Human Rights Report on India 2021.

 ~Preet.

The US State Department just published a strong and critical assessment on human rights in India in 2021. The report is submitted to the US Congress each year and is retrospective in nature, containing a country-by-country discussion of the state of internationally recognised individual, civil, political, and worker rights as outlined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international agreements. The Ministry of Home Affairs released statistics on human rights abuses in states to Rajya Sabha in December 2021.

In 2021, the US State Department issued a harsh and scathing evaluation of human rights in India. The report, which is submitted to the US Congress each year, is retrospective in nature, with a country-by-country discussion of the state of internationally recognised individual, civil, political, and worker rights as outlined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international agreements. In December 2021, the Ministry of Home Affairs provided Rajya Sabha with statistics on human rights violations in states. The study, which included media stories of journalists being targeted for monitoring via the Pegasus virus, highlighted abuses of privacy by government agencies, "including the use of technology to arbitrarily or unlawfully spy or interfere with the privacy of persons."

The study documented instances in which the government or people seen to be linked to the government reportedly intimidated or harassed critical media outlets, particularly through internet trolling. It outlined the government's February 2021 decree asking Twitter to restrict accounts of journalists covering rallies over three (since repealed) farm regulations. 

The study highlighted the incidents of Amnesty International India, whose assets were held by the Enforcement Directorate, and the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), whose Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) licence was suspended for apparent violations.

These are rights that all people have, regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, or other status. 

These include the right to life and liberty, the freedom from slavery and torture, the freedom of thought and speech, the right to employment and an education, and many others. 'To deny individuals their human rights is to attack their basic humanity,' said Nelson Mandela. Articles 12 through 35 of the United States Constitution. These include the Right to Equality, the Right to Freedom, the Right Against Exploitation, the Right to Religious Freedom, Cultural and Educational Rights, the Right to Certain Laws to be Saved, and the Right to Constitutional Remedies. Constitutional Articles 36–51 These include the "right to social security," "right to work," "free choice of employment," and "protection from unemployment," "right to equal pay for equal work," "right to an existence worthy of human dignity," "right to free and compulsory education," "right to equal justice," and "right to free legal aid."

The Protection of Human Rights Act (PHRA) of 1993 (as amended in 2019) provided for the establishment of a National Human Rights Commission at the Union level, which directs State Human Rights Commissions and Human Rights Courts for better protection of Human Rights and matters connected with or incidental thereto. Human Rights are defined in Section 2(1)(d) of the PHRA as "individual rights to life, liberty, equality, and dignity guaranteed by the Constitution or enshrined in International Covenants and enforceable by Indian courts." India actively participated in the development of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). These 30 rights and freedoms include civil and political rights such as the right to life, liberty, free expression, and privacy, as well as economic, social, and cultural rights such as the right to social security, health care, and education, among others.