The Internet Ban In Kashmir Is A Clear Violation Of Human Rights And No One Seems To Care: Kashmir continues to bathe in the blood of its own people, falling prey to ‘stray bullets’ and ‘non lethal pellets’ fired from the guns of the Indian armed forces. Since July 2016, Kashmir has lost over 100…
Digital rights are human rights, says Nighat Dad at RightsCon 2017: The sixth conference of its kind, RightsCon 2017 was first initiated after social media’s role in Arab Spring. The event, held from March 29-31, included around 250 sessions under 20 main themes including Freedom of Expression, Algorithmic Accountability and Transparency, Business and Human Rights,…
Human Rights and Regular Internet Users: Human rights are a topic that came up several times at the IETF meeting that just ended. There’s a Human Rights Research Group that had a session with a bunch of short presentations, and the featured two talks at the plenary asking, ‘Can Internet Protocols Affect Human Rights?’ The…
Kerala to declare access to Internet a human right, first for an Indian state: Kerala will soon become the first state in the country to declare Internet access as a human right. In the state budget presented two weeks ago, the CPI(M)-led government earmarked a special fund aimed at providing Internet connections to 20 lakh…
Kerala breaks the mould to assert internet rights: KOCHI: Finance minister TM Thomas Isaac’s assertion in his budget speech that the state will make ‘access to internet’ a citizen’s right is a bold idea ahead of its time. This is something that’s possibly ‘out of the comfort zone’ of the central government. Read More
Divorced via WhatsApp, two Hyderabad women fight for their rights: The two ladies, Syeda Hina Fatima and Mehreen Noor, who were married to two brothers have registered a police complaint against their in-laws who reportedly threw them out of the house. The sisters, who have not received any documents, say this is not valid under…
Kerala budget 2017: Internet access a basic right, says TM Thomas Isaac: Finance minister TM Thomas Isaac on Friday announced projects for making internet accessible to more people. Measures will be taken to provide free internet to 20 lakh economically backward households. The budget proposed to make internet access a human right. Read More
Demonetisation & the Push to Digital Payments in India: Violation of Human Rights?: Currency exhibits characteristics of a common-pool good, i.e. rivalrous in consumption but non-excludable1 . However, as opposed to traditional common-pool resources like timber, coal and fish stocks; currency is a cultural artefact, which depends on the theories and trust that individuals place…
Should we have a sex offenders’registry?: BENGALURU: Coming on the back of yet another case of rape of a minor in a city school and numerous cases of rapes and sexual abuse, there has been a rising chorus for having a sex offenders’ registry as a deterrent against such incidents. Such registers are already a norm…
Human Rights And Responsible Media: Freedom of speech and expression – from where media derives its freedom and strength – is a basic human right and a natural right. It is inherent in the fact of life itself. Therefore, nexus between the human rights and freedom of speech is obvious. Moreover, unrestrained or motivated expression…