Tag: Narendra Modi

Delhi Police. Photo: Rakesh Raman / RMN News Service. Representational Image

RSF Calls on the European Union to Sanction Delhi Police Officers

Delhi Police. Photo: Rakesh Raman / RMN News Service. Representational Image
Delhi Police. Photo: Rakesh Raman / RMN News Service. Representational Image

RSF Calls on the European Union to Sanction Delhi Police Officers

RSF and Guernica 37 are calling for European Union sanctions against these police officers, under a scheme introduced in December 2020 to address serious human rights violations in third countries.

International press freedom organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Guernica 37 Chambers call on the European Union to sanction four high-ranking officers of the Delhi Police, responsible — directly or indirectly — for exactions against dozens of journalists working or having collaborated with the independent media NewsClick. read more

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk. Photo: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

UN Human Rights Petition to Protect Rights of Indian Farmers

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk. Photo: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk. Photo: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

UN Human Rights Petition to Protect Rights of Indian Farmers

Farmers Protest 2024 | किसान आंदोलन 2024 | ਕਿਸਾਨ ਵਿਰੋਧ 2024

I have sent the following petition to Mr. Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and other authorities.

To                                                                                                               February 14, 2024

Mr. Volker Türk
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Palais Wilson, 52 rue des Pâquis
CH-1201 Geneva, Switzerland read more

Election on EVMs. A wall painting in New Delhi shows Modi’s party BJP will win more than 400 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha election. Photo by Rakesh Raman / RMN News Service

Protests Against Electronic Voting Machines EVMs Fail in India

Election on EVMs. A wall painting in New Delhi shows Modi’s party BJP will win more than 400 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha election. Photo by Rakesh Raman / RMN News Service
Election on EVMs. A wall painting in New Delhi shows Modi’s party BJP will win more than 400 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha election. Photo by Rakesh Raman / RMN News Service

Protests Against Electronic Voting Machines EVMs Fail in India

Modi’s BJP has such a confidence in EVMs that it aims to win more than 400 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha election.

By Rakesh Raman

Some very weak protests have been happening for the past couple of weeks in Delhi and other cities of India against the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in Indian elections.

Such sporadic protests with a handful of people will not make any impact on the Election Commission of India (ECI) which is hell-bent on using EVMs despite enormous complaints against them. read more