)

Around 70 Eminent Personalities Condemn Invocation of UAPA against Students and Activists, Demand Their Release (India Tomorrow, 03. 05. 2020)
Sedition, UAPA denial of basic freedoms (Indian Express, 03. 05. 2020)

April 2020

Teltumbde / Navlakha arrested:
‘I can’t counter state propaganda’: Anand Teltumbde’s open letter a day before he is to be arrested (Scroll.in, 13. 04. 2020)
‘Especially Inhuman’: Romila Thapar, Others Write to CJI Bobde On Teltumbde, Navlakha (The Wire, 12. 04. 2020)

What makes injustice to migrant workers more acute is the fact that many of them are Dalits (Indian Express, 05. 04. 2020=

This Rubicon Must Be Crossed (Outlook India, 06. 04. 2020)

During a Lockdown, Why Is the Mining Industry Considered ‘Essential‘? (The Wire, 02. 04. 2020)

Don’t Pity Anand Teltumbde, Pity the System that Incarcerates Him (The Wire, 01. 04. 2020)
Why We Must Defend Anand Teltumbde (The Wire, 17. 03. 2020)
Petition für Anand Teltumbde: An appeal to the President of India to drop charges against Prof Anand Teltumbde – Sign the Petition! http://chng.it/XHx7KLBh

März 2020

Walking with the migrants, across four states, one story: What do we have here? (Indian Express, 31. 03. 2020)

As Migrants Trudge Out of India’s Cities, the Stark Realities of Migration Stand Exposed (The Wire, 31. 03. 2020)

Ausgangsbeschränkungen, Coronavirus: Human rights bodies ask police maintain restraint in enforcing law and order during coronavirus lockdown (Deccan Herald, 28. 03. 2020)

Who Will Take Responsibility for the Human Tragedy Unfolding in Democratic India? (The Wire, 28. 03. 2020)

Anti-CAA-Demonstrationen: Warum protestiert Indien? (BerlinForIndia, 12. 03. 2020)
Proteste in Indien, Kindern erklärt: Darum gibt es in Indien Proteste (ZDF, 02. 03. 2020)

Hinrichtung, Delhi Gang Rape: Hanging of Nirbhaya convicts a ‘dark stain’ on India’s human rights record: Amnesty India (The Hindu, 20. 03. 2020)

In Unprecedented Move, Modi Government Sends Former CJI Ranjan Gogoi to Rajya Sabha (The Wire, 16. 03. 2020)

SC Denies Pre-Arrest Bail To Gautam Navlakha & Anand Teltumbde In Bhima Koregaon Case  (LiveLaw, 16. 03. 2020)

‘Omar Abdullah Will Be Next Chief Minister of J&K, Whenever Elections Are Held’ (The Wire, 15. 03. 2020)

Pendency of Rape Cases Is on the Rise in India (The Wire, 15. 03. 2020)

India added to civic rights monitor’s watchlist for decline in space for dissent (Scroll.in, 13. 03. 2020)

Cultural Malware: The rise of India’s RSS (The Polis Project, 12. 03. 2020)

Proteste, Trumps Besuch und der Fall CAA am Obersten Gericht in Indien  (Linkszeitung, 12. 03. 2020)

Supreme Court on foreign funding (FCRA):

Explainer: Has SC Limited Centre’s ‘Misuse’ of FCRA By Reading Down Rules? (The Wire, 09. 03. 2020)

NGOs Supporting Public Causes Can’t Be Penalised, Says Supreme Court (NDTV, 06. 03. 2020)

Over 350 Acadamics Issue Statement on the anti-Muslim pogrom in Delhi (Countercurrents, 02. 03. 2020)

On March 7, an early welcome to the Prime Fascist (BerlinForIndia, 02. 03. 2020)

Protest In London, Paris, 16 Other European Cities Against Delhi Violence (NDTV, 01. 03. 2020)

India is a secular country we can’t divide Hindus and Muslims: Amartya Sen (Indian Express, 01. 03. 2020)

Remaking the riot (Indian Express, 01. 03. 2020)

Februar 2020

What Happened in Delhi Was a Pogrom (The Atlantic, 28. 02. 2020)

‘Modi stoked this fire’: How international media reported Delhi violence (Scroll.in, 28. 02. 2020)

Global pressure over CAA-driven violence in India (Hindustan Times, 28. 02. 2020)

Delhi violence: a curious pattern emerges (The Telegraph, 27. 02. 2020)

Modi And Shah Must Take Blame For Mob Takeover Of Delhi (NDTV, 26. 02. 2020)

Advocate Abhinav Chandrachud breaks down facets of CAA, its history and alleged unconstitutionality  (Scroll.in, 23. 02. 2020)

How Hindu supremacists are tearing India apart (The Guardian, 20. 02. 2020)

EU-Vertreter in Kaschmir:

‘We had opportunity to ask most critical questions’: German envoy on J-K visit (Hindustan Times, 15. 02. 2020)

India Takes Foreign Envoys to Disputed Kashmir (New York Times, 12. 02. 2020)

Wahlen in Neu Delhi:

The liberal jubilation around Kejriwal’s triumph in Delhi is misguided (Caravan Magazine, 15. 02. 2020)

Denkzettel für Indiens Premier Narendra Modi (Deutsche Welle, 12. 02. 2020)

Pawar Vs Uddhav, NIA Vs Maharashtra Police: What’s Going On In The Bhima Koregaon Case? (Huffington Post, 08. 02. 2020)

Why I Will Never ‘Go to Pakistan’ (The Wire, 08. 02. 2020)

‘Invaders’, ‘Terrorists’ and Now, ‘Illegal Immigrants’: Hindutva’s Reframing of Exclusion (The Wire, 07. 02. 2020)

Willkürliche Haft: Kashmir: India uses ‘draconian’ law to extend house arrest of former chief ministers (BBC, 07. 02. 2020)

Weitere Einschränkungen für NGOs: NGOs fear more harassment as Modi government changes rules for registrations (Scroll.in, 07. 02. 2020)

Staatsbürgerschaftsgesetz: From The Roots To Statelessness : Are “We, the People of India”? (Countercurrents, 07. 02. 2020)

Todesstrafe: Death Sentence as ‘Collective Conscience’ Is a Fraud Upon Justice (The Wire, 06. 02. 2020)

Januar 2020

Hinrichtung: No Hanging Of Nirbhaya Convicts Till Further Orders, Says Delhi Court (NDTV, 31. 01. 2020)

Sumit Ganguly: An Illiberal India? Journal of Democracy, Vol. 31, No 1, January 2020.

EU-Parlament zum CAA:

India abroad: On diplomats firefighting negative references to India (The Hindu, 01. 02. 2020)

European Parliament Defers Vote on Anti-CAA Resolution, India Calls It ‘Diplomatic Victory’ (The Wire, 29. 01. 2020)

EU distances itself from European Parliament’s anti-CAA resolution (Livemint, 28. 01. 2020)

154 European Union lawmakers draft stunning anti-CAA resolution (National Herald, 25. 01. 2020)

ENTSCHLIESSUNGSANTRAG zum Gesetz von 2019 zur Änderung des indischen Staatsbürgerschaftsrechts (EU-Parlament, 22. 01. 2020)

Indian diaspora in Germany deplores ‘fascist’ citizenship act (Deutsche Welle, 25. 01. 2020)

Das Ende der Toleranz?  (Nordwest Zeitung, 14. 01. 2020)

India’s Supreme Court orders review of Kashmir internet shutdown (CNN, 10. 01. 2020)

A nation losing democratic steam (The Hindu, 10. 01. 2020)

London: Indian Students, Diaspora Organise Sit-In Outside High Commission (The Wire, 09. 01. 2020)

The growing radicalisation of Hindus threatens the Indian republic and the Constitution (Scroll.in, 09. 01. 2020)

Amartya Sen Calls CAA Unconstitutional, Says He Was ‘Appalled’ by Attack on JNU (The Wire, 08. 01. 2020)

‘It’s an Acha Din for a Protest’ – Voices on the March (The Citizen Bureau, 08. 01. 2020)

No Attacker Named By Cops, But Case Filed vs Injured JNU Student Leader (NDTV, 07. 01. 2020)

FIR Against JNUSU President, 19 Others for Vandalism, Attacking Security Guards (The Wire, 07. 01. 2020)

The Battle for India’s Founding Ideals (Time, 06. 01. 2020)

JNU violence: WhatsApp groups tied to ABVP show members were circulating plans to attack; group denies role in campus raid (Firstpost, 06. 01. 2020)

Does JNU campus attack mean India is failing its young? (BBC, 06. 01. 2020)

Dezember 2019

Proteste gegen Staatsbürgerschaftsgesetz
In time of protests, these legal eagles ensure help is at hand (The Telegraph, 31. 12. 2019)
The Struggle for India’s Democracy Is Only Just Beginning (The Wire, 31. 12. 2019)
Civil Society, Political Groups Come Together to Protest Against CAA (The Wire, 31. 12. 2019)
Ein Populist auf dem falschen Fuss erwischt – der indische Premierminister hat die Proteste unterschätzt (Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 29. 12. 2019)
Thank you PM Modi for uniting us against CAA (Indian Express, 29. 12. 2019)
Ahimsa 2.0: Subcontinent is witnessing revival of non-violent movements, to protect constitutional values (Indian Express, 28. 12. 2019)
The year ahead will be dominated by the rising edifice of a Hindu Rashtra (Business Standard, 27. 12. 2019)
Constitutional rights or fundamental duties: We Are Witnessing a Rediscovery of India’s Republic (New York Times, 27. 12. 2019)

Rallying in defense of the secular constitution (Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit, 27. 12. 2019)
The best of times, the worst of times for India’s Modi (France 24, 24. 12. 2019)
German Student Made to Leave India for Protesting Against CAA (The Wire, 24. 12. 2019)
India: Deadly Force Used Against Protesters (Human Rights Watch, 23. 12. 2019)
Death toll in India citizenship law protests climbs to 17 (Associated Press, 22. 12. 2019)
What the India protests are really about (DW News, 20. 12. 2019)
Wieder Tote bei Protesten in Indien (Deutsche Welle, 20. 12. 2019)
4 Ways The CAA Protests Have Already Been A Success (NDTV, 20. 12. 2019)
Modi Pushes India Into Revolt (Foreign Affairs, 20. 12. 2019)
The reign of unreason (The Telegraph, 20. 12. 2019)
Indien: Tote und Festnahmen bei Massenprotesten (Die Zeit, 19. 12. 2019)
India’s Protesters Should be Heard, Not Assaulted (Human Rights Watch, 18. 12. 2019)
Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), and the Tribal Community (Adivasi) (Roundtable, 18. 12. 2019)
Hindutva will harm, even destroy India: Guha (Deccan Herald, 18. 12. 2019)
Indien erlebt die heftigsten Proteste seit der Machtübernahme Modis (Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 17. 12. 2019)
Has Narendra Modi Finally Gone Too Far? (The New Yorker, 16. 12. 2019)

Religionsfreiheit in Indien in Gefahr (pro-medienmagazin, 16. 12. 2019)

Studentenproteste in Indien (Die Zeit, 17. 12. 2019)

Citizenship Amendment: Executing the Unfinished Colonial Agenda (The Wire, 17. 12. 2019)

‘For India’s sake stop this brutality’ — politicians speak up in support of Jamia students (The Print, 16. 12. 2019)

In India’s Citizenship Act, an eerie echo of Nazi Germany’s claims to protect ‘racial comrades’ (Scroll.in, 14. 12. 2019)

Stoßtrupp der radikalen Hindus (Tagesschau/Weltspiegel, 14. 12. 2019)

German court sentences Indian couple for spying on Kashmiri and Sikh groups (BBC, 13. 12. 2019)

India’s new Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019: Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Jeremy Laurence (13. 12. 2019)

‘Stop Using Excessive Force Against Protesters in Northeast’: Amnesty Tells Centre as Agitation over Citizenship Act Continues (News18, 13. 12. 2019)

Why has India’s Assam erupted over an ‘anti-Muslim’ law? (BBC, 13. 12. 2019)

Away from Right and Left-Liberal politics, northeast India fights a lonely battle (The News Minute, 13. 12. 2019)

Amit Shah’s Politics Has Always Thrived on Hindu-Muslim Divisions (The Wire, 13. 12. 2019)

Dissent is ‘anti-national’ in Modi’s India – no matter where it comes from (Scroll.in, 13. 12. 2019)

Modis Gottesstaat (Der Spiegel, 12. 12. 2019)

Members of Minority Communities Across the World Raise Concern Over CAB (The Wire, 12. 12. 2019)
The new fault lines in the North-East (Livemint, 11. 12. 2019)

Tag der Menschenrechte:
Human rights a messy issue in India (The Week, 17. 08. 2019)

Anne-Klein-Frauenpreis an Menschenrechtlerin und Frauenaktivistin Prasanna Gettu aus Chennai: Anne-Klein-Frauenpreis 2020 an Prasanna Gettu (Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, 09. 12. 2019)

In Rana Ayyub, the White West has found its next Arundhati Roy (The Print, 08. 12. 2019)

Exclusive: Not Just WhatsApp, Snooping Attack on Indian Activists Was Through Email Too (The Wire, 05. 12. 2019)

CIVICUS Monitor: India downgraded as civic freedoms deteriorate (Civicus, 04. 12. 2019)
India’s civic space rating downgraded to ‘repressed’ by international organisation Civicus Monitor (Scroll.in, 04. 12. 2019)

Bhopal
35 years on, Bhopal gas victims still looking for a day in the sun (livemint, 03. 12. 2019)
On the Eve of the 35 Anniversary, Survivors’ Organizations Condemn the Continued Apathy of the Center and State Govts (ICJB, 02. 12. 2019)
Documentary on Bhopal gas tragedy still canned (Deccan Chronicle, 02. 12. 2019)
In pictures: Bhopal 35 years on (BBC, 02. 12. 2019)
Doku: Indien: Die Giftwolke von Bhopal – 35 Jahre danach (Arte TV, 29. 11. 2019)
Bhopal: Chemical industry must respect human rights (United Nations, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 27. 11. 2019)
Urkatastrophe der Globalisierung (Neues Deutschland, 24. 11. 2019)

November 2019
Ayodhya:
For Ayodhya’s sake (The Telegraph, 23. 11. 2019)
A disconcerting verdict (Indian Express, 19. 11. 2019)

Kaschmir: Blindness in Kashmir (Scientific American, 19. 11. 2919)

Durchsuchung bei Amnesty India:
CBI raids, Amnesty cries foul (The Telegraph, 16. 11. 2019)
Amnesty India used commercial methods (ANI, 16. 11. 2019)
Amnesty International offices in India raided by federal police (Aljazeera, 15. 11. 2019)
Indian police raid Amnesty International offices (Deutsche Welle, 15. 11. 2019)
‘Harassment,’ Says Amnesty After CBI Raids at its Offices in Bengaluru, Delhi (The Wire, 15. 11. 2019)

Bhopal@35:
Abdul Jabbar’s Struggle for Bhopal Gas Tragedy Victims Has Lessons for Us All (The Wire, 17. 11. 2019)
‘Explain why summons not served on Dow Chemicals’ (The Hindu, 16. 11. 2019)
Mahnung an Bhopal-Katastrophe (scharf links, 05. 11. 2019)

Opinion: For Germany, India is a partner with potential (Deutsche Welle, 02. 11. 2019)
Merkel bei Modi in Indien: Kritik wäre schlecht fürs Geschäft (Deutschlandfunk, 02. 11. 2019)

Oktober 2019
Bhima Koregaon: The Preliminary Fair Trial Report: Bhima Koregaon (American Bar Association, Okt. 2019)

Deutsch-Indische Regierungskonsultationen:
Kaschmir-Konflikt: Merkel soll in Indien Klartext sprechen (Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland, 31. 10. 2019)
Merkel to Visit India With Ministerial Delegation, Hold Talks With PM Modi (The Wire, 30. 10. 2019)

EU-Parlamentarier in Kaschmir:
My invite to visit India withdrawn, claims EU member from the UK (Hindustan Times, 29. 10. 2019)
European Delegates May Endorse Govt on Kashmir, But Will it Really Help? (The Wire, 29. 10. 2019)
World won’t buy Modi’s high-profile diplomacy if he sends far-Right EU members to Kashmir (The Print, 29. 10. 2019)
Rechte EU-Abgeordnete reisen nach Kaschmir (Deutsche Welle, 29. 10. 2019)
European parliamentary panel to visit Kashmir on October 29 (India Today, 28. 10. 2019)

Modi Govt’s Action on Kashmir Inflicts 10,000 crore Losses (Caravan Daily, 28. 10. 2019)

Narendra Modi is a Hindu supremacist, not a reformer (Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit, 27. 12. 2019)

Außenminister Maas zu deutsch-indischen Beziehungen: Rede von Außenminister Heiko Maas zum Antrag der Bundesregierung anlässlich der Einbringung des Koalitionsantrages „Die Deutsch-Indischen Beziehungen stärken“ (Auswärtiges Amt, 24. 10. 2019)
Antrag der Bundestagsfraktionen der CDU/CSU und SPD zu den deutsch-indischen Beziehungen: Die deutsch-i ndischen Beziehungen stärken (Bundestag, 22. 10. 2019)
Kleine Anfrage, Fraktion Die Linke: Menschenrechtslage in Kaschmir (Bundestag, 10. 10. 2019)

How the higher judiciary let down the citizenry (The Telegraph, 20. 10. 2019)

Bhima Koregaon Case: Bombay HC Rejects Three Rights Activists’ Bail Pleas (The Wire, 15. 10. 2019)

India’s National Human Rights Commission is Defeating Its Own Purpose (The Wire, 14. 10. 2019)

Why should Indians continue to live under the shadow of sedition? (Dailyo, 13. 19. 2019)

At NHRC, Amit Shah says don’t apply western norms of rights here (Indian Express, 13. 10. 2019)

The Siege in Kashmir Is Damaging India’s Image Abroad (The Wire, 10. 10. 2019)

‘More Of Us Will Speak Every Day’: 180 Celebrities, Activists Write Fresh Letter To PM Modi (Outlook India, 08. 10. 2019)

Serial authoritarianism picks out targets one by one, and tires out challenges (Indian Express, 10. 10. 2019)

‘Pure Harassment’: Aparna Sen, Benegal React to Sedition Charges (The Quint, 04. 10. 2019)

FIR Lodged Against Celebrities Who Wrote Open Letter to Modi on Mob Lynching (The Wire, 04. 10. 2019)

Gandhi@150

Gandhiji, Geburtstag vorbei, Arbeit geht weiter.

