Sexual torture is a heinous tactic of silencing. State-sanctioned sexual violence is used to assert power and paralyse the spirit of dissent. It also relies on social systems that punish survivors ...

Meanwhile, the founders of the BRICS economic bloc – China, Brazil, India and South Africa – have been among those hit by the ...

With nearly one billion eligible voters, India conducts elections of staggering scale. Known as the world’s largest democracy ...