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About Meenakshi Ganguly

Meenakshi Ganguly is the south Asia director for Human Rights Watch. She joined HRW in 2004. Before then she was south Asia correspondent for Time magazine, where she reported from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

Articles by Meenakshi Ganguly

Tuesday 20th September

Nepal: wrong trail, right track

The return to democracy in Nepal after the decade-long civil war has been bumpy. The question of amnesty for crimes committed during the war now faces the new Maoist-led government with a key choice, says Meenakshi Ganguly.
Tuesday 8th March

India, Arab democracy, and human rights

The democracy uprisings in the Arab world hold a lesson for New Delhi, says Meenakshi Ganguly: the need for a foreign-policy stance that matches India's global ambitions.
Monday 7th June

Sri Lanka's war: time for accountability

The end of Sri Lanka’s post-war electoral cycle makes it even more important for the world to stand for justice over the country’s human-rights abuses, says Meenakshi Ganguly.

This article was first published on 28 April 2010

Thursday 18th February

Nepal: torture vs democracy

Nepal’s path to development remains hostage to the lack of accountability over human-rights violations during the country’s civil war, says Meenakshi Ganguly.

(This article was first published on 15 February 2010)

Thursday 20th August

Sri Lanka’s hollow victory

The Colombo government's repression, detention and evasion demand an international inquiry
Wednesday 8th April

Sri Lanka’s displaced: the political vice

The plight of Tamil civilians is both political disgrace and human emergency 
Friday 30th January

Sri Lanka under siege

A chapter of Sri Lanka’s long civil war is ending at a huge cost to human rights
Thursday 4th December

After Mumbai: India’s democratic test

The Indian response to the Mumbai assault must be guided by defence of basic freedoms

Monday 3rd November

India’s election season: bad for minorities

The democratic process is an opportunity for India’s politicians to foment ethnic tensions for gain
Monday 28th April

Nepal: the human-rights test

Kathmandu's election surprise sets a critical challenge for the new Maoist government
Monday 14th January

India and Burma: time to choose

New Delhi is on the right side of the junta, the wrong side of history
Wednesday 4th July

China and Bhutan: crushing dissent

Beijing's communists and Thimpu's royalists are alike denying freedom to Tibetans and Nepalese under their heel

Tuesday 9th January

India's Dalits: between atrocity and protest

Indian laws, policies and political rhetoric appear to favour the rights of Dalits and other low-caste communities. But do these translate into improvement in their lives? Meenakshi Ganguly reports.
Sunday 10th September

Sri Lanka: time to act

The vicious cycle of abuse in Sri Lanka's renewed conflict takes its heaviest toll on civilians, says Meenakshi Ganguly.

 

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