 

Hindutva Leaders Revile Gandhi and His Message, But Can’t Resist Basking in His Glory (The Wire, 02. 10. 2019)

Criticisms of Gandhi are often petty and miss the basic point (Live Mint, 02. 10. 2019)

Mahatma Gandhi: The pulse of a legacy in an age of heroics (The Hindu, 02. 10. 2019)

‘Gandhi’s assassins trying to reclaim him,’ Pinarayi decries Hindutva politics on Gandhi Jayanti (The News Minute, 02. 10. 2019)

On October 2, 1947, Why Did Gandhi Say He Was Ashamed That He Was Still Alive? (The Wire, 02. 10. 2019)

On Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary, a reminder of the deep roots of the right to protest in India (Scroll.in, 02. 10. 2019)

If Mahatma Gandhi returns on his 150th birth anniversary (The Hindu, 01. 10. 2019)

Gandhi and the RSS (The Telegraph, 28. 09. 2019)

Gandhi. Der Traum vom unabhängigen Indien.pdf, 2008 (Amnesty Journal, 1/2008)

Authoritarian rulers are using algorithmic politics to tighten their grip – India proves the case (Scroll.in, 01. 10. 2019)

September 2019
The Sangh’s Ideology Against Federalism Underlies the Centre’s Move in J&K (The Wire, 30. 09. 2019)

Kaschmir: In Kashmir, Growing Anger and Misery (New York Times, 30. 09. 2019)

Bilkis Bano (Gujarat 2002): Why have you not paid Bilkis Bano, Supreme Court asks Gujarat govt. (The Hindu, 30. 09. 2019)

Menschenrechtsbildung in Indien zeigt Wirkung: Ex student of Adi Dravida school to address UN forum (Times of India, 29. 09. 2019)

The top court and a grave of freedom (The Hindu, 28. 09. 2019)

Indian-American groups protest outside UN headquarters against Modi govt’s policies (The Tribune, 27. 09. 2019)

French parliament highlights Kashmir issue for the first time in history (Arynews, 25. 09. 2019)

The importance of labelling hate crimes  (The Hindu, 23. 09. 2019)

Blue Planet Award für Rachna Dhingra und die Sambhavna Klinik in Bhopal: ethecon Awards 2019Es geht um unseren Blauen Planeten! (Ethecon Stiftung, 21. 09. 2019)

Gates Foundation’s Humanitarian Award To India’s Modi Is Sparking Outrage (NPR, 17. 09. 2019)

Kashmir: ‘Ordinary People Living Under Iron Siege,’ Finds All-Women Team  (The Wire, 25. 09. 2019)

Chronicling the (Mis)use of Sedition Law in India (The Wire, 01. 09. 2019)

August 2019
Seit einem Jahr in Haft: Varavara Rao, Sudha Bharadwaj, Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira:
One year later: process has become punishment, say activists’ family members (The Hindu, 29. 08. 2019)
Police in India Endorse Encounter Killing, Mob Punishment: Study (The Wire, 28. 08. 2019)
Modi govt’s Kashmir crackdown is damaging India’s image abroad (The Print, 28. 08. 2019)
India’s culture of toxic masculinity (The Hindu, 27. 08. 2019)
A message from the Khan Market gang (Livemint, 27. 08. 2019)
International Wing of RSS Penetrates Government Offices Across America (Organization for minorities of India, 26. 08. 2019)
India’s Media Can’t Speak Truth to Power (Pulitzer Center, Aug. 2019)
Press Council of India must intervene to rescind the ban on communication in Kashmir, say journalists (Free Speech Collective, 24. 08. 2019)
In the eye of a storm (The Hindu, 24. 08. 2019)
Amendments to the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993: Trampling on rights (Frontline/Hindu, Aug. 2019)
Narendra Modi govt launches drive against ‘subversive’ NGOs to tackle dangers of suspicious foreign investments (Firstpost, 22. 08. 2019)
State-breaking is not nation making (The Hindu, 22. 08. 2019) )
‘The Idea of India’ is failing (The Hindu, 19. 08. 2019)
India: Ensure Rights Protections in Kashmir (Human Rights Watch, 19. 08. 2019)
India Wants to Avoid International Intervention, But Needs to Address Human Rights in Kashmir (The Wire, 18. 08. 2019)
Media pluralism – collateral victim of the crisis in Indian-held Kashmir (Reporters Without Borders, 16. 08. 2019)

Independence Day:
One speech, many PMs (Indian Express, 16. 08. 2019)
The Daily Fix: A birds-eye view of why India at 73 is absolutely most definitely amazing (Scroll.in, 15. 08. 2019)

Countering the Right’s hegemony (The Hindu, 13. 08. 2019)
After India Protests, UK Says Journalists’ Views Can’t Always Be Aligned With Govt’s (The Wire, 06. 08. 2019)
The roots of sexual brutality (The Hindu, 05. 08. 2019)

 

Schikane als Methode: What Siddhartha and I have in common: A tale of harassment (Times of India, 04. 08. 2019)
Anti-terror law, UAPA amendment: Allowing the State to Designate Someone as a ‘Terrorist’ Without Trial is Dangerous (The Wire, 02. 08. 2019)
Reporter narrowly survives targeted shooting in northeastern India (Reporters Without Borders, 01. 08. 2019)

Juli 2019
Keep the faith, but how? (The Tribune, 30. 07. 2019)

Niyamgiri: State Terror Continues unabated in Niyamgiri hills, 5 Activists Arrested (GroundXero, 25. 07. 2019)

Anti-terror law, UAPA amendment:
Lessons from India’s failed “anti-terror” legislation (Caravan Magazine, Oct. 2018)
Why changes to India’s anti-terror law letting individuals be designated terrorists are dangerous (Scroll.in, 29. 07. 2019)

Judicial Accountability: A Manifesto for Judicial Accountability in India (The Wire, 28. 07. 2019)

Kashmir: The minutiae of Trump’s mediation claim (The Hindu, 26. 07. 2019)

Offener Brief an PM Modi zu Hassverbrechen und Lynchjustiz:

Bills against lynching, honour killing introduced in Rajasthan (The Hindu, 31. 07. 2019)

Amit Shah to head group to combat lynching  (The Hindu, 29. 07. 2019)

Intellectuals should come out of negative mentality (Indian Express, 29. 07. 2019)

61 Including Vivek Agnihotri, Kangana Speak Out Against ‘Selective Outrage’ (The Wire, 26. 07. 2019)

In Letter to PM Modi, Eminent Citizens Raise Concern Over Lynchings, Hate Crimes (The Wire, 25. 07. 2019)

‘Jai Shri Ram’ is not a violent war cry. Don’t turn it into one now (DailyO, 25. 07. 2019)

Stop violence in name of religion, eminent citizens tell PM Modi in open letter (New Indian Express, 24. 07. 2019)

‘Jai Shri Ram has become a war cry’: Activists, filmmakers urge PM Modi to stop lynchings (Scroll.in, 24. 07. 2019)

Deutscher Botschafter besucht in Nagpur das Hauptquartier des Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS):
Hoher Besuch in Nagpur. Botschafter verspielt Vertrauen der Zivilgesellschaft (Suedasien, 3/2019)
Notiz zum Besuch des deutschen Botschafters in Indien Walter J. Lindner bei der Organisation RSS (MdB Tobias Pflüger, 29. 07. 2019)
German ambassador causes outrage visiting fascist Indian group (Jerusalem Post, 26. 07. 2019)
Inde: la visite choquante de l’ambassadeur allemand chez les ultranationalistes (Radio France Internationale, 25. 07. 2019)
Während die Horden der RSS quer durch Indien täglich Pogrome veranstalten …  (LabourNet Germany, 24. 07. 2019)
Mit Rechten reden? (Neues Deutschland, 22. 07. 2019)
German Envoy Touches Feet Of Golwalkar’s Statue At RSS HQ (CPIML.net, Juli 2019)
India, ambasciatore tedesco incontra gruppo filonazista. È polemica (Il Giornale, 22. 07. 2019)
German envoy’s RSS visit stirs controversy in India and beyond (TRTWorld, 22. 07. 2019)
Germany’s India envoy visits ‘Nazi-inspired’ Hindu group (Taiwan News, Deutsche Welle, 21. 07. 2019)
RSS is a mass movement, part of Indian ‘mosaic’: German envoy Walter Lindner (The Hindu, 20. 07. 2019)
German envoy’s visit to RSS HQ triggers row on Twitter (Deccan Herald, 20. 07. 2019)
German ambassador visits RSS headquarters, meets Bhagwat (The Kashmir Monitor, 19. 07. 2019)
https://thewire.in/world/german-ambassador-walter-lindner-rss-headquarters
https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2019/07/17/nagpur-german-ambassador-visits-rss-headquarters-meets-bhagwat.html
http://www.uniindia.com/news/west/german-ambassador-visits-rss-headquarters-calls-on-its-chief-in-nagpur/1668520.html
https://www.aninews.in/news/world/asia/nagpur-german-envoy-meets-rss-chief-mohan-bhagwat20190717173953/

Im Osten Indiens geht die Angst vor der finalen Liste um: Millionen droht die Staatenlosigkeit (NZZ, 20. 07. 2019)

‘Assault On Independence Of Lawyers’ : Bar Association Of India Condemns CBI Raids On Jaising, Grover (Live Law News Network, 16. 07. 2019)

Dalit-Diskriminierung: Relying on the Constitution is not enough (The Hindu, 15. 07. 2019)

Menschenrechtsverteidiger: Modi’s revenge – the clampdown on human rights leaders in India grows (Daily Maverick, 14. 07. 2019)

Hass und Intoleranz schlecht für die Wirtschaft: Rising Intolerance, Hate Crimes Can “Seriously Damage” Growth: Adi Godrej (NDTV, 14. 07. 2019)

Need Law to Stop India Turning into Republic of ‘Lyncherdom’, Says UP Law Commission (The Wire, 12. 07. 2019)

Attempted shooting of the daughter of human rights defenders Urikhimbam Nobokishore and Mangsatabam Sobita: Attempted shooting of daughter (Frontline Defenders, 10. 07. 2019)

Hassprediger im Parlament: The growing power of the lumpen (The Hindu, 10. 07. 2019)

R S Mugilan arrested on rape charge (Times of India, 08. 07. 2019)

Menschenrechtsverteidiger: ‘Sedition charge on Vaiko a matter of concern’ (The Hindu, 08. 07. 2019)

Crimes that India’s statute books have failed to define (The Hindu, 08. 07. 2019)

Lynchmorde: Won’t Tolerate Mob Lynching or Any Crime: Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das (The Wire, 07. 07. 2019)

Die Demokratie war Indiens Stärke (Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 06. 07. 2019)

Kashmiris Call for Investigation of Torture Accusations Against India (New York Times, 06. 07. 2019)

Millions will be stateless citizens after final NRC, warn UN experts (The Hindu, 05. 07. 2019)

Hindutva Has Nowhere to Go Except Down the Road to Tyranny; Hindutva Ignores the Impact Dharma and Islam Had on Each Other in India; Neither Soft Hindutva Nor Soft Secularism (The Wire, Juli 2019)

Elgaar Parishad case- 9 Activists file default bail plea (Kractivist, Juli 2019)

India’s ‘Emerging Fascism’ is on Record, Thanks to Mahua Moitra (The Wire, 04. 07. 2019)

Religion und Politik in Indonesien und Indien: Why Religious Tolerance Won in Indonesia but Lost in India (Foreign Affairs, 01. 07., 03. 07. 2019)

BJP May Have Expelled Sunita Gaur, But it Has Always Rewarded Communal Violence (The Wire, 02. 07. 2019)

Protests in Boston and Chicago call for an end to mob lynchings in India (Sabrang, 01. 07. 2019)

Juni 2019

India and the Indian: How a country treats its own is the nationalism to be proud of (Firstpost, 28. 06. 2019)

In Jharkhand, Modi Is Replicating What He Did in Gujarat in 2002 (The Wire, 27. 06. 2019)

Green Blood Project: Green Blood project – Forbidden Stories (Radio France, Juni 2019)

Journalisten, bedroht und getötet: Indien: Tödlicher Sand (Die Zeit, 20. 06. 2019)

Sadhvi Pragya – eine «Safran-Terroristin» zieht ins indische Parlament ein (NZZ, 24. 05. 2019)

Why the Kevin murder trial is a landmark in the battle against casteism in Kerala (The News Minute, 21. 06. 2019)

Schlag gegen Lawyers Collective: After CBI Files FIR, Lawyers Collective Calls It an Attack on Free Speech (The Wire, 19. 06. 2019)

Wahlanalyse: The Gujarat model, nationally  (The Hindu, 17. 06. 2019)

Zum Tod von Girish Karnad: Girish Karnad, the greatest Kannadiga of his age (Hindustan Times, 15. 06. 2019)

Turning back the clock: How the state is reversing gains made… (Naanugauri, 14. 06. 2019)

Values to live by (The Hindu, 13. 06. 2019)

The Trap of the Lutyens’ Liberal (The Wire, 08. 06. 2019)

Mai 2019

17. Lok-Sabha-Wahlen, die Wahlergebnisse: elections.in (Mai 2019)

Narendra Modi’s historic win: ‘India is at the whim of one man’ (BBC, 28. 05. 2019)

Harsh Mander’s open letter on 2019 results: A savage summer, a merciless drought (Scroll.in, 27. 05. 2019)

The Guardian view on Narendra Modi’s landslide: bad for India’s soul (The Guardian, 23. 04. 2019)

How Narendra Modi Seduced India With Envy and Hate (New York Times, 23. 05. 2019)

Time to rebuild India’s secularism (The Hindu, 21. 05. 2019)

Amnesty lens on abusive tweets against 100 women LS candidates (The Hindu, 19. 05. 2019)

Vijayi Modi? Yes. Vijayi Bharat? Not on Your Life. (The Wire, 23. 05. 2019)

The task of restoring democracy (The Hindu, 20. 05. 2019)

Gandhi@150: Don’t Be Fooled by the Apologies, They Love Godse and Hate Gandhi (The Wire, 18. 05. 2019)

Parlamentswahlen: Election Results (NDTV live, 23. 05. 2019)

India election 2019: Exit polls suggest Narendra Modi back as PM (BBC, 19. 05. 2019)

People like Pragya killing soul of India, says Kailash Satyarthi  (The Hindu, 18. 05. 2019)

Even Before May 23, There Are Lessons to Be Learnt from the 2019 Elections (The Wire, 17. 05. 2019)

Wohin steuert Indien? Der hindu-industrielle Komplex (Deutschlandfunk, 14. 05. 2019)

TIME puts PM Narendra Modi on cover, calls him divider in chief (India Today, 10. 05. 2019)

‘Time’ magazine cover story calls PM Narendra Modi India’s ‘divider-in-chief’ (Scroll.in, 09. 05. 2019)

Anti-Sikh Riots 1984: It happened in 1984, so what, asks Sam Pitroda, demands BJP, Modi fight 2019 Lok Sabha polls on current issues (Firstpost, 10. 05. 2019)

Assam, Detention Centres:

‘Foreigners’ in Assam tribunals are just unlucky Indians fighting cruel paperwork demands (The Print, 17. 05. 2019)

Over 110 declared foreigners sent to detention camps in Assam; families claim Indian citizens being harassed (Hindustan Times, 10. 05. 2019)

Anschläge auf Rationalisten und Journalisten: Did Malegaon accused train Gauri murder conspirators? (The Hindu, 10. 05. 2019)

Oberster Gerichtshof: Interview: ‘I’ve lost everything. Financially, mentally, everything,’ says ex-SC staffer in CJI case The 35-year-old woman, whose complaint that CJI Ranjan Gogoi had sexually harassed her was dismissed as having ‘no substance’, opens up in a detailed interview. (Scroll.in, 09. 05. 2019)

Parlamentswahlen in Indien, Prognose

A miscarriage of justice (The Hindu, 07. 05. 219)

Pressefreiheit: World Press Freedom Day – The Triumphs and Travails of Regional Media (The Wire, 03. 05. 2019); With a Crippled Local Media, Dangerous Times for Press Freedom in Kashmir (The Wire, 03. 05. 2019)

Vedanta, Unternehmensverantwortung: Vedanta, IFC Judgements Give Fresh Ammunition For Those Seeking Environmental Justice (The Wire, 03. 05. 2019)

Mord an Rationalisten, schleppende Aufarbeitung: Dabholkar, Pansare murders: Court pulls up Maharashtra government for slow probe (Frontline, 01. 05. 2019)

April 2019

UN Special Rapporteurs on Saibaba: UN experts call for release of human rights defender Saibab  (OHCHR, 30. 04. 2019)

Privatleben und Öffentlichkeit: The ideological crisis of liberal democracy (The Hindu, 29. 04. 2019)

Hass in Sozialen Medien: Technology as the Villain: The Political Economy of Digital Hate (The Wire, 28. 04. 2019)

Parlamentswahlen: Indiens Wahl entscheidet über die neue Weltordnung (Die Welt, 26. 04. 2019)

Assam, Detention Centres: The Daily Fix: Supreme Court has taken a disturbingly illiberal stance on Assam’s detention centres (Scroll.in, 20. 04. 2019)

Gujarat 2002: Supreme Court, Entschädigung für Bilkis Bano: SC Tells Gujarat Govt to Give Bilkis Bano Rs 50 Lakh as Compensation, a Job (The Wire, 23. 04. 2019); 2002 Riots Victim Bilkis Bano To Get Rs 50 Lakh Compensation: Top Court (NDTV, 23. 04. 2039)

Journalisten, Meinungsfreiheit: India’s media are being systematically subdued into silence (The Telegraph, 23. 04. 2019); Press freedom index: India slips; attacks by BJP supporters cited (Indian Express, 18. 04. 2019)

Mahnwache für Gauri Lankesh, Berlin, 05. 09. 2018

 

Polizeigewalt: Investigating Police Brutality: A Reading List (EPW, 18. 04. 2019)

Wahrheitskommission für Nordostindien: Truth commission in Manipur needed for securing justice to victims 20190415 (e-pao-net, 14. 04. 2019)

Jallianwala Bagh, Massaker von Amritsar

Das Massaker von Amritsar (Deutschlandfunk, 13. 04. 2019)
Reflections on a massacre: 100 years since Jallianwala Bagh (The Hindu, 12. 04. 2019)
No apology for Jallianwala Bagh for now, says U.K. (The Hindu, 09. 04. 2019)
„Ein monströses Ereignis“. Zur Erinnerung an das Massaker von Jallianwala Bagh (Suedasien, 1/2019, 64-66)
Jallianwala Bagh: 100 years On (Open Magazine, 29. 03. 2019)

März 2019

Gay Pride Mumbai: Queer Azaadi Mumbai Pride March 2019 (März 2019)

JournalistenSchlägertrupps, Troll-Armee und unaufgeklärte Morde: In Indien dürfen Journalisten frei berichten – aber das Risiko ist hoch (NZZ, 27. 03. 2019)

Amnesty India: 6 Things I Learned About NGOs In India By Heading One (Outlook, 31. 03. 2019)

Warum 21 Millionen Inderinnen nicht wählen dürfen (Spiegel Online, 30. 03. 2019)

In election season, let’s talk of access to justice and judicial infrastructure, (Indian Express, 21. 03. 2019)

The death penalty: a fatal margin of error (The Hindu, 19. 03. 2019)

A new generation inherits poisoned genes of Bhopal gas tragedy, and the broken promises of govts too Elections on the GO, Firstpost (Firstpost, 12. 03. 2019)

Februar 2019
Der Karnataka High Court gibt die Konten von Greenpeace frei: Karnataka HC Quashes ED Notice, Orders Unfreezing of Greenpeace’s Accounts (The Wire, 22. 02. 2019)

Oberster Gerichtshof Indiens zur Bhopal-Katastrophe, 14. 02. 1989: Das Urteil zur Bhopal-Katastrophe (Deutschlandfunk, 14. 02. 2019)

Indien auf der Berlinale
Gully Boy: ‘Gully Boy’ Strips Hip-Hop of Its Crucial Link With Identity (The Wire, 23. 02. 2019)
Bulbul can sing: Notes on Bulbul can sing by Rima Das, India: 2018-Berlin Filmfestival 2019 I. -Generation14plus (shomingekiblog, 09. 02. 2019)
Dust: „Dust“ von der Babelsberger Filmstudentin Udita Bhargava läuft auf der Berlinale (Märkische Allgemeine, 09. 02. 2019)

Verhaftung wegen Aufwiegelung: Police ignore AMU complaint after clash with Republic TV – and book students for sedition instead (Scroll.in, 13. 02. 2019)
Dealing with the thought police (The Hindu, 14. 02. 2019)
Chhattisgarh Police Drop Charges Against Nandini Sundar and Co-Accused (The Wire, 12. 02. 2019)
Anticipatory bail to Teesta Setalvad and Javed Anand: Guj HC grants anticipatory bail to Setalvad, husband (The Hindu, 09. 02. 2019)

Parlamentswahlen: Eminent Citizens List 19 Issues Parties Should Be Discussing Before 2019 Elections (The Wire, 06. 02. 2019)

Greenpeace, Amnesty International: Foreign Aid Groups Accuse Indian Government of Impeding Work (New York Times, 05. 02. 2019)

Bhima Koregaon
SC sets aside Bombay HC order refusing Maharashtra Police 90 days’ extension to file chargesheet against Gadling (The Hindu, 13. 02. 2019)

Anand Teltumbde wieder frei: Pune court orders release of academic Anand Teltumbde, says his arrest was illegal (free-them-all.net, 02. 02. 2019)
Bhima Koregaon case: Activist Anand Teltumbde’s bail plea rejected by Pune court (Scroll.in, 01. 02. 2019)

Parlamentswahlen, Fake News: Giftige Gerüchteküche (Amnesty Journal, 01. 02. 2019)

Januar 2019
Bhopal: SC to hear petition on Bhopal gas leak payout (The Hindu, 28. 01. 2019)
Bhopal gas tragedy: Eyes wide shut (The Hindu, 26. 01. 2019)

Bhima Koregaon, Anand Teltumbde:
Who’s Afraid of Anand Teltumbde? (The Wire, 24. 01. 2019)

Dezember 2018
Anti-Sikh riots 1984: Sajjan Kumar Gets Life Term In ’84 Riots; Court Says “Truth Will Prevail” (NDTV, 17. 12. 2018)

Assam, Bürgerregister: Tausende Inder werden zu Ausländern erklärt (Deutschlandfunk, 15. 12. 2018)
Muslimische Staatsbürger in Assam unerwünscht? (Deutschlandfunk, 31. 07. 2018)

Gerichte: The fear of executive courts (The Hindu, 14. 12. 2018)

Kasten-Diskriminierung, manual scavenging: The Six Personas of Manual Scavenging in India (The Wire, 14. 12. 2018)

Regionalwahlen: Assembly Elections 2018: These Vote Swings Will Unnerve Modi (The Wire, 12. 12. 2018)

Human Rights Day
70th Anniversary Of Universal Declaration Of Human Rights(UDHR) (LiveLaw, 10. 12. 2018)
Human Rights Day: How did ‘all men’ become ‘all human beings’ in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? (India Today, 10. 12. 2018)
Hansa Jivraj Mehta: Freedom fighter, reformer; India has a lot to thank her for (Indian Express, 24. 01. 2018)
UN Chief honours Indian reformer Hansa Mehta’s role in shaping Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Economic Times, 07. 12. 2018)

November 2018
Solidaritätsaktionen für Amnesty India und Greenpeace India: Amnesty holds protests outside Indian High Commission in London (The Hindu, 30. 11. 2018)

Menschenrechts- und Umweltaktivist_innen in Indien (Kailash Satyarthi, Vandana Shiva, Colin Gonsalves): Lob der Unruhe (Chrismon, 22. 11. 2018)

Nani A. Palkhiwala Award for Civil Liberties to Henri Tiphagne: Award for Henri Tiphagne (The Hindu, 21. 11. 2018)

Dongria Kondh, Niyamgiri, Odisha:
‘Stop atrocities on Dongria Kondh tribals’ (The Hindu, 21. 11. 2018)
Niyamgiri – The Mountain of Law (short) (Video Republic, 2018)
India’s first indigenous film festival soon (The Hindu, 30. 11. 2018)

Gujarat 2002, Gulberg Society carnage: Zakia Jafri’s Case is a Reminder of How the Guilty of Gujarat Subverted the Law (The Wire, 18. 11. 2018)

