Human rights standards on the wane in India
Indian journalist with over 50 years of newspaper, news agency and television experience.
12 Apr 2021
Increasing incidents of human rights violations have tarnished the image of the country. Reuters
Every passing year brings fresh evidence of decline in India’s human rights standards. In the Human Freedom Index of 2020 India was at the 111th place among 162 countries. In the 2019 index India’s rank was 94.
The HF index, published annually by American think tank Cato Institute and Fraser Institute of Canada since 2008, takes into account 76 indicators of personal, civil, and economic freedoms in ranking countries.