The Prosecution & Persecution Of Harsh Mander: A Case Study of India's Accelerating Democratic Decline

How the prosecution of Harsh Mander, peace activist and former Indian official, reflects the decline recorded by global freedom surveys in India's democracy and its rule of law.

#HarshMander #activism #dissent #ED #CBI #BJP #GujaratRiots #GujaratPogrom #communalism #NarendraModi #NGOs #RuleOfLaw #IndianMuslims #HumanRights ##hindutva #india

https://article-14.com/post/the-prosecution-persecution-of-harsh-mander-a-case-study-of-india-s-accelerating-democratic-decline-663ae1d6756c8

CBI Conducts Raids at Rights Activist Harsh Mander's Office, Home in Delhi

Central agencies have been under fire for focused attention on those who coincidentally are government critics, in the opposition or not aligned with the BJP's political project.

#HarshMander #CBI #dissent #activism #UnionGovt #BJP #india

https://thewire.in/rights/cbi-conducts-raids-at-rights-activist-harsh-manders-office-home-in-delhi

West Bengal: Civil Society is Mobilizing People to Vote for INDIA

The INDIA Alliance may not have declared their seat-sharing plans for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls yet, but civil society in West Bengal is mobilizing people to vote for INDIA. The United Forum of Vote for INDIA organized a rally in the heart of Kolkata, with participants including members of the Matua community, Dalits, and Muslims. Prominent social and human rights activists addressed the gathering.

https://enewsroom.in/vote-india-kolkata-2024-lok-sabha-elections/

#WestBengal #INDIAAlliance #elections2024 #HumanRights #dalits #adivasis #muslims #matuas #HarshMander #RajRatanAmbedkar #SCST #BJP #hindutva #india

Book review: A scathing indictment of what was done by an administration to a people unprepared for a pandemic

A review of Harsh Mander's 'Burning Pyres, Mass Graves and a State That Failed Its People: India’s Covid Tragedy'. As he journals the length and breadth of India, one cannot help but give Mr Mander credit for the number and range of real-life anecdotes he has attempted to document here.

https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/a-cathartic-chronicle-a-scathing-indictment-of-what-was-done-by-an-administration-to-a-people-unprepared-for-a-pandemic/3230977/

#BookReview #HarshMander #covid19 #CovidMismanagement #CovidDeathToll #CovidLockdown #MigrantLabourers #UnionGovt #BJP #india #books #nonfiction #bookstodon #health #healthcare

From Manipur, A Peace Activist’s Account Of State Criminality & Culpability

In this blow-by-blow account, peace activist Harsh Mander describes his journey to Manipur, where he met Meitei and Kuki families broken by three months of ethnic violence, life inside the camps where hundreds live in despair, unsure if they will ever return to their scorched villages, and the “extreme culpability” of a seemingly partisan state that has done little to help the minority Christians who have been killed and uprooted in greater numbers.

#manipur #ManipurViolence #meiteis #kukis #christians #displacement #ManipurRapes #BirenSingh #ManipurGovt #BJP #HarshMander #JohnDayal #KarwanEMohabbat #activism #india

https://article-14.com/post/from-manipur-a-peace-activist-s-account-of-state-criminality-culpability--64c7174fa7de8

I write to rage, and rescue ourselves from collective amnesia, says Harsh Mander, speaking on India’s Covid experience

Harsh Mander’s new book demands accountability from the state for its handling of the pandemic’s impact.

#covid19 #HarshMander #healthcare #CovidMismanagement #BJP #books #bookstodon #interview #health #medicine #india

https://www.thehindu.com/books/i-write-to-rage-and-rescue-ourselves-from-collective-amnesia-says-harsh-mander-speaking-on-indias-covid-experience/article67126759.ece

How ‘shramik’ trains added to the misery of the poor during the Covid-19 lockdown

An excerpt from Harsh Mander's ‘Burning Pyres, Mass Graves and a State That Failed Its People: India’s Covid Tragedy’.

#BookExcerpt #HarshMander #covid19 #CovidLockdown #CovidDeathToll #MigrantLabourers #MigrantWorkers #governance #health #covid #welfare #UnionGovt #BJP #india #books #bookstodon

https://scroll.in/article/1051873/harsh-mander-how-shramik-trains-added-to-the-misery-of-the-poor-during-the-covid-19-lockdown

FCRA licence of Harsh Mander’s think tank suspended because he wrote articles for newspapers

The ministry also accused the Centre for Equity Studies of using foreign contributions to create and release reports authored by non-FCRA associations.

#HarshMander #FCRA #dissent #activism #censorship #MHA #BJP #india

https://scroll.in/latest/1051231/fcra-licence-of-harsh-manders-think-tank-suspended-because-he-wrote-articles-for-newspapers

Why a special court judge had jailed BJP MLA Maya Kodnani for 26 years

Harsh Mander looks back at the Gujarat violence of 2002.

#GujaratPogrom #GujaratRiots #gujarat #MayaKodnani #BJP #BilkisBano #NarendraModi #CommunalViolence #HinduMobs #justice #law #genocide #rape #hindutva #india #HarshMander

TW: rape

https://scroll.in/article/1047803/harsh-mander-why-a-special-court-judge-jailed-bjp-mla-maya-kodnani-for-26-years

Centre Recommends CBI Inquiry Against Activist Harsh Mander's NGO

Harsh Mander, who was a member of the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council during the previous UPA government, has established Aman Biradari -- "a people's campaign for a secular, peaceful, just and humane world".

#HarshMander #activism #AmanBiradari #NGOs #CBI #MHA #FCRA #GujaratPogrom #GujaratRiots #BJP #UnionGovt #india

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/centre-recommends-cbi-inquiry-against-activist-harsh-manders-ngo-aman-biradari-3877494