Amnesty India
Amnesty India calls for end to ED’s ‘smear campaign’ (The Wire, Nov 2018) (Rediff, 16. 11. 2018)
Amnesty-India-Debatte auf Times Now: #EDAmnestyDossier (14. 11. 2018)

Editorial: For Democracy to Survive, Attacks on Journalists Must End (The Wire, Nov 2018)

World body calls Urban Naxals rights’ defenders(The Pioneer, 11. 11. 2018)

MeToo: Was ist der nächste Schritt?: What next after #MeToo? (The Hindu, 08. 11. 2018)

Assam: Today’s Assam Looks More and More Like the Violent 1980s (The Wire, 02. 11. 2018)

Manipur:
Supreme Court Slams Claim That Manipur Fake Encounter Probe Will ‘Demoralise’ Army (The Wire, 13. 11. 2018)
Manipur CM calls for review of AFSPA in the state, but says security concerns are a priority (Scroll.in, 02. 11. 2018)

Activists’ Arrests: The Exceptional Has Been Made the New Normal (The Wire, 01. 11. 2018)

Oktober 2018
Bhima Koregaon case: Maharashtra Police take activist Sudha Bharadwaj into custody in Faridabad (Scroll.in, 27. 10. 2018)
Maharashtra Police reach Sudha Bhardwaj’s residence (The Hindu, 27. 10. 2018)

National Office von Amnesty India durchsucht, Konten gesperrt:
Indien sperrt Konten von Amnesty International (Spiegel Online, 26. 10. 2018)
Amnesty India says its structure compliant with Indian laws (Times of India, 26. 10. 2018)
Indian authorities raid Amnesty International office (ABC News, 25. 10. 2018)

September 2018
AFSPA in Manipur: A shot in the arm for Manipur’s intrepid women (The Hindu, 08. 09. 2018)
My Story: Over 20 Bullets Were In The Body Of My Husband. I’m Fighting To Get Justice For Him (The Logical Indian, 07. 09. 2018)
Protest against sluggish CBI probe (The Telegraph, 17. 07. 2018)
Manipur Killings: Supreme Court Petition by Army Personnel Is Ill-Advised (The Wire, 08. 07. 2018)
Videos zu AFSPA: In Depth : AFSPA Explained (Rajya Sabha TV), März 2018); Can AFSPA be removed from regions where insurgency has come under control? (NDTV 2014)

Zivilgesellschaft in Indien unter Druck:
Supreme Court verdict on activists’ arrest LIVE updates: SC to decide on legality of raids, house arrest today (Indian Express, 29. 09. 2018)
SC extends house arrest of 5 activists held in connection with Bhima Koregaon violence till Sept 19 (Hindustan Times, 17. 09. 2018)
India a ‘History-Sheeter’ in UN Records for Reprisals Against Human Rights Activists (The Wire, 16. 09. 2018)
India’s shrinking democratic space (The Hindu, 14. 09. 2018)
Nine European MPs urge EU to cancel agreements with India till arrested activists are released (Scroll.in, 14. 09. 2018)
Suspend Agreements with India Until the Human Right Activists are Released : MEP to European Commission (Indian Cultural Forum, 13. 09. 2018)
MEP letter to European Commission: Suspend Agreements With India Until Activists Are Released: European Parliament Members Tell European Commission (The Citizen, Sept. 2014)
United Nations report on reprisals against human rights defenders: United Nations report points out alarming level of reprisals against human rights defenders in India and China (Firstpost, 13. 09. 2018)
Complaint Against Karnad For Naxal Placard At Lankesh Memorial, Right Wing Protests For Release of Murder Accused (The Citizen, 08. 09. 2018)
The BJP’s increasing authoritarianism may be eroding the support it enjoyed in 2014 (Scroll.in, 07. 09. 2018)
Supreme Court extends house arrest of rights activists till Sept. 12 (The Hindu, 06. 09. 2018)
“Arrests to Implicate Persons For Fighting Against Corporates Takeover of Tribal Land And Resources”: Guha (The Citizen, 03. 09. 2018)
Bhima-Koregaon clashes: 90-day extension granted for filing charge sheet against five arrested in June (The Hindu, 02. 09. 2018)
From Pune to Paris: How a police investigation turned a Dalit meeting into a Maoist plot (Scroll.in, 01. 09. 2018)
Bhima Koregaon Exclusive: ‘Secret’ official report blames Sambhaji Bhide and Milind Ekbote for the violence (Times Now News, 01. 09. 2018)

August 2018
Menschenrechtsverteidiger_innen verhaftet:
Why India activist arrests have kicked up a storm (BBC, 31. 08. 2018)
An Authoritarian India Is Beginning to Emerge (The Wire, 31. 08. 2018)
‘Activists in Shackles’: Indians Denounce Arrests as Crackdown on Dissent (New York Times, 30. 08. 2018)
We Can No Longer ‘Let the Law Take Its Own Course’ (The Wire, 30. 08. 2018)
‘Nobody is a terrorist until you prove it’ (Rediff News, 30. 08. 2018)
The crackdown on civil society (The Hindu, 29. 08. 2018)
Five activists arrested for alleged Naxalite links: All you need to know about them (Times of India, 29. 08. 2018)
Why Are So Many ‘Urban Maoists’ Surfacing All of a Sudden? (The Wire, 28. 08. 2018)
In Nationwide Swoop, Five Rights Activists Arrested, Several More Raided (The Wire, 28. 08. 2018)
Delhi, Mumbai, Faridabad, Hyderabad, Ranchi, Goa: Pune police raids, arrests human rights activists (Scroll.in, 28. 08. 2018)

Chandrashekhar Azad: Bhim Army Protests in Delhi, Thousands Congregate to Demand Chandrashekhar’s Release (The Wire, 20. 08. 2018)

Morde an Rationalisten und Journalisten:
Breakthrough in Dabholkar murder case (The Hindu, 19. 08. 2018)
Gauri Lankesh case: SIT awaits ballistic reports on 16 pistols (The Hindu, 16. 08. 2018)

Juli 2018
TV-Debatte über Frauenrechte in Indien: Primetime Debate: Watershed Moment For Women’s Rights In India? (BloombergQuint, 18. 07. 2018)

Juni 2018
Kaschmir
Listen to the voiceless (Indian Express, 27. 06. 2018)
India: Act on UN Rights Report on Kashmir (Human Rights Watch, 14. 06. 2016)
Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Kashmir (UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, 14. 06. 2018)

Folter: INDIA: Victims of torture need effective accountability mechanisms (Asian Human Rights Commission, 26. 06. 2018)

Tuticorin, Sterlite/Vedanta: Yes, Mr Anil Agarwal, Business Does Need to be Kept Away From Politics (The Wire, 03. 06. 2018)

Mord an Gauri Lankesh:
Unravelling the Gauri Lankesh murder case (The Hindu, 16. 06. 2018); Gauri Lankesh killed for ‘anti-Hindu views’ (The Hindu, 01. 06. 2018)

Mai 2018
UN experts condemn deadly police response to protest against copper smelting plant in India, call for probe (United Nations, 31. 05. 2018)

28. Mai 1961, heute vor 57 Jahren: Peter Benenson, “The forgotten prisoners”, The Spectator:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1961/may/28/fromthearchive.theguardian

Chandrashekhar Azad Ravana: Open Letter to the National Human Rights Commission on continued arbitrary detention and harassment of Dalit rights activist, Chandrashekhar Azad Ravana (Forum Asia, 28. 05. 2018)

Irom Sharmila: Die Auferstandene von Indien (Tagesspiegel, 27. 05. 2018)
Manipur: Wie sich Frauen in Manipur gegen die Staatsmacht zur Wehr setzen (Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 22. 05. 2018)

Sterlite/Vedanta:
Sterlite Copper to be permanently closed, says Tamil Nadu government (The Hindu, 28. 05. 2018)
Tuticorin (Thoothukudi), Tamil Nadu: Tote und Verletzte bei Protesten gegen Sterlite Copper:
Watch: The Story Behind The Anti-Sterlite Protest (The Wire, 25. 05. 2018)
Deadly disputes over land, environment in India’s wealthiest states (Reuters, 25. 05. 2018)
Anti-Sterlite protest (Times of India, 24. 05. 2018)

Zur Erinnerung: The Anatomy of a Fake Surrender: A Movement Against Bauxite Mining in Odisha’s Niyamgiri Hills and the State’s Efforts to Circumvent It (Caravan, 04. 08. 2017)

UN experts call on India to protect journalist Rana Ayyub from online hate campaign (United Nations, 24. 05. 2018

Menschenrechtspreis für Soni Sori: Soni Sori Wins The 2018 Front Line Defenders Award (Kractivist, 18. 05. 2018)

April 2018

Hate Crimes:
In the face of violence: Children and hate crimes in India (Aljazeera, 02. 04. 2018)

Kaschmir: Mindestens 20 Tote bei Gefechten in Kaschmir (Die Zeit, 02. 04. 2018); For how long can New Delhi justify the killing of civilians in Kashmir? (Scroll.in, 06. 04. 2018)

März 2018
Dalit-Diskriminierung, Urteil des Supreme Court zum Atrocities Act
Unease And Disharmony, Diluted Provisions Of Law: Centre Tells SC (The Indian Express, 11. 04. 2018)
Rising pendency, falling convictions: what data on SC/ST Act trials show (The Indian Express, 28. 03. 2018)
SC/ST Act: A Hostile Environment and an ‘Atrocious’ Interpretation (The Wire, 26. 03. 2018)
We don’t need judgments that blunt laws (Asian Age, 24. 03. 2018)

Muzaffarnagar Riots 2013: Uttar Pradesh: Anger, anguish at murder victims’ homes after news of withdrawal of riot cases (Indian Express, 23. 03. 2018)

Kastendiskriminierung in indischer Diaspora in USA: Caste in the US: Dalits face discrimination in South Asian American institutions, says survey (Scroll.in, 15. 03. 2018)

Dalits und Adivasis und der Privatsektor: India’s excluded stay poor (Le Monde Diplomatique, März 2018)

IAN-Bericht: Menschenrechte 2018: Aktuelle Lage in 16 Ländern. Politische Handlungsoptionen (Internationale Advocacy Netzwerke, März 2018)

Vergewaltigung an Kindern, Todesstrafe: Death and deterrence (Indian Express, 09. 03. 2018)
Feminismus: Intersectional Feminism: What it means, how it works, and why you should practice it (Cizizens for Justice and Peace, 06. 03. 2018)

Februar 2018
National Human Rights Commission of India: NHRC retains its ‘A’ status of accreditation with GANHRI in Geneva (Times of India, 23. 02. 2018)

FCRA, Visavergabe, Meinungsfreiheit: Nicht jedes ausländische Engagement ist in Indien gleichermassen willkommen (Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 15. 02. 2018)

Manuelle Latrinenreinigung (manual scavengers): 2.6 million dry toilets and 13,384 manual scavengers. Do the math (Indian Express, 15. 02. 2018)

#MeToo is riding a new wave of feminism in India (The Conversation, 01. 02. 2018)

Januar 2018
Happy New Year: My dear fellow deshbhakts (Indian Express, 01. 01. 2018)

Dezember 2017
Manipur, extralegale Tötungen: Watch: Encounter – A Killer Cop Speaks (The Wire, 23. 12. 2017); The Paper Trail of Fake Encounters in Manipur (The Wire, 20. 04. 2017)

Was Delhi gang rape India’s #Metoo moment? (BBC, 16. 12. 2017)
Indiens Frauen leben immer noch gefährlich (Neue Presse, 16. 12. 2017)

Fünf Jahre ‘Delhi Gangrape’: Kein Tag ohne Vergewaltigung, Belästigung oder Brutalität (Tagesspiegel, 16. 12. 2017)

Todesstrafe bei Vergewaltigung an Kindern: Madhya Pradesh’s blunder: Death penalty for rape is no solution but further endangers child rape survivors (Times of India, 09. 12. 2017)

November 2017
Gewalt gegen Frauen: Justiz für Vergewaltigungsopfer schwer erreichbar (Human Rights Watch, November 2017)

Oktober 2017
Law Commission zum Anti-Folter-Gesetz: Law panel wants government to ratify UN treaty, frame law against torture (The New Indian Express, 29. 10. 2017)
Kanch Ilaiah unter Hausarrest: Dalit activist, writer Kancha Ilaiah placed under house arrest in Hyderabad (National Herald, 28. 10. 2017)
Der “Hate Tracker” der Hindustan Times: Times Pulls Down Controversial ‘Hate Tracker’ (The Wire, 25. 10. 2017)
Salman Rushdie: wenig Vertrauen in die politische Zukunft Indiens: Salman Rushdie: »Ich war fast mein ganzes Leben Migrant« (Westfalen-Blatt, 15. 10. 2017)
Gujarat: Godhra train burning was not act of terrorism: Gujarat High Court (Jantaka Reporter, 11. 10. 2017)
Rassistische Übergriffe auf Schwarze: “India Needs To Be Held Accountable For Racially Motivated Attacks” (The Citizen, 11. 10. 2017)
Oberster Gerichtshof: Sexuelle Gewalt in der Ehe: Sex With Minor Wife Is Rape, SC Reads Down Exception-2 To S.375 IPC (Live Law, 11. 10. 2017)
Kaschmir, Massenvergewaltigung: Kashmir ‘mass rape’ survivors fight for justice (BBC, 07. 10. 2017)
Sklavenarbeit: India slammed for slavery, we need to counter: IB to Govt (Indian Express, 04. 10. 2017)

September 2017
Der “Hate Tracker” der Hindustan Times: Hindustan Times Editor’s Exit Preceded by Meeting Between Modi, Newspaper Owner (The Wire, 25. 09. 2017)

Kancha Ilaiah tätlich angegriffen: Dalit Writer Kancha Ilaiah Alleges Four People Attacked his Vehicle, (News18, 23. 09. 2017); Hyderabad: Chappals thrown at Dalit writer Kancha Ilaiah, under fire from Vysya community for his book (Indian Express, 23. 09. 2017)

Indien vor dem Menschenrechtsrat: India: Key UN Rights Recommendations Ignored (Human Rights Watch, 21. 09. 2017)
Kaschmir, Amnesty-Bericht: Losing Sight in Kashmir: Amnesty Report Highlights Trauma of Pellet-Gun Victims (The Wire, 14. 09. 2017)
Karawane gegen Hass und Gewalt: Message of love in the time of mob lynchings (National Herald India, 09. 09. 2017)
Crackdown on cow vigilantism, Supreme Court to States (The Hindu, 06. 09. 2017)

Journalistin Gauri Lankesh ermordet:
UN rights experts urge India to act after murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh (UN Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner, 13. 09. 2017)

Why Was Gauri Lankesh Killed? (New York Times, 14. 09. 2017)
Forensic Analysis Finds Same Gun Used to Kill Gauri Lankesh and M.M. Kalburgi (The Wire, 14. 09. 2017)
Silencing reason (The Hindu, 11. 09. 2017)
UN rights experts urge India to act after murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh (13. 09. 2017)
The murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh shows India descending into violence (The Guardian, 07. 09. 2017)
Regierungskritische Journalistin ermordet (Tagesschau, 06. 06. 2017); Kritische indische Journalistin erschossen (Der Standard, 06. 09. 2017); Journalist Gauri Lankesh shot dead in Bengaluru (The Hindu, 05. 09. 2017); The Right to Dissent is Being Threatened, Says Gauri Lankesh (The Wire, 05. 09. 2017)

August 2017
Frauen, Muslime: Indien schafft muslimische Scheidungspraxis ab (Die Zeit, 22. 08. 2017)

India@70
The importance of a country’s self-image (The Hindu, 19. 08. 2017)
As India turns 70, a somber reminder of stolen freedoms (Scroll.in, 15. 08. 2017)
Partition or Independence? (The Hindu, 14. 08. 2017)
India at 70: Thanks to Rightwing politics, we’re witnessing a second partition (Hindustan Times, 14. 08. 2017)
India at 70, and the Passing of Another Illusion (New York Times, 11. 08. 2017)

College students stage silent mob to ignite courage to speak up (The Times of India, 12. 08. 2017)

India’s Hindu supremacist lynching epidemic: Trump, the Tories and the legacies of colonialism (Counterfire, 07. 08. 2017)
Ten years of change – Is India becoming more democratic or less? (The Telegraph, 05. 08. 2017)
Defenders of varna (Indian Express, 04. 08. 2017)

Adivasis, Odisha, Niyamgiri:
‘Govt of India is yet to recognise Tribals as Indigenous Peoples’ #WTFnews (Kractivist, 08. 08. 2017)
The Anatomy of a Fake Surrender: A Movement Against Bauxite Mining in Odisha’s Niyamgiri Hills and the State’s Efforts to Circumvent It (The Caravan, 04. 08. 2017)
Supreme Court zu illegalem Bergbau in Odisha: Odisha: Supreme Court says companies will face 100% penalty for illegal mining (Scroll.in, 02. 08. 2017)

Sklavenarbeit in Nordindien, neue Möglichkeiten der Kontrolle: Brick by brick: satellite images could identify slave labour in India (Reuters, 03. 08. 2017)

Gewalt gegen Frauen, Mitgift-Morde: Punishing the victims (The Hindu, 04. 08. 2017)
Gewalt gegen religiöse Minderheiten: It’s time to enact an anti-lynching law (The Hindu, 03. 08. 2017)

Menschenrechte in Indien: ‘Indian laws good but execution weak’ (Times of India , 03. 08. 2017)

Hindutva-Propaganda in Schulbüchern, Uttar Pradesh: BJP All Set to Test UP School Students on Hindutva Propaganda (The Wire, 02. 08. 2017)

Indien und seine Nachbarländer:
Is India a good neighbour? (The Hindu, 04. 08. 2017)
India is an overwhelming presence in south Asia, and must do more to build trust (Hindustan Times, 01. 08. 2017)

Juli 2017
Not in my name. Armee-Veteranen sprechen sich für Freiheit und Vielfalt aus: Military Veterans to Modi: ‘Dissent is Not Treason… It is the Essence of Democracy’ (The Wire, 30. 07. 2017)

Asian Human Rights Commission, urgent appeal: Police file a false case and torture a man in Kerala (28. 07. 2017)

Kaschmir: Der Mann, den sie vor einen Jeep banden, weil er wählen ging (Deutschlandfunk, 22. 07. 2017)

Hindustan Times zählt Hassverbrechen seit 2015: hatetracker (Juli 2017)
Supreme Court zur Gewalt von Kuhschutzgruppen: Don’t protect any kind of vigilantism: SC tells Centre and states (Indian Express, 21. 07. 2017)

Supreme Court zu extralegalen Hinrichtungen in Manipur: SC Order on Fake Encounters in Manipur a Step Forward in Long Road to Justice (The Wire, 20. 07. 2017)

Delhi High Court zur Auslandsfinanzierung politischer Parteien: Delhi HC gives Centre 6 weeks to report on foreign funding of political parties (Hindustan Times, 20. 07. 2017)

Salil Shetty, Interview mit M.K. Venu: ‘Why Do You Want a Beef Ban When You Have More Serious Issues To Deal With?’ (The Wire, 19. 07. 2017)

Menschenrechtsverteidiger in Asien: Defending in Numbers – Silencing the Voices of Asia 2015-2016 (Forum Asia, 17. 07. 2017)
Umweltschützer: India focus: Worst year ever for environmental and land rights activists: at least 200 killed in 2016 as crisis spreads across globe (Global Witness, 13. 07. 2017)

Kasten-Diskriminierung, indische Diaspora:
Sujatha Gidla, Ants Among Elephants. An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India: The defiance of an ‘untouchable’ New York subway worker (BBC, 25. 07. 2017)
Hindu Groups in UK Hit Back at British Government’s Plans to Ban Caste-Based Discrimination (The Wire, 11. 07. 2017)

Bilkis Bano (Gujarat 2002): SC Dismisses Appeal of Guilty Cops, Doctors in Bilkis Gang Rape Case (The Wire, 10. 07. 2017)

Teesta Setalvad: SC Allows Teesta Setalvad to Challenge FIR in Mass Graves Case in Lower Court (The Wire, 11. 07. 2017)

Manipur: Manipur killings: Seeking justice for hundreds of ‘unlawful deaths’ (BBC, 03. 07. 2017)

Terror von Kuhschutz-Gruppen:
Jharkhand lynching: Muslim women threaten to take up arms against cow vigilantes; BJP leader arrested in Muslim trader’s lynching case; prime accused surrenders (Hindustan Times, 01. 07. 2017)

EU-Indien-Dialog: A stronger, united European Union is good for India: Here’s why (Hindustan Times, 02. 07. 2017)

Juni 2017
Tod im Gefängnis: Death of Inmate at Mumbai Jail Highlights ‘Internal Rot and Impunity’ of Penal System (The Wire, 29. 06. 2017), Woman convict dies after jailors insert lathi into private parts (Hindustan Times, 30. 06. 2017)

Hassverbrechen an Minderheiten, “Not in My Name”
Thousands Across India Rally to #NotInMyName Protests Against Lynchings of Muslims, Dalits; Why #NotInMyName Wasn’t Spared by BJP’s Culture of Viewing Dissent as Treachery (The Wire, 29. 06. 2017)
Forty Two Years After the Emergency, India’s Democracy is Once Again in Danger (The Wire, 25. 06. 2017)
Killing People In The Name Of ‘Gau Bhakti’ Not Acceptable, Says Narendra Modi
(Huffington Post, 29. 06. 2017)
The politics of religious hatemongering in India (Japan Times, 24. 06. 2017)
Minderheiten in Indien. “Der Hindu-Mehrheit unterordnen” (Deutschlandfunk, 27. 05. 2017)

