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 23, 2023
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January 17, 2023
Canada Sanctions Two Sri Lankan Ex-Presidents for Rights Violations
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December 9, 2022
Bangladesh’s Brutal Crackdown on Political Opposition
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November 24, 2022
Sri Lanka at Brink of Humanitarian Crisis
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November 18, 2022
Sri Lanka Should Free Detained Students
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October 24, 2022
The Nepal Government Should Expand Child Grants
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October 21, 2022
UN Chief Admonishes India to Protect Rights of Minorities
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October 5, 2022
Bangladesh Government Keeps Rewarding Rights Abusers
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September 26, 2022
Nepal President Blocks Citizenship Law
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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