👋Meet Dr. Ritumbra Manuvie, Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Groningen and ED of DAHRD, speaker at our #DemocracyDrinks! Join us for this important conversation! 📅 28 May | 17:00 📍@humanityhub 🎤Conversation + networking🥂 Register now👉: gqr.sh/MMkS !

Join DAHRD in Brussels for From Meme to Mob — a discussion on the DSA, multilingual moderation, systemic risks, and platform accountability in Europe. 📍 Press Club Brussels Europe 📅 3 June 2026 | 16:00–18:00 registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-meme-...

📣Meet the speakers of #DemocracyDrinks! Dr. Sruti Bala is Associate Professor at Uva and member of the collective International Solidarity for Academic Freedom in India (InSAF India). 📅 28 May | 17:00–19:00 📍 The Hague Humanity Hub 🎤Conversation + networking🥂 Sign up here👉🏼 gqr.sh/MMkS!

📣Join us for the next edition of #DemocracyDrinks on May 28 at 17:00 ! As India’s delegation dodged questions about human rights in India during PM Modi visit to the Netherlands, it’s crucial to keep the conversation going! Join us to discuss India’s democracy and RSS! Sign up here👉: gqr.sh/EqPs !

“They don’t just arrest individuals ,they send a message to an entire community.” Dr. Banojyotsna Lahiri reflects on the arrest of Umar Khalid and his-co accused, and how state repression silence Muslim voices and suppress dissent. Watch it here👉🏼 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt8A....

📍A must-read investigation with inputs from DAHRD on Assam's 'pushback' machine, its legal violations, and the silence around it. 🔗 www.thequint.com/news/politic...

As PM Modi arrived in the Netherlands for his state visit, DAHRD reflected on the state of democracy in India, highlighting restriction of press freedom and a rise of hate speech and hate crimes against minorities during Modi’s regime. Read the full article here 👉 www.trouw.nl/binnenland/d...

📣 Our newsletter is out! Sign up to our events and check out the highlights! Read it here 👉🏽 us1.campaign-archive.com?u=d2a06123b0...

🔔See you Thursday 28th! Sign up here👉🏼https://gqr.sh/weuC !

🚨 Check out the highlights of our April news updates and read the full edition on our website 👉🏽 dahrd.org/about-us/adv... !

📰DAHRD's ED @ritumbra.bsky.social reflects on the cancellation of @rightscon.org, arguing for a framework of digital self-determination centred on the rights of peoples and communities to shape the digital environments they inhabit. 👉 Read the full op-ed here on @thewire.in : gqr.sh/cDGM

Join us for #DemocracyDrinks Far-Right Networks: Diffusion & Democratic Impact 📅 28 May, 17:00 📍Humanity Hub Curious how far-right movements build legitimacy and expand their reach? We’ll explore the RSS in India as a key case and connect it to patterns across Europe. Sign up here: gqr.sh/rvXa !

📣Listen to DAHRD's Director @ritumbra.bsky.social talking about Assam elections, AI-generated content and coordinated disinformation networks. Listen to the podcast here: youtu.be/aPZYT0ZPnAY And read our full report: gqr.sh/zXex Thanks to @boomlive.in ! #india #assamelection #bjp #AI

❗India ranks 157/180 in the 2026 World Press Freedom Index (RSF). Journalists face violence, legal intimidation and near‑total impunity: 28 killed since 2014, many for reporting on the environment, protests, or corruption. Press freedom in India is in free fall. #PressFreedom #India #Journalism

📩 Read our latest newsletter 👉🏽 gqr.sh/dkrz ! And if you haven't signed up yet, do it here 👉🏽 gqr.sh/uw6A !

🚨 @rightscon.org, organised by @accessnow.org, has been cancelled. This cancellation is a significant loss for the digital rights community. At a moment when open exchange and collective thinking are more necessary than ever, the absence of this space for dialogue is deeply felt.