Mai 2017
Mord an Rationalisten: Injustice, Intolerance and Intimidation in the Making of a ‘Hindu Rashtra’ (The Wire, 30. 05. 2017)

Manipur: In the waiting room of justice (Amnesty Blog, 17. 05. 2017)
LGBT: Interview mit Alina Tiphagne: “Heute befindet sich die indische LGBT-Gemeinde in einer Art prekärem Schwebezustand” (Queer Amnesty, Mai 2017)

Fake News über Menschenrechtsverteidiger: Where’s the evidence, minister? (Indian Express, 13. 05. 2017)

Delhi-Vergewaltigung (2012), Oberster Gerichtshof bestätigt Todesurteile:
Arbitrary death sentencing policy must go (Asian Human Rights Commission, 22. 05. 2017); Delhi gang rape case: SC upholds death for four (The Hindu, 05. 05. 2017)
Gujarat-Pogrom (2002), Bombay High Court bestätigt Urteile, überprüft Freisprüche: Bilkis Bano Case: A Timeline of Events (The Wire, 05. 05. 2017)

Menschenrechtsrat, Universal Periodic Review, India
Smoke and Mirrors : India’s Human Rights report at the UN (Indian Express, 24. 05. 2017)
At UNHRC, India Comes In the Line of Fire Over Rights Record, Racism (The Wire, 05. 05. 2017)
UN reviews human rights in India: Excessive use of force in Kashmir, violence against minorities among key issues (First Post, 05. 05. 2017)
NGOs thrown out of gear by FCRA (The Hindu, 05. 05. 2017)
Rights lens on India (Telegraph India, 04. 05. 2017)
Minority rights, NGO crackdown raised at UN meet, India says freedoms secure (Indian Express, 05. 05. 2017)
Rohatgi to defend India’s human rights record in Geneva (National Herald India, 03. 05. 2017)

April 2017
Zivilgesellschaft: Democracy campaigner: governments are scared of the participation revolution (The Guardian, 25. 04. 2017)

Naxaliten-Anschlag auf Sicherheitskräfte: 25 CRPF personnel killed in Maoist encounter in Chhattisgarh, PM Modi calls attack ‘cowardly, deplorable’ (Hindustan Times, 24. 04. 2017)
Security experts call for coherent policy (The Hindu, 25. 04. 2017)
Activists slam Sukma attack, but also question govt’s policy towards Maoists (Catch News, 25. 04. 2017)

Yogi Adityanath: India’s New Face (New York Times , 24. 04. 2017)
Yogi Effect: Supreme Court Orders at Babri Masjid Site in Ayodhya Flouted (The Wire, 22. 04. 2017)

Umweltpreis für Prafulla Samantara: Prafulla Samantara, man challenging Vedanta’s expansion in Odisha, wins Goldman Environmental Prize (Scroll.in, 24. 04. 2017)

Caste lives on, and on (AEON Magazine, 23. 04. 2017)

Bhopal: Bhopal gas tragedy: Amnesty International lobbies US on human rights issues in India (Firstpost, 23. 04. 2017)
M.N. Roy memorial lecture: ‘Why Are We Being Told What to Say, What to Eat, When to Stand’: A.P. Shah on False Nationalism (The Wire, 20. 04. 2017)

Werte des Hinduismus: Crisis of Hinduism (Indian Express, 14. 04. 2017)

Panchayat in den Adivasi-Gebieten: Armed With a Toothless Law, the Plight of the Adivasi Worsens (The Wire, 12. 04. 2017)

Interview mit Aakar Patel: On Free Speech, AFSPA, Refugees & Extremism: TLI Exclusive With The Head Of Amnesty International India (The Logical Indian, 10. 04. 2017)

Manipur, extralegale Hinrichtungen: Extra-judicial killing in Manipur: SC asks Centre to segregate cases (Indian Express, 07. 04. 2017)

März 2017
Oberster Gerichtshof ordnet Kameras in ausgewählten Gerichten der unteren Ebene an: SC orders installation of CCTV cameras inside district courts (The Hindu, 29. 03. 2017)
Supreme Court zu Ayodhya: Ayodhya row: Supreme Court suggests out-of-court settlement (The Hindu, 21. 03. 2017)
Polizeireform in Kerala, Schutz gegen Folter: Police modernisation in Kerala, a model for Asia (Asian Huma Rights Commission, 16. 03. 2017)

Dalit-Diskriminierung
Dalit-Diskriminierung in der Diaspora: U.K. begins consultation on caste discrimination (The Hindu, 28. 03. 2017)
Academicians say caste bias rampant, want Thorat panel report implemented (Indian Express, 16. 03. 2017)
Suicide of Dalit Student at JNU Turns Spotlight on Environment at Indian Campuses (The Wire, 14. 03. 2017)

Meinungs- und Redefreiheit: Freedom of speech includes the right to offend (Hindustan Times, 12. 03. 2017)

Regionalwahlen Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Manipur, Uttarkhand
Secular manifesto for change (Times of India Blog, 21. 03. 2017)
In the moment of his political triumph, Modi has chosen to defeat India (Indian Express, 20. 03. 2017)
Were you dismayed with Irom Sharmila’s loss in Manipur elections? (Business Standard, 14. 03. 2017), ‘Thanks for 90 Votes’ : In Four Words, Sharmila Has Written an Elegy for Indian Democracy (The Wire, 13. 03. 2017)
Trennung von Religion und StaatIndien steht nach der Wahl am Scheideweg (Focus online, 24. 03. 2017); Trotz Bargeld-Chaos triumphiert Modi bei den Regionalwahlen (Focus online, 13. 03. 2017)

Oberster Gerichtshof: Nobody listens to our orders: Supreme Court (The Hindu, 01. 03. 2017)

Februar 2017
Meinungsfreiheit in ganz Südasien bedroht: It has become dangerous to be a blogger or a journalist in South Asia (Hindustan Times, 28. 02. 2017)

Hassverbrechen an Indern in den USA:
Indien fordert Reaktion der US-Regierung (Allgemeine Zeitung, 26. 02. 2017)
‘This President has blood on his hands’: Shooting of Indian engineer in Kansas triggers anger (Hindustan Times, 25. 02. 2017)

Kaschmir im Amnesty-Jahresbericht: Amnesty reports growing repression across south Asia, ‘excessive’ in Kashmir (Kashmir Reader, 22. 02. 2017)

Europäische Parlamentarier zu Besuch in Indien: Kashmir an internal affair: EU team (The Hindu, 23. 02. 2017)

JNU-Proteste, ein Jahr später:
Free speech in Indian universities under threat: Amnesty International India (Times of India, 22. 02. 2017)
Reimagining nationalism (Tribune India, 21. 02. 2017)

Amnesty-Bericht zur Untersuchungshaft: Dark Truth About Undertrials: No Legal Aid & Inhumane Treatment (The Quint, 17. 02. 2017)

Religiöse Minderheiten: Rassistische Attacken auf Christen und Muslime in Indien (Deutschlandfunk, 11.02.2017)

National Human Rights Commission of India: Major setback, embarrassment to National Human Rights Commission (National Herald India, 09.02.2017)

Populismus: Der indische Trump (Tagesspiegel, 08. 02. 2017)
Manipulation: Internet-Trolle in Indien: “Krieger” mit Regierungsauftrag (Tagesschau, 07. 02. 2017)

Zivilgesellschaft: By banning NGOs from foreign funds, the govt is crippling its own services, laws (Hindustan Times, 07. 02. 2017)

Baden-Württemberg, Delegationsreise nach Indien: Gefühl für Indien bekommen (Indo-German Network Karlsruhe Pune)

Januar 2017
Rede zum Republic Day: Full text: Pranab Mukherjee advocates simultaneous state, general elections on eve of Republic Day (Scroll.in, 25. 01. 2017)

UN, Indien, Westen: Ein Inder rechnet ab (Die Zeit, 19. 01. 2017)

Arbeiter aus Südasien in Katar: Wer in Katar für die Fußball-WM baut (Deutschlandfunk, 15. 01. 2017)

Dezember 2016
Salil Shetty addresses Techfest in IIT Bombay on 16 December 2016: Technology: force for progress, or tool of repression?

Eine weitere NGO unter Druck: Indira Jaising NGO’s FCRA licence cancelled (Indian Express, 07. 12. 2016);
Centre cancels Indira Jaising-backed NGO’s Foreign Contribution Regulation Act licence (Scrol.in, 07. 12. 2016)

Deutsch-Indische Konsultationen: Deutsch-indische Konsultationen in Berlin (Indien Aktuell, 05. 12. 2016)

Bhopal, 32. Jahrestag der Katastrophe
Katastrophe in Bhopal: Nach der Teepause das Giftgas-Unglück (Der Standard, 03. 12. 2016)
Nach 32 Jahren: 32 years on, Bhopal gas tragedy victims await case closure (Hindustan Times, 02. 12. 2016)
Verseuchung von Boden und Wasser weitet sich aus: Dangerous: Union Carbide waste contaminates groundwater in 12 more Bhopal areas (News Bits, 01. 12. 2016)

November 2016
Meinungsfreiheit, Karikaturen: Press Freedom in India under Threat (Deutsche Welle, 30. 11. 2016)
Waffenhandel: Keine Waffen mehr an Indien? Waffenschmiede Heckler & Koch ändert ihre Geschäftsstrategie (Berliner Zeitung, 28. 11. 2016)
Kaschmir: The new abnormal in Kashmir (The Hindu, 25. 11. 2016)
Kaschmir, Khurram Parvez: J&K Govt Refers To Foreign Clothes Of Kashmiri Human Right’s Activist To Deny His Release (Outlook, 24. 11. 2016)
Human Rights Defenders: Rise of unfreedom (My Republica, 17. 11. 2016)
Medien: Zensur in Indien: Auch auf dem Subkontinent gerät die Presse stärker unter Druck (Meedia, 17. 11. 2016)
Dalits in indischen Medien: The Dalit Voice is Simply Not Heard in the Mainstream Indian Media (The Wire, 15. 11. 2016)
Internet-Zensur: Internet freedom on the decline in India: Report (India Today, 15. 11. 2016)
Pankaj Mishra über Demagogen: The Incendiary Appeal of Demagoguery in Our Time (New York Times, 14. 11. 2016)

NGOs verlieren FCRA-Lizenz:
India accused of muzzling NGOs by blocking foreign funding (The Guardian, 24. 11. 2016)
National Human Rights Commission zur Regierungsmaßnahme gegen People’s Watch: NHRC issues notice to govt for ‘draconian approach’ in renewal of FCRA licenses (Times of India, 16. 11. 2016)
Delhi High Court allows NGO to utilise funds from its FCRA account (Indian Express, 08. 11. 2016)
NGO in Delhi HC against non-renewal of foreign funding registration (Indian Express, 07. 11. 2016)
2 NGOs move HC challenging govt’s decision to cancel FCRA registration (Dailyhunt, 07. 11. 2016)

Chhattisgarh:
DU Professor Nandini Sundar, JNU Professor Archana Prasad and Others Booked For Murder of Tribal in Chhattisgarh (The Wire, 08. 11. 2016)
Caught in an Irresponsible War: Cases Slapped Against Scholars, Activists After Bastar Report (The Citizen, 08. 11. 2016)
Bastar; where the constitution stands suspended (AIPF Report) (AIPF Report, Aug. 2016)

BJP-Politiker soll Mitglied der Nationalen Menschenrechtskommission werden
NGOs gegen BJP-Politiker als Mitglied der Nationalen Menschenrechtskommission: AiNNI writes to President against BJP man getting into NHRC (Deccan Chronicle, 13. 11. 2016)
In a first, NHRC prepares for a political appointee (Indian Express, 06. 11. 2016)

Druck auf die Medien: Ban on NDTV India ‘Put on Hold’ By I&B Ministry (The Wire, 07. 11. 2016); A Ban That Politicians Should Have No Right to Impose (The Wire, 05. 11. 2016)

From Uri to Bhopal, the militarisation of the national imagination will have grave consequences (Economic Times, 06. 11. 2016)

Wirtschaft und Menschenrechte: What It Will Take to Make Responsible Business In India (Businessworld, 05. 11. 2016)

Oktober 2016
Gujarat-Pogrome: Journalist Rana Ayyub Prevented From Speaking at Doha Event, Embassy Pressure Alleged (The Wire, 26. 10. 2016)
Teesta Setalvad, neuer Angriff auf die Menschenrechtsverteidigerin: The surgical strikes on Teesta Setalvad continue with the Bari report, and we should all be ashamed (Scroll.in, 25. 10. 2016)

Chhattisgarh, Polizei verübt symbolische Gewalt an Kritikern: Security Forces in Chhattisgarh Burn Effigies of Petitioners, Journalist, Activists (The Hindu, 25. 10. 2016)
Security Forces in Chhattisgarh Burn Effigies of Petitioners, Journalist, Activists (The Wire, 25. 10. 2016)

Kaschmir
Khurram Parvez: Authorities prolong unlawful detention of Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez (Forum Asia, 27. 10. 2016)
PUCL kritisiert militaristische Politik in J&K: Revise militaristic policy in J&K: People’s Union for Civil Liberties (The Times of India, 24. 10. 2016)

Untersuchungshäftlinge machen zwei Drittel aller Strafgefangenen in Indien aus: ‘Two-thirds of prisoners in India are undertrials’ (The Hindu, 24. 10. 2016)

Politik und Religion – Supreme Court: Religion Should Be Separated From the Political Process, Says Supreme Court (The Wire, 21. 10. 2016); Is the Misuse of Religion Tainting India’s Electoral Process? (Sabrangindia, 17. 10. 2016)

Folter im Gewahrsam: Two dalit youths allege torture in police custody for 5 days in Kollam (Deccan Chronicle, 23. 10. 2016)
Dalits und OBCs für besseren Schutz: Dalits, OBCs rally for stronger SC/ST Act (The Times of India, 21. 10. 2016)
Dalits und Parteien der Linken: When Jai Bhim meets Lal Salaam (The Hindu, 14. 10. 2016)

Irom Sharmila:
Court quashes charge of attempt to suicide against Irom Sharmila (The Hindu, 05. 10. 2016); AFSPA se Azaadi: Irom Sharmila at JNU (Sabrangindia, 04. 10. 2016)

September 2016
Kaschmir
India and Pakistan at War Against Peaceniks (New York Times, 16. 10. 2016)
Address the ‘new normal’ in Kashmir (The Hindu, 10. 10. 2016)
Kashmir witnesses biggest crackdown in two decades, more than 446 arrested in a week (Indian Express, 08. 10. 2016)
Abdul Basit interview: ‘Not at each other, let us talk to each other,’ he says (Indian Express, 04. 10. 2016)
This war cloud has a new shape (The Hindu, 03. 10. 2016)
Indian Surgical Strikes Against Terrorists in Pakistan: What We Know, What We Don’t Know (The Wire, 30. 09. 2016)
Indien greift Kämpfer in Kaschmir an (Tagesschau, 29. 09. 2016)
Extremisten überfallen indische Militärbasis (Tagesschau, 18. 09. 2016)

The death of a cow, the birth of a movement (The Hindu Businessline, 09. 09. 2016)

Menschenrechtsverletzungen durch Sicherheitskräfte in Spannungsgebieten – Manipur, J&K: SC concerned over rights violations in tense areas (The Hindu, 08. 09. 2016); Human rights panel can’t probe armed forces in militancy-hit areas: Govt (Hindustan Times, 07. 09. 2016)

Sedition: Strong criticism of govt isn’t defamatory or seditious, says SC, underlines 1962 verdict (Indian Express, 06. 09. 2016)

August 2016
Karnataka High Court zur Anklage (wegen Aufwiegelung – sedition) gegen protestierende Polizisten: Amnesty International row: Govt ‘paranoid’ for pressing sedition charge (Indian Express, 28. 08. 2016). Siehe Amnesty-Statement vom 3. 6. 2016: Sedition case against police protest organizers must be dropped

AI India unter Anklage nach Kaschmir-Veranstaltung
“Down Down Amnesty” (Amnesty-Journal Oktober 2016)
Supreme Court’s rap against frivolous sedition charges (DNA 07. 09. 2016)
Amnesty Report on Kashmir is an attempt to uncover a narrative of denied justice (TwoCircles.net, 03. 09. 2016)
Why nationalists should be proud of Amnesty’s work (Times of India, 28. 08. 2016)
Why India needs to get rid of its sedition law (BBC, 28. 08. 2016)
Interview mit Aakar Patel, Direktor von Amnesty International India: Kashmir’s alienation linked to impunity (The Hindu, 24. 08. 2016)
Congress influencing probe into Amnesty International Sedition row: BJP (Neopress, 21. 08. 2016)
Amnesty row: Human rights do not stand in the way of India’s ambitions (Hindustan Times, 19. 08. 2016)
Amnesty temporarily closes India offices (Deutsche Welle, 18. 08. 2016); Amnesty charged for giving dissident Kashmiris platform at panel discussion (Deutsche Welle, 16. 08. 2016)
How things unfolded at Amnesty India’s event: To confuse protest with sedition is dangerous (Firstpost India, 16. 08. 2016)

TV-Debatten: Interview mit Seema Mustafa: Lawfare in Bangalore: Charging Amnesty with Sedition (The Real News, 29. 08. 2016); Nation at 9 (NewsX, 22. 08. 2016); Amnesty Sedition Row : Petition Against Misuse Of Sedition Law In Supreme Court (India Today, 17. 08. 2016); AmnestyControversy (Times Now, 16. 08. 2016); Kashmir Sedition Debate (NDTV, 17. 08. 2016)
Should Human Rights Group Amnesty International be Banned in India? (CNN-News 18, 16. 08. 2016)
Drop FIR Against Amnesty Intl India! (People’s Union of Civil Liberties, Countercurrents, 20. 08. 2016)
Drop Sedition Charges against Amnesty International India (Forum Asia, 19. 08. 2016)
Amnesty accused of sedition over Kashmir event in Bangalore (BBC, 16. 08. 2016); Amnesty International India Denies Sedition Allegations (Wall Street Journal, 16. 08. 2016); Sedition Case Against Amnesty India As Debate On Kashmir Turns Chaotic (NDTV, 15. 08. 2016); Hochverratsvorwurf gegen Amnesty (taz, 16. 08. 2016); Sedition? Really? (The Citizen, 16. 08. 2016); Amnesty’s point-by-point rebuttal to ABVP, called allegations ‘without substance’ (The News Minute, 16. 08. 2016); ‘Things got heated but not threatening’: An eyewitness account of Amnesty’s contentious Kashmir meet (Scroll.in, 16. 08. 2016); Amnesty faces sedition case for ‘anti-India’ slogan at event (Indian Express, 16. 08. 2016); Sedition Charges Against Amnesty India After Chaotic Meeting on Kashmir (The Wire, 16. 08. 2016);

Independence Day, 15. 08. 2016: 69 Jahre indische Unabhängigkeit What it means to be independent (The Hindu, 15. 08. 2016); The notion of a nation (The Hindu, 13. 08. 2016)
Una march: Dalit protestors give Centre 30 days to fulfil their demands (Scroll.in, 15. 08. 2016)

Kaschmir
Brennende Wut in Kaschmir (Tagesschau, ARD, 06. 08. 2016); siehe auch: Konflikt zwischen Indien und Pakistan. Ein altbekanntes Muster (Tagesschau, ARD, 02. 01. 2016)
Kashmir protests: Treat them as your own people, High Court tells Centre (Indian Express, 02. 08. 2016) ; Why the Armed Forces Special Powers Act is not leaving Kashmir anytime soon (Scroll.in, 30. 07. 2016)

Irom Sharmila beendet Hungerstreik gegen AFSPA
Responding to Irom Sharmila (The Hindu, 11. 08. 2016); Indische Aktivistin will erste Mahlzeit nach 16 Jahren Hungerstreik essen (Süddeutsche Zeitung, 09. 08. 2016);
Menschenrechtsaktivistin beendet Hungerstreik nach 16 Jahren (Der Tagesspiegel, 09. 08. 2016);
Irom Sharmila: World’s longest hunger strike ends (BBC, 09. 08. 2016)
The cause is AFSPA (The Hindu, 02. 08. 2016); Drop charges against Irom Sharmila, demands Amnesty International (Economic Times, 27. 07. 2016)

Juli 2016
Dalits
Make reparations to Dalits and Adivasis (Livemint, 03. 08. 2016)
Indiens “Unberührbare” im Fadenkreuz der Hindu-Fanatiker (Huffington Post, 03. 08. 2016)
No country for equality (Indian Express, 02. 08. 2016)
Gujar at Dalits to stop disposing animal carcasses; protest march to reach Una on Aug 15 (International Business Times, 01. 08. 2016)
Kuhschutzgruppen, Gewalt gegen Dalits: The Supreme Court disbanded the Salwa Judum. It is time to draw its attention to Gau Raksha Dals (Scroll.in, 29. 07. 2016)
Verleihung des Ramon Magsaysay Award an Bezwada Wilson für seinen Kampf gegen Manual Scavenging: For him, the battle continues (The Hindu, 27. 07. 2016)

