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Indian Christians step up caste protests
Dalit rights activists break new grounds in South Asia
World Report 2022: Rights Trends in India
Dalit women speak out: The movement to end caste based sexual violence across India
Human rights in India
World Report 2025: Rights Trends in India
Protest sweeps India’s capital over razing of temple dedicated to Dalit saint
Human rights in Nepal
World Report 2023: Rights Trends in India
The Dalit: Born into a life of discrimination and stigma
For centuries, the Dalit minority in South Asia have faced discrimination, marginalisation, stigma and violence. Beena Pallical is the...
Indian Christians step up caste protests
Churches throughout India are stepping up protests against the country's discriminatory caste system which disadvantages Dalit Christians and Muslims.
Human rights in India
National financial and investigation agencies were weaponized against civil society, human rights defenders, activists, journalists and critics, further...
Dalit rights activists break new grounds in South Asia
Across the South Asia region, there are some 120 million Dalit women, facing a lifetime of discrimination, violence and poverty.
World Report 2025: Rights Trends in India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won a third term in office in June 2024. The authorities continued to...
Protest sweeps India’s capital over razing of temple dedicated to Dalit saint
The temple belonging to the Dalit community was dedicated to Saint Ravidas, one of the leaders of the anti-caste Bhakti movement,...
World Report 2022: Rights Trends in India
Critics of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in India including activists, journalists, peaceful protesters, and even poets, actors,...
Human rights in Nepal
Authorities used unlawful force against protesters and restricted freedoms of expression and assembly. A key step towards advancing transitional justice
World Report 2023: Rights Trends in India
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government continued its systematic discrimination and stigmatization of religious and other minorities, particularly...
Dalit women speak out: The movement to end caste based sexual violence across India
From local newsrooms to global headlines: How Equality Now partnered with journalists to advance women's rights in 2025. Read more +.