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).[1][2]
Prominent Activities
The Human Rights Forum has run campaigns on issues like displacement, gender, environment, caste, state repression, etc. They have opposed nuclear power projects like the Kovvada Atomic Power Project and Uranium mining in Kadapa.[3][4][5] They have also actively campaigned against large-scale infrastructure projects, such as the Polavaram project and other hydro and thermal projects citing concerns about displacement and environmental impacts.[6][7][8]
Publications
English
References
- ↑ A One in a Century Rights Activist. Economic and Political Weekly({Template:Date).
- ↑ To Remember Balagopal Is to Remember Our Own Humanness. Economic and Political Weekly({Template:Date).
- ↑ The coast isn’t clear for India’s nuclear power quest. The Hindu(2016-07-29). Retrieved 2026-02-28.
- ↑ HRF Demands Resolution Against Uranium Mining. www.deccanchronicle.com(2025-02-05). Retrieved 2026-02-28.
- ↑ HRF up in arms against thermal power project. The Hindu(2015-01-25). Retrieved 2026-02-28.
- ↑ Polavaram dam project has opened floodgates of corruption: activists, Goswami, Subhojit. Down To Earth(2018-06-27). Retrieved 2026-02-28.
- ↑ Thermal Power: ‘థర్మల్’తో అభివృద్ధి.. బూటకమే!, ABN. Andhrajyothy Telugu News(2025-02-17). Retrieved 2026-02-28.
- ↑ HRF calls Vizag Google-Adani data centre a ‘looming environmental disaster’, Staff, T. N. M.. The News Minute(2025-10-18). Retrieved 2026-02-28.