Amnesty-Bericht zum Kohlebergbau
Amnesty report on Coal India baseless: Goyal (Business Standard, 15. 07. 2015)
Human rights of tribals violated in Coal India mines, alleges Amnesty (Hindustan Times, 14. 07. 2015)

Gujarat-Pogrome: What the Silence Over Rana Ayyub’s ‘Gujarat Files’ Tells Us (The Wire, 01. 07. 2015)

Juni 2016
Foreign Direct Investment: India overhauls foreign ownership rules (BBC, 20. 06. 2016)

Menschenrechtsverteidiger:
Human Rights Watch: India Harasses Activists Seeking Justice (20. 06. 2016)
Sabrang verliert FCRA-Lizenz: Home ministry cancels Sabrang Trust’s FCRA licence (Livemint, 17. 06. 2016); Trouble for Teesta Setalvad: Govt cancels FCRA registration of her NGO Sabrang Trust (Firstpost, 16. 06. 2016)
Sabrang Statement: Cancellation of FCRA of Sabrang Trust to stop public justice says Teesta Setalvad (Juni 2016)
UN-Sonderberichterstatter zum FCRA: UN rights experts urge India to repeal law restricting NGO’s access to crucial foreign funding (16. 06. 2016)

Tod im Polizeigewahrsam: 98 Deaths In Police Custody Every Year (India Spend, 17. 06. 2016)

Deutsch-Indische Zusammenarbeit in Bildung und Forschung: Kooperationen mit Indien ausbauen (Bundestag, 09. 06. 2016)

Zivilgesellschaft, UN Special Rapporteur Maina Kiai: ‘Civil society in India remains vibrant’ (The Hindu, 09. 06. 2016)

Bhopal: Will President Obama Respect Indian Judiciary? (Human Rights Blog, AI US, 06. 06. 2016)

Kinderarbeit, Sklaverei: In Indien verschwinden jedes Jahr rund 100.000 Kinder (Tagesspiegel, 06. 06. 2016)

Bonded labourers, sex workers, forced beggars: India leads world in slavery (Hindustan Times, 31. 05. 2016)

Gujarat-Pogrom 2002, Urteil zum Gulberg-Society-Massaker: Gulberg Society Verdict: 36 Acquitted, 24 Convicted; Timeline of Events (The Wire, 02. 06. 2016)

Mai 2016
Meinungsfreiheit, neuer HRW-Bericht: Stifling Dissent. The Criminalization of Peaceful Expression in India (Human Rights Watch, 24. 05. 2016)
How India’s archaic laws have a chilling effect on dissent (Scroll.in, 24. 05. 2016)
Staatliche Gewalt, Polizei: The ‘everydayness’ of our violence (The Hindu, 10. 05. 2016)

Dalits: Historischer Erfolg für Indiens Unberührbare (Der Standard, 23. 05. 2016)
Kasten-Diskriminierung: Aus dem Schatten (Die Zeit, 05. 05. 2016)

April 2016
Indische Medien: „Soziale Netzwerke sind überbewertet“: Wie ein Inder die Medienlandschaft aufmischt (t3n News, 28. 04. 2016)

Zivilgesellschaft, bedrohte Meinungsfreiheit: Aggressionen gegen Andersdenkende (Amnesty International, April 2016)

Chhattisgarh, Menschenrechtsverteidiger, Journalisten
Oberster Gerichtshof besorgt über Situation in Chhattisgarh: SC spotlight on Chhattisgarh rights abuses (The Telegraph, 21. 04. 2016)
Chhattisgarh is India’s hall of shame (Hindustan Times, 19. 04. 2016)

B. R. Ambedkar, 125th birth anniversary
Global celebrations as ‘Babasaheb’ turns 125 (International Dalit Solidarity Network, 14. 04. 2016)
Ambedkar: A Tribute; The fatal accident of birth (The Hindu, 14. 04. 2016)
How to be free of caste (The Hindu, 13. 04. 2016)
Can cinema break the caste barrier in society? (Forbes India, 12. 04. 2016)
Hindu Nationalism And Caste Exclusion In Indian Universities (boomlive, 11. 04. 2016)

Nationalismus und Kritik: To Think is to Challenge Power (The Wire, 07. 04. 2016)

Reformbedürftiges Strafrecht: Towards restorative criminal justice (The Hindu, 04. 04. 2016)
Human Rights Watch: Modi govt. undermining democracy, HRW tells EU (The Hindu, 02. 04. 2016)

Kaschmir: Erstmals übernimmt eine Frau Kaschmirs Regionalregierung (Der Standard, 04. 04. 2016); Mehbooba Mufti: Kashmir’s first woman chief minister (BBC, 04. 04. 2016)

Neues von Vedanta Resources und vom FCRA:
Revealed: Jaitley Redefines ‘Foreign’ as ‘Indian’ to Get BJP, Congress Off the Hook for FCRA Violation (The Wire, 02. 04. 2016)
SC sticks to Niyamgiri stance (The Telegraph, 02. 04. 2016)

März 2016
EU-India Summit: EU-India Summit: A new momentum for the EU-India Strategic Partnership (European Union, 29. 03. 2016)

Irom Sharmila, Freispruch in Delhi
‘My Conscience Keeps Me Going’: Irom Sharmila (The Wire, 02. 04. 2016)
Delhi court acquits Irom Sharmila in 2006 attempted suicide case (Scroll.in, 30. 03. 2016)

Chhattisgarh: Drangsalierung von Menschenrechtsverteidiger und Journalisten After Journalists and Lawyers, Intimidation Against Social Scientist in Bastar (The Wire, 27. 03. 2016)
Police pick up one more journalist in Bastar (Pradesh 18, 21. 03. 2016)
“This kind of terror, we have not seen before”: An Interview With the Lawyers Evicted From Bastar in Chhattisgarh (Caravan Magazine, 09. 03. 2016)
My face today is the face of Bastar’s fight, says Soni Sori in JNU (DNA India, 07. 03. 2016)
Evicting the Hope of Justice in Lawless Chhattisgarh (The Wire, 07. 03. 2016)
The two women lawyers, Isha Khandelwal and Shalini Ghera, who were forced to leave Bastar, want to go back (Economic Times, 06. 03. 2016)

Studenten-Proteste in Delhi und Hyderabad
Kanhaiya Kumar: ‘Sedition’ student returns to JNU with fiery speech (BBC, 04. 03. 2016)
Für Mutter Indien (Süddeutsche Zeitung, 02. 03. 2016)
Die Bastion der linken Studenten (TAZ, 01. 03. 2016)
Controlling The Story (Indian Express, 23. 02. 2016)

Februar 2016
Meinungsfreiheit in Gefahr
Why Narendra Modi shouldn’t be afraid of NGOs (Scroll.in, 27. 02. 2016)
Is Narendra Modi’s government unravelling? (Catchnews, 26. 02. 2016)
India’s Crackdown on Dissent (New York Times, 22. 02. 2016)

Amnesty Report 2015-16
India slid behind on human rights in 2015, says Amnesty International (Scroll.in, 24. 02. 2016)
Static progress: India still a hotspot for human rights violations & intolerance (Catchnews, 24. 02. 2016); Amnesty report condemns ‘growing intolerance’ in India (Economic Times, 24. 02. 2016)

Menschenrechtsverteidiger. Angriff auf Soni Sori
Sori’s family gets fresh threats (Times of India, 24. 02. 2016)
The attack has challenged me; now, I can’t be stopped: Soni Sori (DNA, 23. 02. 2016)
Where every human rights activist is labelled a Maoist: Chhatisgarh (Sabrang, 24. 02. 2016)
Human Rights in India: Who defends the defenders?: Srishti Agnihotri (Kafila, 22. 02. 2016)

Spionageverdacht: Mutmaßlicher Agent festgenommen (Tagesschau, 17. 02. 2016)

Studentenproteste
Ms. Smriti Irani, We Were Dragged at the India Gate for Lighting Candles for #RohithVemula (India Resists, 27. 02. 2016)
Studentenaufstände in Indien: Regierung verhängt Flaggen-Pflicht für Unis (Spiegel Online, 18. 02. 2016)
Revolt within JNU ABVP, three leaders resign, accuse govt of unleashing oppression (Business Standard, 18. 02. 2016)
Aufruhr an den Hochschulen (Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 18. 02. 2016)
Demonstrierende Studenten niedergeschlagen (Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 17. 02. 2016)
Indiens Nationalisten greifen zum Knüppel (Frankfurter Rundschau, 16. 02. 2016)
Student Describes What Actually Happened At The Jawaharlal Nehru University On Feb 9 (Huffington Post, 15. 02. 2016)
India’s biggest student protests in 25 years are spreading to campuses across the country (Business Insider, 15. 02. 2016)

Henri Tiphagne, People’s Watch: Heiße Themen; Portrait: Der Vorkämpfer (Amnesty-Journal, Februar 2016)

Debatte: Modi’s Idea of India-1, Modi’s Idea of India-2 (Indian Express, 27. 01. und 02. 02. 2016)

LGBTI-Rechte: India Supreme Court reopens case on decriminalising gay sex (BBC News, 02. 02. 2016)

Januar 2016
Jaipur-Literatur-Festival: Die hässlichen Auswüchse des Regimes , Landesverräter sollten doch endlich nach Pakistan abhauen, Vom Säureanschlag zur Modekampagne (Süddeutsche Zeitung, 29. 01. 2016)

Menschenrechtspreis für Henri Tiphagne
Indian honoured for ‘bravely standing up’ for human rights; ‘Indian philanthropists should support human rights activism’ (The Hindu, 29.-30. 01. 2016)
भारतीय सामाजिक कार्यकर्ता ने जीता एमनेस्टी अवार्ड (jagran, 27. 01. 2016)
India’s Henri Tiphagne wins Amnesty award (The Statesman, 27. 01. 2016)
Indian wins Amnesty award (the indian diaspora, 27. 01. 2016)
Indian Honoured For ‘Bravely Standing Up’ For Human Rights (NDTV, 28. 01. 2016)
ஆம்னெஸ்டியின் மனித உரிமைகளுக்கான விருதுக்கு பீப்பிள்ஸ் வாட்ச் ஹென்றி டிபேன் தேர்வு (Tamil Oneindia, 27.01. 2016)
Indian wins Amnesty award (News Wala, 27. 01. 2016)
‘Bad time for Human Rights movement in India” says Henri Tiphagne selected for Amnesty award (The News Minute, 27.01. 2016)
Indian activist Henri Tiphagne selected for Amnesty human rights award (International Business Times, 27.01. 2016)
People’s Watch executive director Henri Tiphagne selected for Amnesty award (Times of India, 26.01. 2016)
Anwalt kämpft für Kastenlose in Indien (n-tv, 25.01. 2016)
Kämpfer für Indiens Kastenlose (Handelsblatt, 25.01. 2016)
Indischer Aktivist erhält Amnesty-Menschenrechtspreis (Die Presse, 25.01. 2016)
Kampf für Kastenlose in Indien: Henri Tiphagne erhält Amnesty-Menschenrechtspreis (beck aktuell, 25.01. 2016)
Anwalt der Diskriminierten (taz, 25.01. 2016)
Amnesty-Menschenrechtspreis 2016 geht an Henri Tiphagne aus Indien (Presseportal, 25.01. 2016)
Menschenrechtspreis: Amnesty International ehrt indischen Rechtsanwalt Tiphagne (Spiegel Online, 25.01. 2016)
Amnesty International ehrt indischen Anwalt Henri Tiphagne (Berliner Morgenpost, 25.01. 2016)

Islamistischer Terrorismus: Weißer Fleck: Indien und der islamistische Terrorismus (Huffington Post, 19.01. 2016)

Netzpolitik: Gratis-Internet als Einstiegsdroge? – Facebook gerät in Indien in die Defensive (politik-digital.de, 18.01. 2016)

Dalits: Junger Wissenschaftler in Hyderabad erhängt sich
Dalit student suicide – the last drop in a cauldron of injustice (IDSN, Jan. 2016)
Indien: Der Fluch der “Unberührbaren” (Der Standard, 22. 01. 2016)
Menschen aus unteren Kasten werden diskriminiert (Badische Zeitung, 21. 01. 2016)
Death of a Dalit scholar; Research scholar hangs self after expulsion from Central University (The Hindu, 19.01. 2016)
A letter that should shake our world: Dalit scholar suicide triggers outrage (Sabrang, 18.01. 2016)
Exclusionary and humiliating campus culture led to Rohith Vemula’s suicide: Ex-UGC chairman Thorat (Scroll.in, 18.01. 2016)
‘I loved Science, Stars, Nature’: Suicide by suspended Dalit student sparks nationwide protests (Scroll.in, 18.01. 2016)

Dezember 2015
Dalits und Adivasis: Milestone act amending India’s caste atrocity legislation passed (International Dalit Solidarity Network, 04. 01. 2016); Law Alone Won’t Empower SCs, STs (The New Indian Express, 25. 12. 2016); Tougher law to tackle atrocities against SCs/STs (Livemint, 23. 12. 2016)

Klimawandel
Umweltminister gibt Westen Schuld an Flut (Die Zeit, 05.12. 2015)
Smog hüllt Indiens Hauptstadt Delhi ein (ORF, 01.12. 2015)
Klimasünder Indien: Kohle gegen Kohle (Spiegel Online, 04.12. 2015)
COP21: India signals willingness to cut coal for climate cash (BBC, 02.12. 2015)

November 2015
Indien braucht mehr Freiheit (8MRD, 30. 11. 2015); auch: Huffington Post (30. 11. 2015)
India debates patriotism amid national anthem uproar (BBC, 30. 11. 2015)
Wie Bollywood Indiens Gesellschaft verändert (Die Welt, 27. 11. 2015)

Klima: Zwischen Kohle, Klima und Entwicklung (Deutschlandfunk, 28. 11. 2015)
Greenpeace: Greenpeace wieder zugelassen (Klimaretter, 21. 11. 2015); Schlag gegen Greenpeace in Indien (NZZ, 07. 09. 2015)
Rohingya-Flüchtlinge in Indien: An Uncertain Refuge: The Fate of the Rohingyas in India (The Wire, 15. 11. 2015)

Wahlen in Bihar: Wähler erteilen Modis Reformprogramm eine Absage (FAZ, 09. 11. 2015)

Zivilgesellschaft
Aamir Khan: India Bollywood actor stands by intolerance remark (BBC, 25. 11. 2015)
Anish Kapoor: India is being ruled by a Hindu Taliban (The Guardian, 12. 11. 2015)
Toleranzforderung von Indiens Megastar: Zorn auf King Khan (Spiegel Online, 16. 11. 2015)
Regierung entzieht Zulassung. Greenpeace muss Arbeit in Indien einstellen (n-tv, 07. 11. 2015)
Indien streitet über religiöse Toleranz (Deutschlandradio Kultur, 04. 11. 2015)

Irom Sharmila, seit 15 Jahren im Hungerstreik
15 years and counting: Irom Sharmila’s protest against AFSPA (Indian Express, 01. 11. 2015)
India must respect Irom Sharmila’s 15 years of struggle and release her immediately; Irom Sharmila’s 15-Year Long Hunger Strike: FORUM-ASIA Joining and Supporting Solidarity and Advocacy Activities (FORUM-ASIA, 01. 11. / 30. 10. 2015)
NEFIS extends support to Irom Sharmila, demands repeal of AFSPA; Final argument in case against Irom Sharmila from December 15 (Times of India, 01. 11. 2015)
Twitter: Repeal AFSPA
Facebook: Convention on repeal afspa

Oktober 2015
Gewalt an Dalits, Kastendiskriminierung: Indiens alte Ordnung bröckelt (Süddeutsche Zeitung, 23. 10. 2015)
Zivilgesellschaft
Alptraum-Reich der Hindu (Frankfurter Rundschau, 23. 10. 2015)
Indiens Literaten rebellieren gegen Intoleranz (Deutschlandradio Kultur, 23. 10. 2015)
The Ravish Kumar interview: ‘Our lazy liberal class was always opportunistic’ (Scroll.in, 22. 10. 2015)
World Writers stand in solidarity with Indian writers and artists PEN International (Pen International, 17. 10. 2015)
41 writers return Indian award, cite climate of intolerance (Business Insider, 14. 10. 2015)
Is India becoming intolerant under PM Modi? (Deutsche Welle, 13. 10. 2015)
Am Pranger in der größten Demokratie der Welt (Zeit online, 13. 10. 2015)
“Das ist keine Farbe, sondern das Blut unserer Soldaten” (Die Welt, 12. 10. 2015)
RSS strategy: To spread Hindu-first ideology to all corners of India (Hindustan Times, 13. 10. 2015)

Indische Muslime
Lynchmord am Rande des Reisfelds (FAZ, 14. 10. 2015)
After A Muslim Is Beaten To Death For Eating Meat, PM Narendra Modi Calls For Harmony (NDTV, 09. 10. 2015)
Javed Akhtar: Incidents of intolerance not expected from our country (Times of India, 08. 10. 2015)
Indian Muslims Mull End to Cow Sacrifices (Voice of America, 24. 09. 2015)

Deutsch-Indische Regierungsverhandlungen 4. – 6. Oktober
Der Dialog zwischen Deutschland und Indien stockt (Rheinische Post, 08. 10. 2015)
Menschenrechte bei Indien-Besuch kein Thema (idea, 06. 10. 2015)
Why India and Germany need each other (Deutsche Welle, 06. 10. 2015)
India-Germany cooperation is of immense depth: German minister (Hindustan Times, 05. 10. 2015)
Merkel auf der Flucht: Was sie in Indien mit der achtarmigen Göttin verbindet (Focus, 05. 10. 2015)
Saha Fund – ein Risikokapitalfonds in Indien nur für Frauen (Indien Aktuell, 04. 10. 2015)
After Modi-Merkel meet, German will be taught in Kendriya Vidyalayas as additional foreign language (Firstpost, 06. 10. 2015)
India Urges Germany To Act against Khalistan Supporters (Indian Express, 06. 10. 2015)
More youths take to militancy as violence flares in Kashmir (The Hindu, 06. 10. 2015)
Ein Subkontinent auf Jobsuche (Süddeutsche Zeitung, 04. 10. 2015)
India-Germany likely to announce joint defence production plan under ‘Make in India’ initiative (Economic Times, 02. 10. 2015)
PM to join Merkel at B’luru (Deccan Herald, 29. 09. 2015)
Merkel to visit India, to meet Modi (News Today, 25. 09. 2015)

The human cost of coal: Human Rights Defenders in India’s Coal Country; Koyla (Coal) Satyagraha 2015; Koyla (Coal) Satyagraha 2014

Todesstrafe: Mumbai 7/11 train blasts: 5 get death, 7 sent to life in prison (Hindustan Times, 01. 10. 2015)

September 2015
Zivilgesellschaft: India’s Attack on Free Speech (New York Times, 02. 10. 2015); Secular thinkers under attack in India as religious fundamentalism grows (Los Angeles Times, 28. 09. 2015); Threat to India’s vibrant civil society (Human Rights Watch, August 2015)

Folter: Amnesty-Preis für indischen Film beim Festival in Venedig: Tales of the marginalized took this auto driver to Venice red carpet (Times of India, 24. 09. 2015)

Kinderarbeit: Nobelpreisträger Satyarthi: “Ich bin immer noch wütend” (Der Standard, 21. 09. 2015)

Klimaflüchtlinge: Weltgrößter Mangrovenwald vor dem Untergang (Hamburger Abendblatt, 19. 09. 2015)

Kaschmir: Urteil im Machil-Encounter-Prozess
Time to court martial the court martial? (livemint, 09. 09. 2015); 6 Army men get life term in Machil encounter case (The Hindu, 08. 09. 2015)

Dalits – Scheduled Castes – Unberührbare
Video: Our Journey – How we know caste (youtube)
Video: Dalit Muslims of India (Aljazeera, 04. 09. 2015)

Vergewaltigung angedroht, Uttar Pradesh
The story behind the 2 Indian sisters allegedly sentenced to be gang-raped (New York Times, 04. 09. 2015)
Village council denies ordering rape of sisters (Reuters, 03. 09. 2015)
Bruder verliebt – Schwestern droht Vergewaltigung (Die Welt, 03. 09. 2015)
Strafe für Bruder – Schwestern sollen vergewaltigt werden (N24, 03. 09. 2015)
Die Hölle wartet im Heimatdorf (Stuttgarter Zeitung, 02. 09. 2015)
Dorfrichter soll Vergewaltigung befohlen haben (Frankfurter Rundschau, 01. 09. 2015)

Menschenrechtsverteidiger: Is Teesta Setalvad India’s most hounded activist? (BBC News, 02. 09. 2015)

August 2015
Gewalt gegen Frauen
Two Indian Sisters Ordered to Be Raped by Village Council Beg Supreme Court for Help (Time, Aug 2015)
A crime well reported is half-solved (The Hindu, 22. 08. 2015); Delhi is now India’s rape capital, show NCRB data (The Hindu, 19. 08. 2015); What enables rape reporting? (The Hindu, 25. 04. 2015)

Todesstrafe:
Questions that will not die; Questions to the President; Capital punishment; Issues that remain unanswered (The Hindu, 08. 08. 2015)
Viewpoint: Why India was wrong to hang Yakub Memon (BBC, 06. 08. 2015) ; Die Todesstrafe in Indien (Portal Liberal, 06. 08. 2015)
Amnesty International responds on Yakub Memon: Why India doesn’t need the death penalty (Firstpost, 02. 08. 2015)

