India’s Sporting Ambition Needs Rights Safeguards

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image The construction site of the world's largest cricket stadium at Motera, Ahmedabad, India, December 12, 2019. © 2019 Sam Panthak/AFP via Getty Images India will play host to the centenary Commonwealth Games in 2030 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat state, which is also the proposed host city for the country’s 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games bid.India last hosted the Commonwealth Games in 2010 in New Delhi amid allegations of corruption, forced evictions, labor rights abuses, and trafficking of women and girls. As Indian authorities undertake new construction for sports infrastructure…

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