📍 Meet our Advocacy Officer Elena at @rightscon.org, where she'll join the #Young Leaders Summit, engaging in conversations on #human rights and #technology. ➡️5 May | 9:00 AM - 15:00 And if you are at #RightsCon26, come by our booth! ➡️ 7 May | 9:00 AM - 13:00 #DigitalRights #TechAccountability

📍Today we presented our report on Assam elections to MP from @d66.nl and discussed digital rights issues, platform accountability, disinformation and propaganda. We welcome dialogue with decision-makers and remain committed to human rights and responsible digital governance. #digitalrights

👋🏼We’ll be at RightsCon2026 in Lusaka! We’re looking forward to engaging with fellow organisations, advocates, and experts. If you’ll be there too, we’d love to connect- reach out or come to our booth to say hello!

🔎 Unprecedented operation of Industrial‑scale AI content production, documented propaganda‑to‑policy pipeline, and Record Model Code of Conduct violations from verified political accounts. Read our report here👉🏼https://dahrd.org/report/assam-assembly-elections-monitoring-report-april-6-2026-pdf/

👇🏽 Check out the highlights from our newsletter! And read the full newsletter here 👉🏽 dahrd.org/report/assam... !

📣 Our monthly news update is out! Check out the news highlights from March and read the full news update 👉🏽 dahrd.org/about-us/adv... !

🚨 Discover the first industrialised AI disinformation operation in an Indian state election: our monitoring report documents AI disinformation targeting Muslim minority in Assam. 👉🏽 check out the video by Article14: youtube.com/shorts/uR_nB... 👉🏽 and read our report here: dahrd.org/report/assam...

🎉Our latest report is in the news! Check out the articles: 👉🏽 @scroll.in: scroll.in/latest/10919... 👉🏽 The Federal: thefederal.com/elections-20... 👉🏽 The Hindustan Gazette: thehindustangazette.com/national/ass... 👉🏽 Foej Media: foej.in/ai-disinform... 👉🏽 ShiaWaves: shiawaves.com/english/news...

📣Our report in the media! Read it here: dahrd.org/report/assam... ! And check out the articles: 👉🏼 maktoobmedia.com/india/report... 👉🏼 theobserverpost.com/dahrd-reveal...

🚨 New Report alert🚨 Our new report on Assam Assembly Elections documents what we believe to be the first recorded instance of AI-driven disinformation in an Indian state election. Read the full report 👉 dahrd.org/report/assam... !

🔔Our latest newsletter is out! Read it here 👉🏼 us1.campaign-archive.com?u=d2a06123b0... ! Read the report here 👉🏼 dahrd.org/report/preli... !

📣 Missed our webinar 'Justice on hold: Umar Khalid's story of Resistance' with Hannah van Dijcke (@hrf.org), Dr Banojyotsna Lahiri and Betwa Sharma (Article 14) ? You can watch the full recording on our YouTube channel 👉🏽 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt8A... !

🚨 New Report alert🚨 Our new report on the normalisation of AI-generated propaganda in Assam electoral campaign and the role of social platforms is out! Read it here👉🏼: dahrd.org/report/preli... !

In the context of EU-India FTA, our co-founder @ritumbra.bsky.social reflects on Chapter 16, trade and sustainable development, the legal basis of the ‘Brussels effect’. But the commitments remain voluntary and rely on dialogue mechanisms. Read the piece in The Wire 👉 thewire.in/trade/eu-ind...

☕ In Brussels, DAHRD joined a discussion at the @europarl.europa.eu on the #EUIndiaFTA. Our Director, Dr. Ritumbra Manuvie @ritumbra.bsky.social, highlighted: missing key ILO protections, impact on workers & vulnerable communities, and shrinking democratic space in India.

📣 Our newsletter is out! Check out the highlights 👇🏽and read it here👉🏼https://us1.campaign-archive.com/?u=d2a06123b0b2827940ebca763&id=a5a673bbae !

📣Our February's overview of news from India is out! 👇🏾Read some highlights and check out the full update on our website👉🏾https://dahrd.org/about-us/advocacy-in-the-european-union/india-news-updates-archives/ !