Juli 2015
Todesstrafe, bevorstehende Hinrichtung: Letztes Gnadengesuch abgelehnt: Erster Mumbai-Attentäter soll hingerichtet werden (Der Spiegel, 21. 07. 2015)

Gujarat: Teesta records statement before CBI in FCRA violation case (The Hindu, 20. 07. 2015); Statement in Support of Teesta Setalvad (15 July 2015)

Korruptionsvorwürfe: Deutsch-indischer Leiter eines Krankenhaus-Projekts in Indien erschlagen. Einsatz mit dem Leben bezahlt (Bergische Landeszeitung, 10. 07. 2015)

Dalit-Diskriminierung: Manual scavenging still a reality (The Hindu, 09. 07. 2015)

NGOs, Greenpeace, Amnesty: Greenpeace India faces cancellation of registration (The Times of India, 23. 07. 2015); How I was deported from India (The Hindu, 02. 07. 2015)

Kaschmir, neuer Amnesty-Bericht
Gesetzliche Gesetzlosigkeit in Kaschmir: Tötung bei «Notwendigkeit» (Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 08. 07. 2015)
AI: ‘No accountability’ for rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir (Deutsche Welle, 02. 07. 2015)
Amnesty slams India on AFSPA; wants spl. rapporteur for probe on disappearances (The Hindu, 01. 07. 2015); Amnesty International releases damning report on human rights violations in J&K (The Indian Express, 01. 07. 2015); Revoke controversial law in disputed Kashmir – Amnesty (Aljazeera, 01. 07. 2015); AFSPA: Amnesty seeks probe into human rights violations in J&K (Times of India, 01. 07. 2015)
TV-Debatte: Inside Story – Allegations of abuse in Indian-administered Kashmir (Aljazeera, 01. 07. 2015)

Juni 2015
Selfie mit Tochter: Selfie mit Tochter gegen den Frauenhass (Die Welt, 29. 06. 2015); Indiens Hashtag-Premier wertet Frauen auf (n-tv, 29. 06. 2015)

Illegaler Bergbau, Journalist getötet: Journalist in Indien getötet (Tiroler Tageszeitung, 22. 06. 2015); Berichte über illegalen Bergbau: Journalist in Indien getötet (ORF, 22. 06. 2015)

Pilgermarsch für die Verbundenheit der Menschen: From Kanyakumari To Kashmir, ‘Walk of Hope’ to Pass Through 11 States For Peace And Harmony (NDTV, 07. 04. 2015), ‘Walk of Hope’ reaches Mysuru (The Hindu, 19. 03. 2015), Manav Ekta Mission (Home Page MEM)
Dalits: Ambedkar-Museum in London: London house to become museum to Indian activist (The Guardian, 15. 06. 2015)

Landerwerb, Eingabe von Amnesty International zum Gesetzentwurf: Amnesty India sends submissions to land bill committee (DNA, 12. 06. 2015)

Tod in Gewahrsam: 10 unnatural deaths occur in Indian jails every month (Times of India, 12. 06. 2015)

Militäreinsatz in Burma. Indiens neue Entschlossenheit (Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 11. 06. 2015)
Who are Indian politicians helping by ratcheting up war rhetoric? (Deutsche Welle, 11. 06. 2015)

Zivilgesellschaft, NGOs
Two of the top Greenpeace India executives resign (The Financial Express, 26. 06. 2015)
New Draft Rules Tighten the Noose around Foreign-Funded NGOs in India (The Wire, 19. 06. 2015)
Centre serves notice to two NGOs run by Teesta Setalvad (The Hindu, 19. 06. 2015)
Make public every foreign donation within a week, Government tells NGOs (The Economic Times, 18. 06. 2015)
India takes on Greenpeace, could turn on other NGOs (The Star, 13. 06. 2015)
Pakistan lenkt bei “Save the Children” ein (Deutsche Welle, 12. 06. 2015)
Agenten der Freiheit (Die Zeit, 12. 06. 2015)
When govts and civil society work together(Livemint, 11. 06. 2015)
Can NGOs raise enough funds from domestic sources?(Livemint, 10. 06. 2015)
Govt. refuses entry of Greenpeace activist into India(The Hindu, 08. 06. 2015)
Greenpeace Indien muss bleiben (Bundesumweltportal, 07. 06. 2015)

Mai 2015
Kaschmir: A heavy hand in Kashmir(The Hindu, 27. 05. 2015)

Debatte: The commodification of violence (The Hindu, 18. 05. 2015)

Regierung Modi ein Jahr im Amt: Modi government: one year of dismantling the welfare state (Hindustan Times, 20. 05. 2015); BND zieht ernüchternde Indien-Bilanz (N-TV, 20. 05. 2015); Wachstum, Ernüchterung und Verunsicherung: Ein Jahr Modi in Indien (Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, 19. 05. 2015) Who’s won, who’s lost under Narendra Modi government (Livemint, 19. 05. 2015)

NGOs in Indien unter Druck
RSS Attacks the US For ‘Uncivil Intervention’ (The Wire, 11. 05. 2015)
NGOs are not for culling: Don’t pull the rug from under civil society activism or foreign funding (The Times of India, 09. 05. 2015)
Who’s afraid of the activists? (The Economist, 09. 05. 2015) After US, German ambassador comes out in support of NGOs (Hindustan Times, 07. 05. 2015)
Attack On Greenpeace India Is An Attack On Free Speech (Countercurrents, 06. 05. 2015)
Stop false arrest of Adivasis and threats to rights’ activists and lawyers in Chattisgarh (Peoples Union for Democratic Rights, 05. 05. 2015)
Greenpeace India Director tells staff: ‘one month left to fight’ before shutdown (Greenpeace, Press release, 05. 05. 2015)
India cancels licences of nearly 9,000 NGOs over foreign funds (Reuters, 28. 04. 2015) Civil society in India being demonised says global civil society alliance (CIVICUS, 15. 04. 2015)

Landrechte
Land bill referred to House team (Deccan Herald, 13. 05. 2015)
A glass half empty for Adivasis (The Hindu, 02. 05. 2015)

April 2015
Religiöse Minderheiten: Modi govt rejects US report on religious freedom, says it does not take cognizance (Indian Express, 30. 04. 2015)

Gewalt gegen Frauen, Vergewaltigung in der Ehe: ‘Concept of marital rape cannot be applied in India’ (The Hindu, 29. 04. 2015); Marriage sacred in India, so marital rape cannot be applied, says Government (Indian Express, 29. 04. 2015)
What enables rape reporting? (The Hindu, 25. 04. 2015)

Dalits: Dalit History Month
Adivasis, Andhra Pradesh, extralegale Tötungen durch die Polizei: Blood in the woods (The Hindu, 16. 04. 2015)

Muslime in Indien: Time to forge a post-Gujarat reality (The Hindu, 18. 04. 2015); A savage new world of terrorism (The Hindu, 15. 04. 2015); Muslim leaders meet Modi (The Hindu, 06. 04. 2015)

Hannover-Messe, Indien als Gastland
PM Modi unveils bust of Mahatma Gandhi in German city of Hannover; PM Narendra Modi in Berlin: As it happened on Monday (Zeenews, 13. 04. 2015)
Indien muss in Vorleistung gehen (Die Zeit, 14. 04. 2015)
Indien will Investoren ködern (Wirtschaftswoche, 13. 04. 2015)
Gut gebrüllt, indischer Löwe (Frankfurter Allgemeine, 12. 04. 2015)
Ist Indien das neue China? (Der Tagesspiegel, 11. 04. 2015)
Fremder Freund (Süddeutsche Zeitung, 10. 04. 2015)
Indien auf Hannover Messe: Mieses Image, glühende Hoffnung (Der Spiegel, 09. 04. 2015)
Modi kommt nach Berlin und Hannover (Deutsche Welle, 09. 04. 2015)
Economic ties high on Modi’s Europe agenda (The Hindu, 08. 04. 2015)
Modi to woo investors during Germany visit (Rediff, 08. 04. 2015)
Merkel must be firm with Modi: Amnesty (The Local, 26. 03. 2015)

März 2015
NGOs unter Beschuss
Indien verweigert Journalisten die Einreise (Stuttgarter Nachrichten, 13. 04. 2015)
Zweiter Sieg für Greenpeace (Tageszeitung – TAZ, 13. 03. 2015)
Kritik an Menschenrechtsverletzungen als Einmischung zurückgewiesen: Govt bans 69 NGOs from receiving foreign funds (Times of India, 03. 03. 2015); Procedure was followed in Priya Pillai issue: MHA (The Hindu, 17. 02. 2015); Govt defends activist Priya Pillai’s offloading, slams west’s rights reports (Times of India, 16. 02. 2015); TV-Debatte: Government vs Greenpeace: In National Interest or Crushing Dissent? (NDTV, 16. 02. 2015)

Gewalt gegen Frauen: Debatte über BBC-Dokumentation “India’s Daughter” und das Interview mit einem der verurteilten Täter von 2012
TV-Debatte: Who’s winning the fight against sexual violence and gender inequality in India? (CBS, Women in the World, 24.04.2015)
Schwarzbild statt Dokumentarfilm (NDR, 11. 03. 2015)
Der in der BBC am 05. 03. 2015 gezeigte Film ist in Indien verboten worden. Er hätte am 8. März gezeigt werden sollen. Stattdessen zeigte NDTV ein Laufband mit Nachrichten zum Thema.
Hier der aktuelle Link zum Film: India’s Daughter
Debatte zum Film: #Indiasdaughter (Indian Express, 20. 03. 2015)
Vergewaltigte Wahrheit (Die Zeit, 12. 03. 2015)
http://www.nzz.ch/international/asien-und-pazifik/indien-streitet-ueber-sexuelle-gewalt-1.18498197 (NZZ, 09. 03. 2015)
Interview mit einem Vergewaltiger (Süddeutsche Zeitung, 07. 03. 2015)
What will people say: Why India is up in arms over the Dec 16 BBC documentary aired (Firstpost,05. 03. 2015)
Banning is not the solution, Wishing away India’s culture of rape (The Hindu, 05. 03. 2015)
Indisches Gericht verbietet Doku über Vergewaltigung (Deutsche Welle, 04. 03. 2015)
Delhi rape documentary-maker appeals to Narendra Modi over broadcast ban (The Guardian, 04. 03. 2015)
Doku über Vergewaltigung verboten (Tagesschau, 04. 03. 2015)
Gericht verbietet Vergewaltigungsdoku in Indien (Die Zeit, 04. 03. 2015)
Have We Forgotten Nirbhaya? (NDTV, 04. 03. 2015)
Heated Debate in Parliament Over Nirbhaya Documentary ‘India’s Daughter’ (NDTV, 04. 03. 2015)
Are Indian Men Getting Stereotyped as Rapists?, (The News Minute, 04. 03. 2015)
Delhi gang rapist interview: Court blocks Leslee Udwin film (BBC, 03. 03. 2015)
I Myself Have Been Raped, Says Maker of Nirbhaya Documentary (NDTV, 03. 03. 2015)
TV-Debatte: Nirbhaya’s Parents Talk to NDTV About Documentary on ‘India’s Daughter’ (NDTV, 03. 03. 2015)
Interview im Gefängnis: Vergewaltiger von Neu-Delhi macht Opfer für Tat verantwortlich (Spiegel Online, 02. 03. 2015) India’s Daughter: ‘I made a film on rape in India. Men’s brutal attitudes truly shocked me’ (The Guardian, 03. 03. 2015)

Februar 2015
Debatte: The rise of the liberal-right intellectual (The Hindu, 24. 02. 2015); 1984, 1989, 2002. Three Narratives of Injustice, and the Lessons for Democracy (S. Vardarajan, Zakir Husain Memorial Lecture, 24. Februar 2015)

Bundestagsdelegation in Indien: Deutsch-Indische Parlamentariergruppe informiert sich in Indien (Bundestag, Februar 2015)

Gujarat-Pogrome, Drangsalierung von Menschenrechtsverteidigern
HRD panel to probe charges against Teesta Setalvad (The Hindu, 06. 03. 2015)
India: Stop Harassment of Activists (Human Rights Watch, 21. 02. 2015)
Verhaftung von Teesta Setalvad bleibt weiter ausgesetzt: Stay on Teesta Setalvad’s arrest continues (The Hindu, 19. 02. 2015)
End the harassment against human rights defenders Teesta Setalvad and Javed Anand (Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development, 19. 02. 2015)
In Challenging Modi, Indian Activists Risk a Legal Backlash (New York Times, 18. 02. 2015)
All 70 acquitted in 2002 post-Godhra riots case (The Hindu, 14. 02. 2015)
Oberster Gerichtshof Indiens setzt Verhaftung von Teesta Setalvad und Javed Anand aus: SC stays Teesta Setalvad’s arrest (The Hindu, 12. 02. 2015); The Case against Teesta Setalvad or the Gujarat Model of Vindictive Action (India Resists, 07. 07. 2014)

Delhi-Wahlen, Ergebnisse: ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA GENERAL ELECTION TO LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY TRENDS & RESULT 2015 (Election Commission of India, 10. 02. 2015)
Modymandias – Or lessons from an election (The Telegraph, 12. 02. 2015)
A Rumble in Delhi. How AAP Won—And What Comes Next (Foreign Affairs , 11. 02. 2015)
Make No Mistake. This Is Modi’s Defeat (NDTV, 10. 02. 2015)
Schallende Ohrfeige für Indiens Premier (Tagesschau, 10. 02. 2015)
Delhi poll results: Arvind Kejriwal positions himself as a ‘change agent’ (The Economic Times, 10. 02. 2015)
Why Delhi’s elections could be a turning point (The Guardian, 06. 02. 2015)
The return of the AAP (The Hindu, 09. 02. 2015)
Rückschau: The Aam Aadmi Party’s win in Delhi: Dissecting it through Geographical Information Systems (Economic & Political Weekly, Dez. 2013)

Missachtung des Gerichts. Der Fall M V Jayarajam (s. Amnesty-Statement): Should the courts be above scrutiny: Debate rekindles with politician jailed for calling judge an idiot (The News Minute, 02. 02. 2015)

Januar 2015

Neha Mishra, India and Colorism: The Finer Nuances (Washington University Global Studies Law Review 14, 2015)

Untersuchungshaft: Freedom, interrupted (The Hindu Businessline, 30/01/2015)

Obama-Besuch, Republic Day:
After Obama’s shots, NYT asks Modi to break his ‘dangerous silence’ (Times of India, 07. 02. 2015)
‘Religious intolerance in India would have shocked Gandhiji’ (The Hindu, 06. 22. 2015)
Modi’s Dangerous Silence (New York Times, 06. 02. 2015)
Modi Government Should Act on Rights Pledges (Human Rights Watch, 29. 01. 2015)
Atomkraft und Waffen für Indien (Frankfurter Allgemeine, 25. 01. 2015)
Dispatches: Obama in India (Human Rights Watch, 24. 01. 2015)

Frauen: Bilder einer langsamen Revolution – Fotoausstellung „Women Changing India“ in Stuttgart
Irom Sharmila: The power of one woman’s fast (BBC, 11. 01. 2015)

Landrechte
Government seeks corporate advice on changing green laws that will govern Indian firms (Scroll.in, 13. 02. 2015)
TV-Debatte: New Land Law: Pro-Industry, Anti-Farmer? (NDTV, 17. 01. 2015); When amendment amounts to nullification (The Hindu, 15. 01. 2015); The burden of criminal neglect (The Hindu, 03. 01. 2015); Revisiting the legend of Niyamgiri (The Hindu, 02. 01. 2015)
NGOs unter Beschuss: Greenpeace campaigner Priya Pillai offloaded at airport (The Hindu, 11. 01. 2015)
Kaschmir: Tausende fliehen vor Kämpfen in Kaschmir (Die Zeit, 06. 01. 2015)

Dezember 2014
Menschenrechtsverteidiger im Roten Korridor: In the ‘red corridor’, human rights advocates fight misuse of stringent laws (Kractivist, 12. 12. 2014)

Bhopal – 30 Jahre
Bildstrecke: 30. Jahrestag der Katastrophe von Bhopal (Tagesschau, Dez 2014)
Bildstrecke + Videos: Bhopal. Im Schatten der Welt. Eine unendliche Katastrophe (Spiegel Online, Dez 2014)
Schweizer Radio DRS: Heute vor 30 Jahren: Gas-Unglück im indischen Bhopal (DRS, 03. 12. 2014)
Videos: Bhopal Gas Tragedy: 30 Years On, Generations Affected (NDTV, 03. 12. 2014) Gedenken an Bhopal-Unglück vor 30 Jahren (Die Welt, 01. 12. 2014)

November 2014
Landerwerb für Industrieansiedlungen, TV-Report: Truth vs Hype: The Myth of Land Acquisition (NDTV, 29. 11. 2014)

Kaschmir – Urteil zu extralegalen Tötungen in Machil
Convictions in Machil fake encounter underline that Army must hold itself to high standards (Times of India, 25. 11. 2014); No immunity for impunity (Hindustan Times, 16. 11. 2014)

Bhopal – 30 Jahre
Die unerhörten Opfer von Bhopal (Die Zeit, 30. 11. 2014)
Bhopal-Opfer legen Rechtsmittel bei US-Gericht ein: Bhopal gas tragedy victims appeal to higher U.S. court
Anteilseigner verlangen Gerechtigkeit für Bhopal: 30 Years on from Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Dow Chemical Shareholders Demand Justice (International Business Times, 19. 11. 2014)
Nichterscheinen vor Gericht: Dow Chemical fails to appear in court (Hindustan Times, 12. 11. 2014)
Five women survivors of Bhopal gas tragedy begin ‘waterless fast’ (The Hindu, 12. 11. 2014)
Bhopal gas tragedy survivors begin indefinite fast at Jantar Mantar (IndiaTV, 10. 11. 2014)
A tragedy revisited (The Hindu, 03. 11. 2014); 30 years after the Bhopal gas tragedy (The Hindu, 02. 11. 2014)

Straflosigkeit für Armeeangehörige, Gewalt gegen die Zivilbevölkerung in Kaschmir, Manipur, Chhattisgarh etc.: Military needs and societal values (The Hindu, 10. 11. 2014); Shooting from behind AFSPA (The Hindu, 07. 11. 2014)
Irom Sharmila, Protest gegen AFSPA: Manorama ‘mercilessly tortured’ (The Hindu, 14. 11. 2014); Irom Sharmila’s fast against AFSPA enters 15th year, govt still unresponsive (Firstpost, 06. 11. 2014)
Folter bei der indischen Polizei: Polizisten foltern Verdächtige (NDR Fernsehen, 04. 11. 2014)

Oktober 2014
Anti-Sikh-Pogrome von 1984: The scars remain (The Hindu, 08. 11. 2014); Sins Of Commission (Caravan, Oct. 2014); 1984 riots: Thirty years of impunity (Times of India, 01. 10. 2014)
HRW-Bericht: No Justice for 1984 Anti-Sikh Bloodshed (Human Rights Watch, 29. 10. 2014)

Debatte: Romila Thapar speaks out (The Daily Star, 02. 11. 2014); Cult of Modi defines the tide of history (Tehelka, 01. 11. 2014); Old repressions, new tyrannies (The Hindu, 30. 10. 2014); Romila Thapar: Warum schweigen die Intellektuellen? Academics must question more: Romila (The Hindu, 27. 10. 2014); Pankaj Mishra: Modi’s Idea of India (New York Times, 24. 10. 2014); Behind Pankaj Mishra’s rants: A pathology of Hindu-phobia and self hate (Firstpost, 26. 10. 2014)

Indien erneut in den UN-Menschenrechtsrat gewählt: India wins re-election to UN Human Rights Council (Hindustan Times, 21. 10. 2014)

Folter: Indien: Polizisten foltern Verdächtige (ARD Weltspiegel, 19. 10. 2014)

Kinderrechte: Friedensnobelpreis für Malala Yousafzai und Kailash Satyarthi: Prize and Prejudice (Tehelka, 25. 10. 2014); Hero or persona non grata?;
Childhood, peace and development (The Hindu, 17. 10. 2014)
Kailash Satyarthi’s Nobel Prize decoded (Niti Central, 12. 10. 2014)
India’s Child Rights Crusader (NDTV, 11. 10. 2014)
Friedensnobelpreis für Malala Yousafzay und Kailash Satyarthi (Die Zeit, 10. 10. 2014)
Peace Prize recipient Kailash Satyarthi has long campaigned against child labor (The Washington Post, 10. 10. 2014)

NGOs, Finanzierung aus dem Ausland: Foreign funding still viewed with suspicion (livemint, 03. 10. 2014)

September 2014
Adivasi-Rechte: Govt dilutes green norms further, scraps Wildlife Board clearance for projects (Business Standard, 17. 09. 2014)
Bhopal-Gasopfer protestieren: Bhopal gas tragedy victims protest outside CM’s residence (The Hindu, 18. 09. 2014)
Nahrungssicherheit: Food Security Act beneficiaries yet to be identified (The Hindu, 15. 09. 2014)
Menschenrechte in Südasien: Writing SAARC’s incomplete chapter (The Hindu, 15. 09. 2014)
Untersuchungshaft: The Forgotten Ones (Economic & Political Weekly, 13. 09. 2014)
Adivasi-Rechte bei Entscheidungen über Industrieprojekte sollen beschnitten werden: Govt may do away with tribal consent for cutting forests (Business Standard, 09. 09. 2014)

August 2014
Dalit-Diskriminierung, Manual Scavenging: Caste Forced to Clean Human Waste (Human Rights Watch, 25. 08. 2014)

