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Wednesday, February 18, 2026
TopicHuman Rights Watch

Topic: Human Rights Watch

Extreme heat ‘disproportionately’ impacts people with disabilities, says HRW report

The Human Rights Watch, in a report, said that people with disabilities faced risk of death, physical, social, and mental health distress due to extreme heat.

BJP’s ‘abuses’ as bad as Chinese repression, rights body warns investors shifting to India

The Human Rights Watch says countries which deepen ties with Modi govt by ignoring India’s ‘troubling human rights record’, squanders leverage to protect country’s ‘endangered civic space’.

Bengaluru’s road to hol(e)y war & Naatu Naatu, y’all

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Cow vigilantes killed at least 44 people in three years, report finds

Nearly 300 people have been injured in more than 100 attacks by cow vigilantes between May 2015 and December 2018

Modi govt failed to prevent mob attacks, its leaders supported accused: HRW

Rights watchdog accuses Modi government of stifling dissent, red-flags UP encounters and deaths in the Sterlite protests that rocked TN. 

Video of two Pakistani girl students thrashing their harassers goes viral on social media

Here’s what’s happening across the border: Imran Khan hits back at critics who made fun of his ‘poultry plan’, and Human Rights Watch asks Pakistan to not execute mentally challenged prisoners.

Kashmir belongs to Pakistan, Afridi backtracks after row

Here’s what’s happening across the border: Two newspapers served notices for misquoting Chief Justice of Pakistan; Pakistan's Punjab village’s men fought during WW1.

South Africa rejects demand by Kashmir groups to arrest Narendra Modi for ‘war crimes’

PM scheduled to visit the country for BRICS summit; SA’s prosecuting agency says UN report ‘inadequate’ for legal action

Women with disability face higher risk of sexual violence & lower access to justice in India

There is very little understanding of the autonomy and agency of women who live with disability, among the police, doctors and even judges.  

Talk Point: Levels of impunity enjoyed by perpetrators are alarming

No matter how good the law is, it is doomed to remain on paper if unaccompanied by public education, behavioural change and enforement of rule of law.

On Camera

Telangana spoke up for Muslim vendor who was attacked. South is different from the North

A poor Muslim man from Kurnool, selling khoya buns during the Medaram Jatara in Telangana, was harassed by some YouTubers and surrounded by a mob over allegations of 'food jihad'.

Venezuela crude returns to India’s oil basket. But only as ‘supplementary’ supply

Indian refiners are testing Venezuelan barrels again as Russian supply sinks, but analysts say volumes will remain limited due to refinery constraints & supply capacity.

US military commander, envoy Sergio Gor visit Indian Army Western Command, Bengaluru next

At the Western Army Command, the American delegation was briefed on the capabilities of the formation, past operations and the path ahead.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.