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 24, 2022
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March 10, 2022
Reform Sri Lanka’s Draconian Abortion Law
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February 15, 2022
India’s Hijab Debate Fueled by Divisive Communal Politics
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December 16, 2021
UN Experts Urge Reform of Sri Lanka’s Counterterrorism Law
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November 12, 2021
In India, Speaking Out on Abuses Carries a High Price
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September 21, 2021
India’s Spot on World Stage Mired in Abuses at Home
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September 15, 2021
Sri Lankan Minister Threatens Prisoners at Gunpoint
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August 25, 2021
Families of Sri Lanka’s Forcibly Disappeared Denied Justice
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August 2, 2021
Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh at Risk During Monsoon
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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