The United Nations (UN) has expanded the domain of human rights to cyber-space.
In a landmark resolution for the “promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the Internet”, the UN has affirmed the right of all to use the internet without fear of surveillance or deprivation.
Union Minister of Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi seems to have unilaterally donned the mantle of the protectress of the Indian womankind by announcing a cyber cell “to check online abuse” according to a heavily editorialised NDTV report. This move is both dubious and senseless. We’ll examine the senseless bit first by holding her to…
The Indian Supreme Court’s recent decision reiterating the importance of accountability for human rights violations by police and security forces, in particular where unnecessary or excessive force is alleged to have been used, is a welcome step and must be immediately implemented. In the case of EEVFAM v Union of India, petitioners alleged that 1,528…