India

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1,410 USD GNI (PPP)
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With New Members, the UN Human Rights Council Goes from Bad to Worse

Robert Herman
Senior Advisor for Policy
November 19, 2018

The body’s membership will now be even less democratic than the world as a whole.
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How India’s Assam Register Is Weaponizing Citizenship

August 16, 2018

The Hindu nationalist government is moving to strip legal status from millions of Muslim residents.
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Challenges New and Old Expose Cracks in India’s Democracy

Rukmani Bhatia
Research Coordinator, Freedom in the World and Freedom of the Press
August 14, 2017

As India marks 70 years of independence, its democratic institutions are suffering from weaknesses that the government has done little to address.
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Why Public Outrage Isn’t Enough to Stop Sexual Violence in India

Rukmani Bhatia
Research Coordinator, Freedom in the World and Freedom of the Press
May 24, 2017

India’s Supreme Court has confirmed death sentences for four men in a notorious 2012 rape case. But despite growing public opprobrium, a woman or girl is raped every 15 minutes in the country.

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