❗️BREAKING: the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention ruled that Umar Khalid’s detention is arbitrary. Opinion issued. Read our full statement here👉🏾:https://dahrd.org/2026/03/17/un-experts-recognise-umar-khalids-detention-as-arbitrary/

🔔Happening tomorrow!!

👋🏽 Meet Betwa Sharma (editor of Article 14), speaker at our webinar on Umar Khalid. Sign up here to join us on March 17th👉 www.eventbrite.nl/e/justice-on...!

👋 Meet Hannah Van Dijcke (@hrf.org), speaker at our webinar on March 17th ! Sign up here 👉https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/justice-on-hold-umar-khalids-story-of-resistance-tickets-1984880592283?aff=oddtdtcreator ! #ProlongedDetention #UmarKhalid #PoliticalPrisoners #StandForJustice

Meet Dr. Banojyotsna Lahiri, speaker at our webinar Justice on hold: Umar Khalid’s story of resistance. Sign up here👉https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/justice-on-hold-umar-khalids-story-of-resistance-tickets-1984880592283?aff=oddtdtcreator ! #ProlongedDetention #UmarKhalid #PoliticalPrisoners

Khalid's 2000 days in pre-trial detention represent the erosion of India's justice system and the attempts of Modi's gov to stifle dissent. Read the piece in The Diplomat by our co-founder and ED @ritumbra.bsky.social 👉🏽https://thediplomat.com/2026/03/umar-khalid-2000-days-in-prison-without-trial/ !

📢 JOIN OUR WEBINAR: Justice on hold: Umar Khalid’s story of resistance For over five years, student activist Umar Khalid has remained in pre-trial detention. Join us online to hear his story! 📅 March 17th 21:30 IST/17:00 CET/11:00 AM EST Sign up here 👉: www.eventbrite.nl/e/justice-on... !

📣 Our newsletter is out- check it out 👉🏽https://us1.campaign-archive.com/?u=d2a06123b0b2827940ebca763&id=a917ce7a3e ! Read our statement on the release of Umar Khalid👉🏽https://dahrd.org/2026/02/23/joint-statement-the-international-community-must-call-for-the-immediate-release-of-umar-khalid/!

Today, Umar spends 2000 days in pre-trial detention from his arrest on 13th of September 2020. Umar was taken into custody by Delhi Police on allegations of having connection with the 2020 Delhi riots and booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. #humanrights #India #CAA #modi #news

❗On 25 Feb 2026,PM @narendra-modi.bsky.social addressed the Knesset and declared that India stands with Israel “with full conviction.” This was not state diplomacy, but an endorsement of a state built on occupation, siege, genocide and the systematic theft of Palestinian land.

Dear @narendra-modi.bsky.social can you explain why the spokesperson of the alleged “largest” and “richest” political party (BJP) of “the mother of democracy” met with a holocaust denier Mr. Grzegorz Braun at the European Parliament? Did you think what happens in Parliament remains in Parliament?

❗ We (DAHRD), and @hrf.org, alongside an international coalition of Human Rights organisations, urge the international community to call for the immediate release of Umar Khalid. Read the full statement 👉🏼: dahrd.org/2026/02/23/j...

📣 Our newsletter is out! Here are the highlights! Read our newsletter here 👉🏽 us1.campaign-archive.com?u=d2a06123b0...!

❗️French President Emmanuel Macron made a state visit to India, celebrating an ‘accelerating’ strategic partnership ‘without limits’. The agenda, emphasised strategic, economic, business and technological cooperation, with human rights and democratic principles completely absent from the discussions.

✊🏾Yesterday, many people gathered at the Press Club to celebrate Umar Khalid's words and courage. Read more 👇🏾and sign our statement here👉🏾: dahrd.org/2026/01/26/c... !

💌 Valentine's Day is globally celebrated as a day of love. Yet in India under BJP-RSS, it has increasingly become a site of surveillance, moral policing, and communal violence. What should be a day for love, warmth, and freedom to choose who we love has now been overshadowed by violence and fear.

📣 Our January's overview of news from India is out! 👇🏽 Check out some highlights and read the full update on our website👉 dahrd.org/about-us/adv... !