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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox organization<br />
| name = Human Rights Forum<br />
| formation = 1998<br />
| abbreviation = HRF<br />
| predecessor = Andhra Pradesh Civil Liberties Committee<br />
| purpose = activism, human rights<br />
| region_served = [[India]]<br />
| key_people = [[K. Balagopal]]<br />
| website = https://humanrightsforum.org/<br />
}}<br />
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'''Human Rights Forum''' '''(HRF)''' is a [[rights]] organisation based in [[Andhra Pradesh]] and [[Telangana]] in India. It was formed in 1998 by a group of activists including [[K. Balagopal]] following a split from the Andhra Pradesh Civil Liberties Committee (APCLC).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kannabiran |first=K G |date=2009 |title=A One in a Century Rights Activist |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25663779 |journal=Economic and Political Weekly |volume=44 |issue=46 |pages=8–11 |issn=0012-9976}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kodandaram |first=M |date=2010 |title=To Remember Balagopal Is to Remember Our Own Humanness |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25664014 |journal=Economic and Political Weekly |volume=45 |issue=3 |pages=37–39 |issn=0012-9976}}</ref><br />
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== Prominent Activities ==<br />
The Human Rights Forum has run campaigns on issues like displacement, gender, [[Environmental justice|environment]], [[Caste system in India|caste]], [[Political repression|state repression]], etc. They have opposed nuclear power projects like the [[Kovvada Atomic Power Project]] and [[Uranium mining]] in [[Kadapa district|Kadapa]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-07-29 |title=The coast isn’t clear for India’s nuclear power quest |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/The-coast-isn%E2%80%99t-clear-for-India%E2%80%99s-nuclear-power-quest/article14515294.ece |access-date=2026-02-28 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2025-02-05 |title=HRF Demands Resolution Against Uranium Mining |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/andhra-pradesh/hrf-demands-resolution-against-uranium-mining-1859227 |access-date=2026-02-28 |website=www.deccanchronicle.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-01-25 |title=HRF up in arms against thermal power project |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/hrf-up-in-arms-against-thermal-power-project/article6822475.ece |access-date=2026-02-28 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> They have also actively campaigned against large-scale infrastructure projects, such as the [[Polavaram Project|Polavaram project]] and other hydro and thermal projects citing concerns about displacement and environmental impacts.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goswami |first=Subhojit |date=2018-06-27 |title=Polavaram dam project has opened floodgates of corruption: activists |url=https://www.downtoearth.org.in/environment/polavaram-dam-project-has-opened-floodgates-of-corruption-activists-60963 |access-date=2026-02-28 |website=Down To Earth |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=ABN |date=2025-02-17 |title=Thermal Power: ‘థర్మల్’తో అభివృద్ధి.. బూటకమే! |url=https://www.andhrajyothy.com/2025/andhra-pradesh/human-rights-forum-opposes-thermal-power-project-in-srikakulam-1372007.html |access-date=2026-02-28 |website=Andhrajyothy Telugu News |language=te}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=T. N. M. |date=2025-10-18 |title=HRF calls Vizag Google-Adani data centre a ‘looming environmental disaster’ |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/andhra-pradesh/hrf-calls-vizag-google-adani-data-centre-a-looming-environmental-disaster |access-date=2026-02-28 |website=The News Minute |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Publications ==<br />
=== English ===<br />
{{Columns-list|colwidth=15em|style=font-style: italic;|<br />
*Ear to the Ground: Writings On Class and Caste - 2011 and 2025<br />
*Of Capital and Other Punishments - October 2012<br />
*Tsunduru: An Atrocity and Its aftermath - October 2014<br />
*Understanding Fascism: Writings on Caste, Class and the State - October 2023<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:Human rights organisations based in India]]<br />
[[Category:Organisations based in Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Organisations based in Telangana]]</div>ArnoldBAp