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UN Human Rights Chief Tells Modi Govt to Free Activists Held...
“I urge the Government to ensure that no one else is detained for exercising their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly –...
Jesuits Demand Immediate Release of Fr. Stan Swamy, SJ
October 22, 2020 — Fr. Stan Swamy, SJ, was expecting his arrest. Over the summer, he was interrogated multiple times by India’s National Investigation...
UAPA: India’s anti-India Act
Humble though its beginnings were, the UAPA has now grown into a poisonous tree and is clearly modelled on the United States’ McCarthyite Un-American...
16-year-old dalit girl gang-raped in public toilet in UP’s Etah
By TNN
AGRA: A 16-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly gang-raped in a public toilet in UP’s Etah by three people from her village, including a...
The Actual Gujarat Model: Authoritarianism, Capitalism, Hindu Nationalism and Populism in...
By Nikita Sud
Gujarat is Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home State and training ground. His Gujarat Model is projected as growth and development oriented....
Muslim Man Lynched for Relieving in Public in UP’s Bahraich
BAHRAICH (Uttar Pradesh) – A 23-year-old man was beaten to death allegedly by four men in Bahraich district for relieving in public.
The incident took place...
The Indian Media is Blaming Muslims for the Coronavirus Pandemic
By Vedika Inamdar and Pooja George
In March of 2020, just before the official coronavirus-related lockdown in India, a Tablighi Jamaat religious gathering took place...
A List of Activists, Scholars and Scribes Whose Personal Liberty Remains...
These men and women have struggled either in securing regular hearings, or in having their basic human rights protected, or both.
New Delhi/Mumbai: On September 7,...
Christians in Southern India Brutally Attacked for Holding Prayer Meeting
By (International Christian Concern)
On November 4, five Christians were brutally attacked by radical Hindu nationalists in the Meerpet neighborhood of Hyderabad, India. The attack...
Police torture drives Muslim family to suicide in Andhra Pradesh
By Mohammad Siddique
Hyderabad: The suicide of a muslim family due to police harassment and torture in Nandyal town of Andhra Pradesh has kicked up...
Hindutva goons continue threatening Muslim fire-cracker shop owners in MP!
More videos of Hindutva mobs, raiding and threatening Muslim Shop owners have emerged, from Dewas in Madhya Pradesh. This time the saffron-scarf wearing Hindutva...
HINDUTVA GETS SUGARCOATED THROUGH POP CULTURE SENSATIONS WHILE FASCISM CONTINUES ITS...
By Madhuri Sastry
In the second and final 2020 Presidential debate, Trump took flak for his friendship with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, and has...
Haryana Dalit woman, minor cousin allege gang rape in police custody,...
By Jyothi Yadav
Sonipat: The Haryana Police is in the middle of a row as it faces serious charges of custodial gang rape of a Dalit...
