A young Muslim man named Afsar Ali, who worked as a tailor in Rajasthan, was beaten to death after he reportedly asked a driver who brushed past him on the road to drive carefully.
A war of conscience and powerful words has broken out among the Indian Catholic clergy after Prime Minister Modi’s Christmas invite (December 25, 2023) to select church heads, who then circulated videos bowing in abject praise to the leader; a public campaign “Not in Our Name” was sought to be curtailed by some priests, leading to a powerful Open Letter from Father Anand in Varanasi
A mass campaign will also be organised prior to the Ayodhya structure inauguration to make people aware about the pro-corporate economic policies of the Union government, “communal narrative” of BJP
Conservative and right-wing groups rise in power across the world, a growing number of citizens are inevitably consuming and accepting the ideology they seek to preach.
A month-long campaign of a multitude of online and offline events called Jana Gana Mana Abhiyan has been launched in an effort to re-vitalize citizens who take pride in India’s rich, diverse, plural cultural heritage and work towards a society based on constitutional values.
The open letter has alleged that peaceful protests were met with fake encounters, abductions and demolition of houses belonging to the protesters by police and other government instrumentalities
Through detailed complaints submitted to senior police officials, CJP has alleged that speeches delivered in Mumbai, Pune, and Nadia promoted religious enmity, intimidation, violence, and economic boycott against Muslims, CJP has also cited Supreme Court directions and Maharashtra Police circulars mandating immediate preventive and penal action against hate speech and communal incitement
Petitioner attributes delay in challenging 2018 ex parte FT opinion to financial incapacity, and absence of legal aid; Court says if a case for fresh hearing is made out, it should be considered “immediately”
Through a series of trainings in Maharashtra with community groups and civil society organisations, CJP and VFD are helping vulnerable communities understand the SIR process, resist panic, and protect their voting rights amid growing fears of exclusion and disenfranchisement
The state has revoked the BJP-era order banning hijabs in classrooms, allowing students to wear limited religious symbols including hijab, turban and sacred thread in educational institutions