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
The outworking of the eight-year-old peace agreement in Nepal has embraced the government and its Maoist opponents. The women who were victims of sexual violence from both sides during the conflict have, however, been left out.
बढ़ते श्रमिक समुदाय वाली एक उभरती अर्थव्यवस्था होने के नाते भारत यह मानता है कि वैश्विक मामलों में उसकी आवाज़ को सुना जाना चाहिए। इस बात से कोई भी असहमत नहीं है। परंतु, महत्वपूर्ण विदेशी नीतियों के मुद्दों पर भारत को ऐसी पहलकदमी करनी चाहिए जो मानव पीड़ा को समाप्त करने का प्रयत्न कर सकती हों।. Engl
As an emerging economy with a growing work force, India believes it should have a voice in global affairs. No one disagrees. But then, on crucial foreign policy issues, India should take initiatives that seek an end to human suffering. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on Emerging Powe
Como una economía emergente con una fuerza de trabajo en crecimiento, India cree que debe tener voz en los asuntos internacionales. Nadie está en desacuerdo. Pero entonces, en asuntos cruciales de política exterior, India debe tomar iniciativas que puedan buscar terminar con el sufrimiento humano.
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.
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.
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
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)
The problem with running a disingenuous military campaign is that victory is never as sweet as it should have been. In a world on alert against bombings and gunmen randomly
After Sri Lankan army forces overran parts of the last stretch of territory held by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on 1 April 2009, a statement from the
When the fifty-ninth division of Sri Lanka's army entered Mullaitivu on 25 January 2009, it marked the fall of the last major town under the control of the
