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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January 24, 2014
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September 13, 2013
Dispatches: Death penalty won’t stop rape in India
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September 3, 2013
Dispatches: Spotlight on Child Sex Abuse in India
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August 13, 2013
Bangladesh Descends into Chaos
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July 15, 2013
Extrajudicial Killings Corrode Democracy in India
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June 21, 2013
Can India be an international human rights leader?
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April 9, 2013
Urgent need for visible rights reform
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November 26, 2012
India: The Question Hangs
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June 19, 2012
Sri Lanka: The Meaning of Victory
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January 20, 2012
Manipur & its search for elusive justice
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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