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California governor has put concerns of ‘privileged’ diaspora castes over civil rights

RAJU RAJAGOPAL - October 11, 2023

When Sen. Strom Thurmond and other Southern Democrats set out to defeat the landmark civil rights legislation of the 1960s, they argued that there was no need to take any measures to counter racism in the United States, since, in Thurmond’s words, “there are already ample laws on the statute books.”

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India: Human Rights Defender Babloo Loitongbam’s house vandalised in Manipur

sabrangindia - October 10, 2023

Frontline Defenders has condemned the attack on the home of human rights defender Babloo Loitongbam on October 5, 2023, in Manipur. The human rights defender’s residence was vandalised by unidentified perpetrators. Hours prior to the attack Babloo Loitonbam was threatened by a militant group named ‘Meitei Leepun’ who called for the human rights defender to be boycotted.

India

Is Article 367 a tool for understanding or amending the Constitution? Abrogation of Article 370, Part 1

A Legal Researcher - October 10, 2023

Four years after a sudden and non-deliberated abrogation of Article 370 (August 5, 2019), the Modi 2.0 regime faced a challenge to what was arguably an arbitrary and unconstitutional act

Gender and Sexuality

In the face of conservative opposition, India’s Supreme Court will decide on petitions on Same-Sex Marriage

sabrangindia - October 10, 2023

Months of June and July 2023 resounded with arguments for and against same sex marriage unions with an interesting alliance of conservatives across the religious and ideological spectrum opposing the moves, some with the most regressive arguments, advanced by the union of India

Hate Speech

Karnataka seer booked by police once again for anti-Muslim hate speech

sabrangindia - October 10, 2023

Siddalinga Swami of Andola Mutt has a history of facing legal troubles for alleged incidents of hate speech, with this incident being the second time this year.

India

Manipur: Horrifying video of tribal man being burnt alive surfaces

sabrangindia - October 10, 2023

As the violence and internet ban in Manipur continues, a brutal video has emerged of a tribal man being burnt alive in a trench. Police claims crime happened in May

Environment

India reports 7,000 plus pesticide poison cases each year: Top global meet told

Counterview Desk - October 9, 2023

Advocacy network, Pesticide Action Network (PAN) India, in a note on fifth international chemical conference, held in Bonn last month, has said that the...

Communalism

Hate Speeches on the rise in UP and Uttarakhand

sabrangindia - October 9, 2023

From the CM to small events by the VHP and Bajrang Dal, the Sangh Parivar's nexus that is polarising India through hate speech continues its venomous assault against the nation's social fabric.

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