Irom Sharmila: Entlassung und erneute Verhaftung:
Nach zwei Tagen Freiheit wieder in Haft (20 Minuten, 22. 08. 2014)
Nach langem Hungerstreik soll eine Inderin jetzt freikommen (Süddeutsche Zeitung, 21. 08. 2014)
Humanising the law (The Hindu, 23. 08. 2014); A democracy of armed soldiers (The Hindu, 22. 08. 2014); Manipur court orders release of Irom Sharmila (The Hindu, 19. 08. 2014)
Life after force-feeding: Does Irom Sharmila have reason to start eating again? (Firstpost, 20. 08. 2014)

Independence Day: Narendra Modi’s Independence Day speech: Full text (India Today, 15. 08. 2014)

Unicef zur Reform des Jugendstrafrechts in Indien: UNICEF concerned about amendment to India’s Juvenile Justice Act (Unicef, 11. 08. 2014)

Diskriminierung und Unterernährung: The Youngest Are Hungriest (New York Times, 08. 08. 2014)

Juli 2014
Meinungsfreiheit: Unliebsame Bücher verschwinden aus den Regalen (Badische Zeitung, 31. 07. 2014)
Fatwas und Scharia-Gerichte illegal: Misunderstanding a good judgment (The Hindu, 19. 07. 2014)
Jugendstrafrecht: Towards a comprehensive Juvenile Justice law (The Hindu, 18. 07. 2014)
Werben um Investoren: Die neue Regierung stellt ihren ersten Budgetplan vor (Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 12. 07. 2014)

Juni 2014
Intelligence Bureau (Inlandsgeheimdienst): Bericht über NGO-Aktivitäten (darunter Amnesty)
Those who keep the government honest (Hindustan Times, 21. 06. 2014)
Home ministry has own list, different from IB’s, of donors and donees (Times of India, 20. 06. 2014)
Centre Targets Greenpeace (NDTV, 19. 06. 2014)
Invisible Strings (Tehelka, 19. 06. 2014)
Modi Government’s Message To NGOs In India: Big Brother Is Watching You (Forbes, 16. 06. 2014)
Swami Agnivesh to Left wingers: Who the IB report on NGOs names (Firstpost, 14. 06. 2014)
Intelligence Bureau says Greenpeace endangers economic security (Business Standard, 12. 06. 2014)

Mai/Juni 2014
Vergewaltigung an Mädchen in Uttar Pradesh:
India’s Feudal Rapists (New York Times, 04. 06. 2014)
Vergewaltigung als politische Waffe (Frankfurter Rundschau, 03. 06. 2014)
Abominable crime (The Hindu, 03. 06. 2014) Indiens Polizei geht gegen demonstrierende Frauen vor (Der Tagesspiegel, 02. 06. 2014)
Outrage over gang rape, murder of cousins in U.P. village (The Hindu, 30. 05. 2014)
Der Tod der Cousinen (Frankfurter Rundschau, 30. 05. 2014)
Vier Verdächtige festgenommen: Vergewaltigte Mädchen in Nordindien getötet und aufgehängt (Der Spiegel, 29. 05. 2014)
Minors gang-raped, hanged in Badaun (Times of India, 29. 05. 2014)

Wahlanalysen
Narendra Modi hat den Menschen einen Traum verkauft (Der Tagesspiegel, 09. 06. 2014)
Die “Modi-fizierung” Indiens: Erwartungen und Ängste nach den Wahlen (Böll-Stiftung, 20. Mai 2014)
Indien: Der große Sprung. Die 16. Parlamentswahl und ihre Folgen (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik – Aktuell, Mai 2014)
Wahlen in Indien 2014: Mandat für den Wandel (GIGA Focus, Nr. 6, 2014)
Indiens neues Selbstbewusstsein (Frankfurter Rundschau, 26. 05. 2014)
Will India’s new leaders respect the rights of its most marginalised people? (The Guardian. PovertyMattersBlog, 22. 05. 2014)

Wahlen zum Indischen Parlament (Lok Sabha) 2014, Ergebnisse: <a href=„http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_general_election,_2014 (Wikipedia)
The new face of India (The Guardian, 17. 05. 2014)
Indien – ein Sanierungsfall (Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 16. 05. 2014)
Indien zählt aus: Exit polls 2014 live (Firstpost, 14. 05. 2014)
Could a Hindu Extremist Become India’s Next Prime Minister? (The Nation, 13. 05. 2014)
If India’s Narendra Modi wins… (Aljazeera, 08. 05. 2014)
Salman Rushdie: On ‘Modi’s Toadies’ (Outlook, 06. 05. 2014)
Be All, End All (Outlook, 05. 05. 2014)

April 2014
Parlamentswahlen:
Eine Schicksalswahl, die Indien verändern könnte (Bayerischer Rundfunk, 27. 04. 2014)
Zweifel am Wahlsystem: By the ruling class, for the ruling class (The Hindu, 23. 04. 2014)
Wahlkampf in Indien: Radikale Hindus schüren Hass auf Muslime (Der Spiegel, 19. 04. 2014)
Kein Wahlrecht für Irom Sharmila: Irom Sharmila not allowed to vote in Manipur (The Times of India, 17. 04. 2014)
Die Parlamentswahl in Indien (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, 16. 04. 2014)
Herr Modi aus Gujarat (Le Monde diplomatique, 16. 04. 2014)
Salman Rushdie, Imran Khan, John McDonnell, Fiona Mactaggart, Pragna Patel, Jayati Ghosh, Suresh Grover etc.: If Modi is elected, it will bode ill for India’s future (The Guardian, 10. 04. 2014)
From the jungle to Parliament (The Hindu, 10. 04. 2014)
Gefährlicher Hindu-Nationalist (Frankfurter Rundschau, 09. 04. 2014)
Narendra Modi, a man with a massacre on his hands, is not the reasonable choice for India (The Guardian, 07. 04. 2014)
Die dunkle Seite (Süddeutsche Zeitung, 07. 04. 2014)
Gebt mir Macht (Die Zeit, 06. 04. 2014)
Can anyone stop Narendra Modi? (The Economist, 05. 04. 2014)
Wahl der Extreme (Jungle World, 27. 03. 2014)
Ein neues Zünglein an der Waage? (Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 24. 03. 2014)
Muslime hinter Mauern (Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 23. 03. 2014)
Indiens Parlamentswahl dauert einen Monat (Neues Deutschland, 06. 03. 2014)
Erhebt euch! (Die Zeit, 06. 02. 2014)

Umwelt-Preis für Ramesh Agrawal:
Indian activist honoured with Goldman Environmental prize (NDTV, 28. 04. 2014)
For Indian who confronted mining industry, the ‘Green Nobel’ (NDTV, 28. 04. 2014)

Transgender-Urteil, Supreme Court
Legal recognition too late, feel Manipur transgenders (The Hindu, 21. 04. 2014)
A Madurai lawyer’s fight for rights of transgenders (The Hindu, 20. 04. 2014)
Beyond male and female, the right to humanity (The Hindu, 19. 04. 2014)
Salutary judgment (The Hindu, 17. 04. 2014)

Vergewaltigungen:
India’s pro-rapist lobby (The Hindu, 12. 04. 2014)
Fury at Mulayam rape remarks (The Telegraph, 11. 04. 2014)
Todesurteile im Prozess gegen Vergewaltiger in Mumbai: Shakti Mills gang-rape verdict: 3 get death, another gets life (Hindustan Times, 04. 04. 2014)

März 2014
Diskriminierung, Rassismus: India ‘ignores’ plight of northeasterners (Deutsche Welle, 12. 03. 2014)

Februar 2014
Meinungsfreiheit: Hinduistischer Reinheitswahn (Die Zeit, 20. 02. 2014)

Tamil Nadu, Todesstrafen umgewandelt
TN govt to release all 7 in Rajiv assassination case; Above politics and passion (The Hindu, 19. 02. 2014)
Supreme Court verdict holds out hope for Rajiv case convicts (The Hindu, 18. 02. 2014)

Gujarat:
Nancy Powell meets Modi, US ends 9-yr old boycott (Hindustan Times of India, 13. 02. 2014)
Extralegale Tötung: Ishrat Jahan case: Former IB officers charged with murder (Times of India, 06. 02. 2014)

Staatsbesuch Gauck
Die Welt hat das Vertrauen in Indien verloren (Südwest Presse, 07. 02. 2014)
German President Joachim Gauck appreciates India’s active civil society (Times of India, 06. 02. 2014)
Gauck liest Indern die Leviten (Neues Deutschland, 06. 02. 2014)
Gauck rügt Diskriminierung von Homosexuellen (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 06. 02. 2014)
Gauck besucht Gandhi – und setzt sich für Indiens gepeinigte Frauen ein (Die Welt, 06. 02. 2014)

Januar 2014
Supreme Court zur Homosexualität
A love that is unequal in the eyes of the law (The Hindu, 31. 01. 2014)
“Ein Messer, das über unseren Köpfen hängt”. Interview mit der indischen Aktivistin Ponni Arasu (südasien.info, 29. 01. 2014)
SC refuses to review its verdict criminalizing gay sex (Times of India, 28. 01. 2014)
Sexual identity or trap? (The Hindu, 28. 12. 2013)

Kaschmir: Extralegale Tötungen
Reopen the Pathribal case, Tombstones do not remain mute (The Hindu, 27. 01. 2014)
Army closes Pathribal fake encounter case (Times of India, 24. 01. 2014)

Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfung: neue Bestimmungen beeinträchtigen die Menschenrechte der lokalen Bevölkerung: Changes to environment policies could undermine human rights : Amnesty India (The Times of India, 15. 01. 2014)
Odisha: endgültiges Aus für Bauxit-Mine am Niyamgiri
Environment Ministry rejects Vedanta’s mining proposal in Niyamgiri (The Economic Times, 11. 01. 2014)

Vergewaltigungen in Delhi und Westbengalen:
Kein Erbarmen für W. (Der Freitag, 11. 02. 2014)
Beschuldigte weisen Vorwurf der Gruppenvergewaltigung zurück; Dorfrat in Indien beschließt Vergewaltigung einer 20-Jährigen (Die Zeit, 23./24. 01. 2014)
18-jährige Deutsche im Zug vergewaltigt (Tagesspiegel, 15. 01. 2014)
Parents of gang rape victim to visit Bihar (The Hindu, 12. 01. 2014)
Junge Frau in Indien stirbt nach Gruppenvergewaltigungen (Die Zeit, 02. 01. 2014)
Kolkata erupts in protest over Madhyamgram rape victim’s death (The Hindustan Times, 01. 01. 2014)

Film über das Leben der Müllsammler in Kalkutta: Koora
Der Film von Daniel Asadi Faezi, Dokumentarfilm-Student aus München, entstand während eines Weltwärts-Einsatzes in Indien.

Todesstrafe: Oberster Gerichtshof wandelt Urteile in Haftstrafen um
Delhi govt. pleads for life term to Bhullar (The Hindu, 14.02.2014)
Putting a full stop to death sentence (The Hindu, 06.02.2014)
Condemned to die, but not to wait (The Hindu, 05.02.2014)
Indien stoppt Hinrichtung eines Attentäters (Focus, 31.01.2014)
The injustice of delay (The Hindu, 23.01.2014)
‘A step towards abolishing death penalty’; Apex court commutes death sentence for 15 (The Hindu, 22. 01. 2014)
Delay in deciding mercy plea relevant ground for commuting death sentence (Times of India, 21. 01. 2014)
Rights bodies laud Supreme Court decision commuting death sentences of 15 (dna, 21. 01. 2014)

Gujarat-Pogrome: There are no goodbyes (The Hindu, 20. 01. 2014)
Anti-Sikh Riots: Internationalising the 1984 riots (The Hindu, 03. 12. 2013)

Dezember 2013
Delhi gangrape – ein Jahr danach
In Indien wird viel diskutiert – und wenig getan (Focus, 17. 12. 2013)
Zweifel an der Reformfähigkeit (Süddeutsche Zeitung, 16. 12. 2013)
Vergewaltigungen in Indien (Der Spiegel, 13. 12. 2013)
JURRAT – A week long campaign on violence against women, from Dec 10-16 (Kafila, 09. 12. 2013)

Bhopal-Katastrophe, 29. Jahrestag
Bhopal gas tragedy: the fight continues (LIVEMINT & Wallstreet Journal, 03. 12. 2013)
Justice delayed: No hearing on plea for Bhopal gas relief in 3 years (The Times of India, 03. 12. 2013)
Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Protests to Seek Justice for Victims (Outlook India, 03. 12. 2013)

November 2013
Vergewaltigung in Assam: Outrage over Assam ‘gang rape, murder’ (The Telegraph, 26. 11. 2013)

Soni Sori und Lingaram Kodopi frei auf Kaution: Soni Sori and Lingaram Kodopi granted interim bail (Tehelka, 13. 11. 2013)

Manipur: außergerichtliche Tötungen: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) may declare 22 encounters in Manipur as ‘fake’ (Firstpost, 11. 11. 2013)

Oktober 2013
Irom Sharmila: NHRC issues notice to the Manipur Government seeking immediate removal of the arbitrary restrictions on access to Ms. Irom Sharmila (National Human Rights Commission, 30. 10. 2013)

Kinderarbeit: Grabsteine aus Kinderarbeit stehen auf deutschen Friedhöfen (Die Zeit, 29. 10. 2013)

Wahlkampf: Die langen Schatten der Vergangenheit (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 15. 10. 2013)

Korruption
Umstrittene Verordnung zurückgezogen (Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 07. 10. 2013)
Indien auf der Suche nach 15 Billionen Euro (Die Welt, 04. 07. 2013)

Kastendiskriminierung
Caste and carnage (Frontline, 29. 11. 2013)
Freisprüche nach Massaker an Dalits: Getting away with murder (Frontline, 15. 11. 2013); Atrocities that no longer shock (The Hindu, 15. 10. 2013); Patna High Court acquits all 26 in Dalit massacre case (The Hindu, 09. 10. 2013)
European Parliament passes resolution on Dalits (Dalit Solidarity Network UK, 10. 10. 2013)
Resolution on Caste-based discrimination (European Parliament, 01. 10. 2013), Entschließungsantrag (Europäisches Parlament, 11. 06. 2013)

Todesstrafe: Why capital punishment must go (The Hindu, 03. 10. 2013)

September 2013
Wahlrecht: Citizen first: why Supreme Court allowed right to reject (Hindustan Times, 27. 09. 2013)

Gruppenvergewaltigung in Neu Delhi: Urteil
Indische Vergewaltiger zum Tode verurteilt (Die Zeit, 13. 09. 2013)
Todesstrafe für vier Vergewaltiger gefordert (Neues Deutschland, 11. 09. 2013)
Indien wacht auf (Süddeutsche Zeitung, 10. September 2013)
Vergewaltigungsfall in Neu Delhi (Der Spiegel, September 2013)
Erstes Urteil nach Gruppenvergewaltigung (Deutsche Welle, 03. 09. 2013)

August 2013
Konzert in Kaschmir
Zubin Mehtas Traum vom Friedenskonzert (Bayerischer Rundfunk, 07. 09. 2013)
Das Beethoven-Konzert hinter den Barrikaden (Die Welt, 07. 09. 2013)
Deutscher Orchester-Auftritt löst diplomatische Turbulenzen aus (Spiegel Online, 05. 09. 2013)
Let the music play (The Hindu, 30. 08. 2013)
Discordant notes (The Hindu, 28. 08. 2013)
Zubin Mehta will „inneren Frieden“ bringen (Focus, 22. 08. 2013)

Gruppenvergewaltigung in Mumbai
Alle 20 Minuten eine Vergewaltigung (Frankfurter Rundschau, 29. 08. 2013)
A task only half finished (The Hindu, 28. 08. 2013)
Why most rape cases end in acquittals, questions Supreme Court; Time to draw safety into urban designs; RS approves bill to make divorce friendly for women (The Hindu, 26. 08. 2013)
Demand in LS for stern action against Asaram Bapu; Outrage in LS over gangrape of photojournalist (The Hindu, 26. 08. 2013)
Robbers gang-rape Jharkhand cop (The Hindu, 24. 08. 2013)
Nationwide outrage over journalist’s gang rape in Mumbai, Centre seeks report;
National shame, again; Rapists should get life term for ruining my life: Victim (The Times of India, 24. 08. 2013)
TV-Debatte: Maximum City, Maximum Shame (NDTV, 23. 08. 2013)
Mehrere Männer vergewaltigen in Indien Lifestyle-Fotografin (Die Zeit, 23. 08. 2013)
Journalist gangrape case cracked, 2 arrested (The Hindu, 23. 08. 2013)
Photojournalist gang-raped in Mumbai, friend assaulted (The Times of India, 23. 08. 2013)
#MumbaiGangRape shocks netizens (The Times of India, 23. 08. 2013)

Oberster Gerichtshof bestätigt die Todesstrafe für Devender Pal Singh Bhullar: SC confirms death penalty to Bhullar (The Hindu, 15. 08. 2013)

Sicherheit und Menschenrechte: Challenging a verdict (Frontline, 23. 08. 2013)
Representation of the People Act (RPA): ‘The judgment will create awareness’ (Frontline, 23. 08. 2013)

Juli-August 2013
Wirtschaftsplanung, Armutsbekämpfung, Recht auf Nahrung
Interview Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Planungsbehörde: “Die Zahlen erschrecken” (Die Zeit, 31. 08. 2013)
Nahrungsmittel-Subventionen: Ein gigantisches Versprechen (Die Zeit, 27. 08. 2013)
Entwicklung ohne Hilfe (Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 04. 07. 2013)
Himalaya-Flut: Was zählt ein Mensch? (Die Zeit, 21. 07. 2013)

Odisha: Dorfversammlungen entscheiden über Bergbau-Projekt am Niyamgiri
Pristine Tribe Saves Sacred Mountain From Mining (Huffington Post, 26. 08. 2013)
Uncertainty looms over Vedanta plan (The Hindu, 18. 08. 2013)
Vedanta Resources Aktionärsversammlung: Vedanta says: India needs us, and it wasn’t us what did it (London Mining Network, 03. 08. 2013)
Naturally rich (The Hindu, 04. 08. 2013)
Dongria Kondhs are happy the way they are (The Hindu, 04. 08. 2013)
Bauxite mining: Srikant Jena says Naveen should quit (The Hindu, 02. 08. 2013)
Echo from Niyamgiri hills reaches the Capital (The Hindu, 01. 08. 2013)
Gram sabha rejects mining in Niyamgiri (The Hindu, 31. 07. 2013)
Tribals’ “no” to mining in Niyamgiri hills hailed (The Hindu, 30. 07. 2013)
Villagers reject mining proposal in Niyamgiri (The Hindu, 30. 07. 2013)
Sixth gram sabha too rejects bauxite mining (The Hindu, 28. 07. 2013)
Centre, Odisha lock horns over mining in Niyamgiri (The Hindu, 27. 07. 2013)
Centre to send team to assess claims beyond 12 villages (The Hindu, 27. 07. 2013)
‘No mining project at any cost’ (The Hindu, 26. 07. 2013)
Worshipping Niyamraja our birthright, say Dongria Kondhs (The Hindu, 25. 07. 2013)
Third gram sabha too rejects mining project in Niyamgiri (The Hindu, 24. 07. 2013)
Palli sabha rejects bauxite mining in Niyamgiri hills (The Hindu, 23. 07. 2013)
Voice to the voiceless (The Hindu, 22. 07. 2013)
Second gram sabha on Vedanta mining today (The Hindu, 22. 07. 2013)
State pushing for reservation of Karlapat mines for OMC (The Hindu, 20. 07. 2013)
Tribals say ‘no’ to mining (The Hindu, 19. 07. 2013)

Urteil nach Vergewaltigung: Lebenslänglich für Vergewaltiger von Schweizerin (Die Zeit, 20. 07. 2013)

Extralegale Tötungen in Gujarat: Khaki death squads, State of lawlessness,
Blind ambition (The Hindu, 07. 07. 2013)

Juni 2013
Terrorismus: Repression is no solution (The Hindu, 08. 06. 2013)
Industrieprojekte, Zwangsräumungen: Der Korridor der Vertreibung (Neues Deutschland, 04. 06. 2013)

Mai 2013
Slums: Die blauen Hunde von Dharavi (Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 29. 05. 2013)

Anschlag auf Politiker-Konvoi in Chhattisgarh. Begründer der Salwa-Judum-Miliz getötet:
The continuing tragedy of the adivasis (The Hindu, 28. 05. 2013)
Rebellen töten Politiker in Indien (Die Zeit, 26. 05. 2013)

Indien-Bericht des UN-Sonderberichterstatters zu extralegalen, summarischen und willkürlichen Hinrichtungen vorgelegt:
Amnesty wants steps to end unlawful killings (The Hindu, 22. 05. 2013)
India must take prompt steps to address concerns of UN Special Rapporteur: AI (Kashmir Times, 21. 05. 2013)

Kaschmir: Kühler Empfang für Kaschmirs verlorene Söhne (Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 21. 05. 2013)

Armutsbekämpfung: Geld für alle in Panthbadodiya. Ein Pilotprojekt gegen die Armut in Indien (Le Monde diplomatique, deutsche Ausgabe, 10. 05. 2013)

