Sharan Srinivas

Sharan Srinivas is a human rights advocate and the Director of Research and Advocacy at the Right Livelihood Award Foundation. Find him on Twitter at @Sharan_Srinivas.

How human rights are freeing journalists in Turkey – a prison for members of the press

Though some from Turkey's independent newspaper Cumhuriyet are still being detained, human rights mechanisms are being used successfully – even in this autocracy – to free many others.

By Sharan Srinivas

/ 19 Sep 2017

Egypt’s activists should be celebrated, not criminalised

As justice remains elusive, celebration of Egyptian civil society can build a strong counter-narrative to criminalisation.

By Sharan Srinivas and Lynn Boylan

/ 12 Apr 2017