3 Kashmiris Accused in 2013 CRPF Attack Case Acquitted After 8 years
Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Srinagar acquitted three Kashmiris and awarded nine years of rigorous imprisonment to a Pakistani national after...
Across India, minorities are overrepresented in jails
By Christophe Jaffrelot , Maulik Saini
The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) reports show that in almost all the states of the Indian Union, irrespective of the...
International Human Rights Day: Khurram Parvez’s arrest casts shadow over human rights work in...
By Auqib Javeed | TwoCircles.net
SRINAGAR – The arrest of prominent Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in late November...
International Human Rights Day: “Taking away citizenship is worst human rights abuse,” say Assam’s...
By Mahibul Hoque | TwoCircles.net
ASSAM – Rabia spends most of her time hiding, and effectively leading the life of a criminal. The Assam police frequently...
How a terrorism law in India is being used to silence Modi’s critics
By Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi and Aakash Hassan in Srinagar
Khurram Parvez was a teenager when his grandfather, a civilian, was gunned down by the Indian...
22 international orgs’ write to Blinken over India’s CPC designation
The letter urges U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to reconsider his decision and “designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) at...
Who are the Hindutva activists at Gurugram’s namaz disruptions?
By Tanishka Sodhi
Every Friday, a white gypsy with a saffron poster strapped to its windows wheels through the many spots in Gurugram where namaz...
50-year-old Muslim man lynched in Bihar
Patna: A 50-year-old man has become the latest victim of mob-lynching which took place near Bhawanipur village in Araria district, Bihar.
The man who is identified...
Religious polarization targets voters in Indian polls
For Indian politicians, it is time again for temple runs as five crucial states, including the largest, Uttar Pradesh in the north, prepare to go...
Delhi riots: ‘Witness statements fabricated, prosecution should be ashamed’, says Umar Khalid
NEW DELHI: Former JNU student leader Umar Khalid on Thursday told a Delhi court that witness statements recorded by the police in the riots...
As BJP Talks Up Law Against Conversions, Attacks Against Christians Rise In Karnataka
By MOHIT M RAO
Hubballi-Dharwad/Belagavi/Gadag/Bengaluru: On 21 September 2021, Gulihatti D Shekhar of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) made an impassioned speech in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly...
Delhi Riots: What Does the First Conviction in Rioting Cases Tell Us?
"The fact that the accused also belongs to Hindu community and was present in the mob armed with an wooden rod which mob resorted...
The New Strategies of Hindu Supremacists in Britain
By Amrit Wilson
After a year of intense struggle, and in the face of harsh repression, India’s farmers’ movement has won a remarkable and inspiring victory.
Prime...