Drohende Hinrichtungen:
Stay hanging until review plea is disposed of, Bhullar’s wife asks court (The Hindu, 08. 05. 2013)
Between life and death, the crucial difference (The Hindu, 06. 05. 2013)
‘Death Penalty Is Judicial Murder’ (Outlook Magazine, 06. 05. 2013)
DMK seeks commuting of death sentence to Rajiv case convicts (The Hindu, 03. 05. 2013)
SC commutes death sentence of M N Das, a condemned prisoner from Assam (The Times of India, 01. 05. 2013)

April 2013
Anschlag auf Menschenrechtsverteidiger: Attempted killing of human rights defender Dr Lenin Raghuvanshi (Frontlinedefenders, 29. 04. 2013)

Todesstrafe, Hinrichtungen: Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar
Delegation approaches German Embassy (The Tribune, 17. 04. 2013)
Badal government’s Bhullar dilemma;
Panel seeks repeal of Bhullar’s death sentence; Sending my patient to gallows is disturbing, says Bhullar’s doctor; Akalis seek Germany’s intervention (The Hindu, 17. 04. 2013)
Rechtswidrige Abschiebung: Deutschland soll Hinrichtung von Inder stoppen (Der Spiegel, 17. 04. 2013)
Judges wanted Bhullar sentence commuted; At the mercy of the Executive (The Hindu, 16. 04. 2013)
Germany regretted deporting Bhullar (The Hindustan Times, 16. 04. 2013)
A lost opportunity (The Hindu, 13. 04. 2013)
Oberster Gerichtshof weist Antrag auf Umwandlung in Haftstrafe ab: Devinderpal Singh Bhullar to hang, SC refuses to commute his death penalty to life sentence (The Times of India, 12. 04. 2013)
Hinrichtungen aufgeschoben: Supreme Court stays execution of eight death row convicts (The Hindu, 07. 04. 2013)

Sexuelle Gewalt
“Rape law changes welcome, yet an opportunity lost” (The Hindu, 02. 05. 2013)
Indien-Besuch der UN-Sonderberichterstatterin für Gewalt gegen Frauen: Violence against women: UN expert launches visit to assess the situation in India (UN, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 17. 04. 2013)
Sexuelle Übergriffe im Jugendstrafvollzug: India’s Hell Holes: Child Sexual Assault in Juvenile Justice Homes (Asian Centre for Human Rights, 20. 04. 2013)
Anti-Rape law: Half-hearted exercise (Frontline, 06. 04. 2013)

Supreme Court Urteil zum Bauxit-Abbau in Niyamgiri/Odisha: The significance of Niyamgiri (The Hindu, 03. 05. 2013)
Land Acquisition Bill: No meeting ground (Frontline, 06. 04. 2013)

Debatte – Religion und Politik: Taming the gods: religion and politics (FreeSpeechDebate, 05. 04. 2013)

Extralegale Tötungen in Manipur: Manipur encounter killings fake, SC probe panel says(Times of India, 04. 04. 2013)

März 2013
Umweltschutz und soziale Kämpfe: 40 Jahre Chipko-Bewegung
The past & present of Indian environmentalism (The Hindu, 27. 03. 2013)

Gewalt gegen Frauen
Der Mann ist alles, die Frau ist nichts (Der Standard, 24. 03. 2013)
Indien erleichtert Todesstrafe für Vergewaltiger (Die Zeit, 21. 03. 2013)
Anti-rape Bill deferred second time in six days, referred to group of ministers (The Times of India, 12. 03. 2013)

Protest gegen AFSPA: Irom Sharmila wieder in Haft
Starving to live, not die (The Hindu, 30. 03. 2013)
I am Sharmila (The Hindu, 16. 03. 2013)
Sharmila back in hospital-jail (The Hindu, 06. 03. 2013)
Irom Sharmila: I’m against a government that uses violence to govern (The Hindu, 05. 03. 2013)
I love life… if AFSPA is repealed I’ll take food again: Irom Sharmila (The Hindu, 05. 03. 2013)

Februar 2013
Sarvodaya-Aktivist Jagannathan gestorben:
Sarvodaya leader Jagannathan passes away (The Hindu, 13. 02. 2013)

Dear Sisters (and brothers?) at Harvard (Letter from Indian feminists, 20. 02. 2013)
A History of Violence (Harvard College Women’s Center, 15. 02. 2013)
Der Onkel kam davon (Die Zeit, 07. 02. 2013)

Kinder als Opfer sexuellen Missbrauchs: HRW-Bericht: India: Child Sex Abuse Shielded by Silence and Neglect
Indien schützt seine Kinder nicht(Tageszeitung, 07. 02. 2013)

Januar 2013
Mumbai riots 1992: Wait for justice continues for Mumbai riot victims (The Hindu, 19. 01. 2013)

Soni Sodi: Chhattisgarh: SC orders transfer of activist Soni Sori from Raipur prison to Jagdalpur jail (IBN, 08. 01. 2013)

Der Zorn der Frauen (Die Zeit, 31. 01. 2013)
A nation outraged (… und andere Artikel zum selben Thema in: Frontline, 12. 01. 2013)
Indiens geschundene Töchter (Tagesspiegel, 04. 01. 2012)
Indian rape debate (CNN, 04. 01. 2013)
Chargesheet filed in Delhi gangrape case (The Hindu, 03. 01. 2013)

Dezember 2012
Gewalt gegen Frauen: Proteste nach Vergewaltigung und Tod von Studentin in Delhi
Killing Them Softly (Economic & Political Weekly, Dec. 2012, Jan. 2013)
Die Wut des jungen Indien (Tagesspiegel, 31. 12. 2012)
Indiens verachtete Töchter begehren auf (Die Zeit, 30. 12. 2012)
For unshining India, a moment of transformation (The Hindu, 30. 12. 2012)
Where rape is seen as violence (The Hindu, 30. 12. 2012)
Gegen Unterdrückung und Gewalt (Deutschlandfunk, 29. 12. 2012)
Bilder vom Protest: Voices against rape (The Hindu, 29. 12. 2012)
“Sicherstellen, dass ihr Tod nicht umsonst war” (Die Zeit, 29. 12. 2012)
Vergewaltigte Inderin ist ihren Verletzungen erlegen (Die Zeit, 29. 12. 2012)
Indien veröffentlicht persönliche Daten von Sexualstraftätern (Spiegel Online, 28. 12. 2012)
The danger to women lurks within us (The Hindu, 27. 12. 2012)
Sexuelle Gewalt in Indien (Süddeutsche Zeitung, 27. 12. 2012)
Let’s ask how we contribute to rape (The Hindu, 25. 12. 2012)
Justice Verma committee begins work; seeks public comments (The Hindu, 24. 12. 2012)
Indiens Regierungschef ruft zur Ruhe auf (Die Zeit, 24. 12. 2012)
Gewalt gegen Frauen in Indien ist beispiellos (Tagesspiegel, 23. 12. 2012)
Rape and punishment: time for tougher laws? (TV-Diskussion: NDTV, 21. 12. 2012)
Sheila, Mamata and the plight of the rape victim (Firstpost, 20. 12. 2012)
Understanding the Incomprehensible (Economic & Political Weekly, 29. 12. 2012)
Delhi rape case: Does the answer lie in police or judicial reform? (Firstpost, 19. 12. 2012)
The rapes will go on (Tehelka, Dez. 2012)
Nation’s shame: Most rape cases end without conviction (The Tribune, 18. 12. 2012)
Gang-raped in moving bus, girl fights for life in Delhi hospital (The Hindu, 17. 12. 2012)

Menschenrechtsbericht: Human Rights in India. STATUS REPORT 2012 (Working Group on Human Rights
in India and the UN, Dezember 2012)

Tag der Menschenrechte: Activists demand special courts for human rights cases at district level (The Times of India, 11. 12. 2012)
Interview mit Dr. Binayak Sen: A Conversation With: Human Rights Activist Binayak Sen (New York Times, 10. 12. 2012)

Sicherheitsgesetze, Terrorbekämpfung, Todesstrafe
Supreme Court for special investigation team to probe Manipur fake encounter killings (The Hindu, 07. 12. 2012)
No excuses for this error of judgment (The Hindu, 05. 12. 2012)
Breach of procedure (Frontline, 01. 12. 2012)

Bhopal-Katastrophe, 28. Jahrestag
In Bhopal kommt jedes vierte Baby tot zur Welt (Die Welt, 03. 12. 2012)
Direct CBI to present status report on Anderson’s extradition: Jabbar (The Times of India, 03. 12. 2012)
Bhopal gas tragedy: 28 yrs on, they are still victims (The Hindustan Times , 02. 12. 2012)
The Bhopal Disaster and Medical Research (Economic & Political Weekly, 08. 12. 2012)

November 2012
Hinrichtung von Ajmal Kasab – Erste Exekution in Indien seit 2004
Ajmal Kasab moved up the queue, is Afzal Guru next? (The Times of India, 22. 11. 2012)
Pressegespräch Indien. Hinrichtung des Mumbai-Attentäters (Deutschlandfunk, 22. 11. 2012)
Need to rethink death penalty, says Shinde (The Indian Express, 26. 11. 2012)
The hangman’s justice (The Hindu, 22. 11. 2012)
Keeping the nation in the dark (The Hindu, 22. 11. 2012)
Genugtuung in Indien – Unmut über Pakistan (Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 22. 11. 2012)
Indien vollstreckt Todesurteil gegen Mumbai-Attentäter (Die Zeit, 21. 11. 2012)
Gaps in Kasab case (Frontline, 03. 11. 2012)

September 2012
Chhattisgarh-Polizei-Aktion gegen Adivasi-Dorf
Why is Supreme Court not taking cognisance of Chhattisgarh fake encounter: Swami Agnivesh (The Hindu, 30. 09. 2012)

August 2012
Gujarat-Prozesse
A stunning verdict (The Hindu, 30. 08. 2012)
Ex-BJP Minister among 32 convicted of Naroda-Patiya massacre (The Hindu, 29. 08. 2012)
Citizens for Justice and Peace: Press Release (29. 08. 2012)

Todesstrafe
Life or death decisions for President Pranab Mukherjee (The Times of India, 23. 08. 2012)
Nine death penalties wrongly imposed: Ex-judges to President (The Times of India, 19. 08. 2012)

Bhopal: Oberster Gerichtshof setzt der Regierung eine Frist von sechs Monaten für die Entsorgung des Giftmülls
Supreme Court orders disposal of Bhopal toxic waste in six months (The Hindu, 11. 08. 2012)
A salve for Bhopal (The Hindu, 11. 08. 2012)
Supreme Court orders better health care for Bhopal victims (The Hindu, 10. 08. 2012)
Bhopal – die Urkatastrophe der Globalisierung (Die Welt, 09. 07. 2012)

Juli 2012
Gujarat-Prozesse: 2002 Gujarat riots: 21 convicted in Dipda Darwaza riots case, 61 acquitted (Times of India, 30. 07. 2012)

TV-Dokumentation: Indien 2025 … (ARTE, 31.07.2012)
Chhattisgarh: Polizei-Aktion gegen Adivasi-Dorf
Questioning the ‘Encounter’ In Bastar (Tehelka Videos, 12. 07. 2012)
It’s “plain slaughter” in Bijapur: Rights activists (The Hindu, 11. 07. 2012)
A chaotic operation leaves many questions unanswered (The Hindu, 30. 06. 2012)

Chhattisgarh: Umweltschützer Ramesh Agrawal attackiert und verwundet
Environmental activist shot and wounded in Chhattisgarh (The Hindu, 07. 07. 2012)

Oberster Gerichtshof: Todesstrafe in 13 Fällen ungerechtfertigt verhängt
Take these men off death row (The Hindu, 06. 07. 2012)

Mai 2012
Illegaler Bergbau: Landerwerb und die Rechte indigener Völker
Justice for the tiller’s land (The Hindu, 19. 05. 2012)
Of mines, minerals and tribal rights (The Hindu, 15. 05. 2012)

Bhopal: Oberster Gerichtshof ordnet Versorgung mit sauberem Trinkwasser an und wirft der Regierung Versagen bei der Entsorgung des Giftmülls vor.
Bhopal tragedy: Supreme Court slams Centre for ‘failure’ to dispose waste (The Economic Times, 28. 05. 2012)
Water, and justice, for Bhopal (The Hindu, 11. 05. 2012)
Bhopal gas victims see a ray of hope (The Hindu, 06. 05. 2012)
Supreme Court orders end to cancer-causing water in Bhopal (The Hindu, 05. 05. 2012)

Gujarat: Post-Godhra-Ausschreitungen im Dorf Ode, neun Personen verurteilt, 32 freigesprochen.
Riot victims unhappy with acquittals (The Times of India, 04. 05. 2012)
It was a conspiracy: Court (The Times of India, 13. 04. 2012)

Kaschmir: extralegale Tötungen und der Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA)
Last shot at justice (The Hindu, 02. 05. 2012)
Army men to face court martial or trial in Pathribal, Doom Dooma fake encounters (The Times of India, 02. 05. 2012)
Die Menschenrechtssituation in Kaschmir und die Auswirkungen des AFSPA werden auch in einem aktuellen Bericht der International Crisis Group thematisiert: Pakistan’s Relations with India: Beyond Kashmir? (ICG, Asia Report N°224, 03. 05. 2012)

Chhattisgarh: auch entführter Verwaltungsbeamter Alex Paul Menon frei Abducted Collector set free (The Hindu, 03. 05. 2012)
Appell für Soni Sodi – offener Brief an Ministerpräsident Manmohan Singh Chomsky, 250 others demand justice for Soni Sori (The Hindu, 01. 05. 2012)

April 2012
Orissa: Entführter Parlamentsabgeordneter Jhina Hikaka freigelassen Maoists release Jhina Hikaka (The Hindu, 26. 04. 2012)
Jan Myrdal über den Kampf der Naxaliten: Roter Aufstand in Indien (Neues Deutschland, 24. 04. 2012)
Chhattisgarh: Maoistische Untergrundkämpfer (Naxaliten) entführen District Collector
Binayak Sen urges Maoists to release Collector (The Hindu, 23. 04. 2012) Anti-Naxal operations suspended in Bastar (The Hindu, 23. 04. 2012)
Maoists kill two security guards, kidnap Collector in Chhattisgarh (The Hindu, 21. 04. 2012)

Hampi: Welterbe und Menschenrechte
Equitable Tourism Options ( EQUATIONS) legt einen Bericht über die Zwangsräumungen am Hampi Bazaar im Juli 2011 vor:
Inhuman and Illegal Eviction and Demolition at Hampi Bazaar (Equations, März 2012)
Siehe dazu auch:
Kulturerbe ohne Menschen? (EED, März 2012)
Where is the ‘living’ of the living World Heritage Site? (Hampi Living Heritage, Oktober 2011)

Illegaler Bergbau
Karnataka: Supreme Court accepts panel recommendations on mining in Karnataka (The Hindu, 13. 04. 2012) Madhya Pradesh: The big hole in middle India (Tehelka, März/April 2012)
Orissa (Vedanta Resources, Dongria Kondh): Die für den 9. April 2012 angesetzte Wiederaufnahme der Anhörung beim Supreme Court zum Einspruch der Orissa Mining Company ist auf einen unbestimmten Termin vertagt worden. Siehe Survival International: Gerichtsverfahren um Vedanta-Mine vertagt: Indigenes Volk standhaft

Gujarat
Verfolgung von Menschenrechtsverteigerin Teesta Setalvad: Stop probe against Setalvad, Supreme Court tells Gujarat (The Hindu, 13. 04. 2012)
Gerichtsurteile in Prozess über Pogrome von 2002:
Semblance of justice, (Frontline, 21. 04. 2012)
23 convicted, 23 acquitted in post-Godhra riots case (The Hindu, 09. 04. 2012)

Orissa: Maoistische Rebellen entführen Touristen und Politiker.
Italienischer Touristenführer frei: I love Odisha, says Bosusco Paolo (The Hindu, 12. 04. 2012)
A Moral Prohibition (Economic & Political Weekly, 07. 04. 2012)

März 2012
Genehmigung für POSCO-Stahlfabrik in Orissa steht weiterhin in Frage.
Green Tribunal suspends environmental nod to Posco (The Hindu, 31. 03. 2012)

Exekution von Balwant Singh Rajoana angeordnet und dann ausgesetzt
Demonstration in Brüssel: Balkar Singh demonstrierte für die Abschaffung der Todesstrafe (Tagblatt-Anzeiger, 04. 04. 2012)
Why Balwant Singh Rajoana shouldn’t be hanged (The Hindu, 29. 03. 2012)
Centre stays execution of Rajoana (The Hindu, 28. 03. 2012)

Zur Vorlage des neuen Amnesty-Berichts über die Todesstrafe:
Amnesty report records executions worldwide (The Hindu, 27. 03. 2012)

UN-Sonderberichterstatter über außergerichtliche, summarische oder willkürliche Hinrichtungen in Indien
Rights groups highlight arbitrary killings in India (The Hindu, 25. 03. 2012)

Ausbeutung von Textilarbeiterinnen
Sklavin für vier Jahre (Die Zeit, 27. 03. 2012)
Diskriminierung von Frauen: Massenabtreibungen in Indien und China
Der mörderische Makel Frau (Die Zeit, 16. 03. 2012)

Zehn Jahre Gujarat-Pogrome
Gujarat 2002 and Modi’s Misdeeds (Economic and Political Weekly, 17. 03. 2012)
A decade of shame (Frontline, Feb 25 – March 09, 2012)
Memorial to a Genocide (Communalism Watch, 20. 01. 2012)

Februar 2012
Odisha: Besuch von Adivasi-Gebieten durch ausländische Touristen und Forscher nur noch nach ausdrücklicher Genehmigung Odisha to regulate tours of tribal areas (Deccan Herald, 26. 02. 2012)

Januar 2012
Die Opfer der Gewalt gegen christliche Gemeinden in Kandhamal (Orissa) in den Jahren 2007-2008 hatten auch danach unter sozialer Ausgrenzung zu leiden. Die juristische Aufarbeitung der Pogrome wurde verschleppt.
Kandhamal: The aftermath (The Hindu, 15. 01. 2012)

Dezember 2011
Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal tagt in Bangalore zum Thema Pestizid-Vergiftungen
Monsanto, Bayer and Dow face trial for ‘systematic human rights abuses’ (Indymedia, 18.11.2011)

November 2011
Seit elf Jahren im Hungerstreik gegen den Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act: Irom Sharmila
Irom Sharmila’s fast enters 12th year (The Hindu, 05. 11. 2011)
(Siehe dazu das Amnesty-Statement Jan. 2010: India: Government of Manipur must release Irom Sharmila Chanu

Oktober, November 2011
Dongria Kondh gegen Vedanta Resources
Operation Green Hunt. Indien streitet über den Krieg der Regierung gegen die maoistische Guerilla (Le Monde diplomatique, Nov. 2011)
Eine Schlacht wie im Film (Die Zeit, 15. 10. 2011)

Juni 2011
Davinder Pal Singh Bhullar: Drohende Exekution
Geplante Hinrichtung in Indien. Letzte Hoffnung Deutschland (Der Spiegel, 23. 6. 2011)
Balkar Singh protestiert gegen ein Todesurteil (Tübinger Tagblatt Anzeiger, 22. 6. 2011)
Kampf auf Leben und Tod (Studio 96 Medieninformation, 16. 06. 2011)
SGPC for commuting Bhullar’s death sentence (The Hindu, 21. 06. 2011)
EU opposes execution of death-row convict Bhullar, writes to Chidambaram (Indian Express, 17. 06. 2011)
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TV-Berichte und -Debatten über DPS und die Todesstrafe:
Politics over Bhullar’s clemency (NDTV, 29. 05. 2011)
Row over death sentence grows (Times Now)
Full debate about Prof Bhullar (Times Now)
Bhullar mercy issue becomes a political debate (IBN)

Februar 2011
UN-Sonderberichterstatterin für die Situation von Menschenrechtsverteidigern zu Besuch in Indien
Vom 10. bis 21. Januar reiste Margaret Sekaggya, Sonderberichterstatterin der Vereinten Nationen für die Situation von Menschenrechtsverteidigern, durch Indien. Am Ende ihrer Reise, die sie durch die Bundesstaaten Orissa, Westbengalen, Gujarat, Assam sowie Jammu und Kaschmir führte, gab sie in New Delhi die folgende Erklärung ab:
Statement of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Margaret Sekaggya, as she concludes her visit to India (United Nations, 18. 02. 2011 )

Orissa: Protest gegen geplante Stahlfabrik
Dorfbewohner im Gebiet von Jagatsinghpur protestieren gegen die Entscheidung des Umweltministeriums zugunsten des Landerwerbs durch den koreanischen Stahlkonzern Posco:
Angry villagers damage approach road to Posco site (The Hindu, 14. 02. 2011)

Folter und Straflosigkeit: Debatte im Indischen Oberhaus
Dealing with issues of impunity (The Hindu, 07. 02. 2011)

November 2010
Kaschmir
Feel our pain, say Kashmiris (The Hindu, 24. 11. 2010)

Dalits fordern Entschuldigung von der Regierung für Menschenrechtsverletzungen.
Former manual scavengers demand apology from government (The Hindu, 02. 11. 2010)

September 2010
Indische Intellektuelle und Aktivisten zur Entscheidung der Regierung über das Vedanta-Projekt:
A matter of immense relief (The Hindu, 06. 09. 2010)

Oberster Gerichtshof zum Bhopal-Urteil
Supreme Court notice to Keshub, 6 others (The Hindu, 01. 09. 2010)

August 2010
Gesetz gegen die Folter
Last chance to fix flawed torture Bill (The Hindu, 27. 08. 2010)

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