Monthly Archives: September 2020
‘Lawless UP,’ Say Opposition Parties as Dalit Man Beaten to Death...
By Wire Staff
New Delhi: The death of a Dalit man after he was lynched by alleged members of a rightwing organisation has sparked a row...
Indian media’s anti-Muslim reporting on Ram Temple crisis
By Irfan Raja
Aug. 5, 2020, will be remembered as one of the darkest days in the history of India. The grand celebrations of placing...
Supreme Court’s apparent reluctance to question government on consequential issues affects...
Almost immediately after assuming office, in 2014, the Narendra Modi government blocked the elevation of Gopal Subramanium as a judge of the apex court.
The...
‘Say Jai Shri Ram’, Killers of Muslim Man in NCR Said,...
By Ismat Ara
Noida: On Sunday, at around midnight, 20-year-old Mohammad Sabir was told by the police that they had found the lifeless body of...
Government suspends FCRA clearance of 4 Christian groups
Vijaita Singh
Of the six NGOs whose license under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) was suspended by the Union Home Ministry this year, four...
India’s christians under fire campaign to make country more hindu intensifies
Christians in India are facing horrific levels of violence from Hindu radical extremists.
This deadly campaign coincides with an Indian government agenda to turn the...
Administrators in Coastal Karnataka Give in to Right-Wing Bullying
Ismail Zaorez
Manguluru: Two recent incidents that took place just two days apart appear to show how right-wing fringe groups in the coastal area of Karnataka...
‘Cause Indiscriminate and Excessive Injury’: HRW Wants Pellet Guns Banned in...
New Delhi: After severe injuries were caused to Shia mourners participating in a Muharram procession in Srinagar, international NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday...
Harassment of Muslims: Human Rights Panel Tells UP Police Chief To...
LUCKNOW – Swiftly acting on a complaint of harassment of Muslim youths, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday instructed the Director-General of Police...
Did PM Violate Constitutional Authority by Taking Part in a Religious...
Dr. KS Chauhan
CASTE is the foundation to evolve a discriminatory system in Indian society. It is based on graded inequality and the system of...
RSS sets up study centres for rural students, includes patriotism lessons
Shruti Tomar
More than 1000 volunteers of RSS are reaching out to young minds through study centres-- Balgokulam—set up in more than 31 districts of...
Pellet Guns Fired On Srinagar Muharram Procession, Leading To Blindings
Jeff Horwitz and Newley Purnell
Srinagar: The thought of losing his eyesight kept Tanveer awake through the night.
“Have the doctors arrived?” the 16-year-old boy repeatedly asked...
Detention of Anti-CAA Activists: Rights Defenders Reject India’s Reply to UN...
Shahzeen Nazar
NEW DELHI – The United Nations Special Rapporteurs on Human Rights had raised with the government of India the continued detention of eleven human...
