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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March 5, 2019
Kashmir Crisis Erupts, World Watches Anxiously
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February 2, 2019
Rohingya Refugees Caught Between India and a Hard Place
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January 28, 2019
Expressing Religious Views is Risky in the Maldives
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December 20, 2018
Sri Lanka Still Hunting for Its ‘Disappeared’
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November 14, 2018
Rohingya Refugees Terrified of Being Forced Back to Myanmar
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November 1, 2018
Protests in Sri Lanka After President Sacks Premier
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September 20, 2018
Transitional Justice Efforts in Sri Lanka Fall Short
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September 12, 2018
Criticizing Government is a Costly Business in the Maldives
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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