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In what ways do civil liberties and human rights movements influence the working of Indian democracy? Give your answer with suitable examples.

  • UPSC 2010
  • Salient Features of the Indian Constitution

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Civil liberties movements ask the state to stop doing something: to stop detaining, torturing and censoring. Human rights movements, dominant from the 1980s, add claims to food, work and information. Rajni Kothari placed both in the non-party political process, groups taking up what parties will not touch; no party gains votes by defending the accused.…

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  • 1. Checking Authoritarian Lapse
  • 2. Converting Grievance into Justiciable Right
  • 3. Making Power Transparent and Elections Cleaner
  • 4. Building and Auditing Institutions
  • 5. Contesting Security Laws
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