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Uttar Pradesh
Dalits/Tribals
In UP’s Hamirpur, FIR Filed Against 4 Men for Celebrating Periyar’s Birthday ( The Quint )
By ALIZA NOOR / The Quint
In Kurara, Hamirpur district of Uttar Pradesh, four Dalit men have been booked by the police for raising "anti-Hindu...
Christians
Pastor jailed 23 days for owning Bible; radical Hindus angered Christians aren’t ‘worshiping idols’ push for prosecution ( Christian Post )
NEW DELHI — Not even a judge’s reprimand of police spared an impoverished pastor in India from being jailed on baseless claims of fraudulent...
Hindutva in Education
In India, Hindutva Schools Are Indoctrinating Poor Children ( The Diplomat )
By Tarushi Aswani / The Diplomat
On a scorching afternoon in Mishrikh, a remote village in northern India’s Uttar Pradesh state, children are gearing up to...
Christians
17 Christians held under India’s anti-conversion law ( UCA News )
Seventeen people, including seven women, have been arrested in a northern Indian state under the draconian anti-conversion law.
Police in Uttar Pradesh arrested them during the Sunday...
Dalits/Tribals
UP Teacher Calls Dalit Student, 13, To His Room, Assaults Her: Cops ( NDTV )
Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh:
A teacher of an inter college here has been booked for allegedly molesting a minor student belonging to the scheduled caste, police...
Muslims
UP: Two Arrested for Assaulting Muslim Youth Inside Temple in Bareilly ( The Clarion )
By Behzad Parvez / The Clarion
BAREILLY – In a disturbing incident that unfolded in the cantonment area of Bareilly, two individuals have been apprehended by...
Dalits/Tribals
UP: Dalit Man Beaten to Death for Asking for His Wages, Kin Yet to Receive Body After 15 Days ( The Wire )
By Yaqut Ali / The Wire
New Delhi: A Dalit man was killed in Uttar Pradesh’s Sultanpur, allegedly for asking for his wages. According to the...
Dalits/Tribals
Violence and Assault Targeting Dalits Rock Uttar Pradesh ( News Click )
As September arrived, a number of new cases of violence against Dalits have arisen. Last month, Sabrang India brought its readers a number of...
Muzaffarnagar Riots
How many lives did 2013 Muzaffarnagar violence claim? ( Maktoob Media )
By SHAHEEN ABDULLA / Maktoob Media
In August 2013, deadly communal violence broke out in Western Uttar Pradesh killing dozens of people, overwhelmingly Muslims. Officially,...