Plans to open a mine in the Niyamgiri Hills, south-west Orissa, are threatening to undermine the lives and livelihoods of the Dongria Kondh, an adivasi, Indigenous ...
The Indian government should immediately withdraw the clearance granted to a massive mining project that threatens the lives and livelihoods of a protected indigenous
Amnesty International welcomes the historical decision by the high court in Delhi to decriminalize homosexuality. The decision is a significant step toward ensuri
In this open letter Amnesty International expresses its concern that torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment are still inflicted widely ...
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI index: ASA 20/006/2009. 19 June 2009. India: Authorities should avoid excessive use of force in West Bengal. ...
Protesters in Jammu & Kashmir continued to press for the Indiangovernment to seriously pursue allegations that members of the CentralReserve Police Force raped.
In December 1984 thousands of tonnes of deadly chemicals leaked from Union Carbide's pesticide plant in Bhopal, central India. Around half a million people were ...