One in three Indian parents believe their child will be a victim of online bullying, considerably higher than the global average, a report has said, adding that nearly all parents surveyed (92%) worry about their children’s safety online, particularly how their actions will have repercussions on the family. Highlighting that online predators, privacy and family…
India is always the land of diversity, cultures and social beliefs. But yet its’ always nature with emotions of love, brotherhood and touch of humanity. But these values are washing away with dust of materialism and political immaturity in present scenario. India is the world’s largest democracy and the Constitution of India grants free speech,…
Rights advocacy group Amnesty International has become the latest to join the bandwagon to criticize the Narendra Modi led BJP government of creating an atmosphere of intolerance by cracking down on dissent through arbitrary arrests, caste-based discrimination, extrajudicial killings and attacks on freedom of expression. The rights body in its annual report for 2015-16 released…
Last month, it was reported that National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) had proposed the setting up of a National Media Analytics Centre(NMAC). This centre’s mandate would be to monitor blogs, media channels, news outlets and social media platforms. Sources were quoted as stating that the centre would rely upon a tracking software built by Ponnurangam…
Reports have come in of an attack on Tribal Rights Activist and leader Soni Sori. Reports suggest that oil paint mixed with chemicals was thrown on her face by unknown assailants. This attack, which has left the activist in intense pain, and other reports of intimidation of persons such as lawyers and journalists working in…
For a country facing serious external and internal threats, dealing with issues of dissent and freedom of speech presents a difficult challenge. An essential ingredient of democracy as a political system is freedom of speech, which Article 19 of our Constitution provides, subject to some reasonable limits that include the security of the state, public…
Women still have a “long way to go” to achieve a status equal to men as granted by the Constitution and their real empowerment can be achieved only through economic empowerment, the Supreme Court has said. A bench of Justices A K Sikri and Abhay M Sapre made the observation while allowing the appeal of…
After years of suffering silently, women from India’s Dawoodi Bohra community has taken it upon themselves to end a practice that has haunted them for generations, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). They have also started a month-long campaign ‘Each One Reach One’ in collaboration with Speak Out on FGM. The initiative kicks off on February 6…
[fusion_text] Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF), India project partner of APC-IMPACT is working to promote and protect human rights online in India. The main objective of the project is to strengthen the protection of Human Rights; as guaranteed in various national and international mechanisms, in the digital space. Promoting and protecting right to Freedom of Expression (FoE); Right to Privacy (RTP)…
A training in the IRHR curriculum was conducted under DEF’s eNGO training program of helping NGOs leverage digital tools to increase their effectiveness & efficiency. The first training was scheduled on the 21st of September 2015 in Kolkata. A total of 25 individuals representing 24 NGOs were present for the training. The second training was…