Meenakshi Ganguly
Meenakshi Ganguly is deputy director of Human Rights Watch’s Asia Division, overseeing the work in a number of countries in the region. She joined Human Rights Watch in 2004, and was formerly South Asia director. Prior to joining Human Rights Watch, Ganguly served as a correspondent for Time Magazine, and before that, worked with the Press Trust of India.
She has researched and documented a broad range of human rights issues in South Asia including failures in the criminal justice system; discrimination based on religion, caste, ethnicity, or sexual orientation; rights of refugees; violence targeting women and children; crackdown on freedom of expression and association; as well serious rights violations during insurgencies and internal armed conflict. She has published numerous articles on South Asia including for the Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, Scroll, Wire, Dhaka Tribune, The Kathmandu Post, among others.
Ganguly has a Masters in Sociology from the Delhi School of Economics.
Articles Authored
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April 10, 2018
Prejudice Flares After Rape, Murder of Muslim Child in India
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March 7, 2018
State of Emergency Declared in Sri Lanka
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March 1, 2018
Engaging in “Whataboutery” Instead of Protecting Rights
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February 22, 2018
India Gets Another Chance Protecting Transgender Rights
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January 12, 2018
Pakistan Needs to Protect Children from Sexual Abuse
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October 20, 2017
India’s Response to the Rohingya Crisis Is Timid
Reports Authored
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“Being Neutral is Our Biggest Crime”
Government, Vigilante, and Naxalite Abuses in India’s Chhattisgarh State
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