In 2022, Indian authorities “intensified and broadened their crackdown on activist groups and the media”, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2023, an annual review of human rights around the globe. To silence activists and independent journalists, authorities used “politically motivated criminal charges, including terrorism, to jail those exposing or criticising government abuses”.
The 712-page report chronicles human rights crises through last year, from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to decisions by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Now in its 33rd edition, it reviews human rights practices in nearly 100 countries.
