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‘Free the Temple’, ‘Protect the Faith’, ‘Take Up Weapons’: How September’s festivals became stages for anti-Muslim hate

From contested places of worship to demographic fearmongering, a series of speeches used Hindu religious identity to construct Muslims as an existential threat and recast exclusion as religious defence

Investigation Report on Lynchings finds Serious Flaws in the Criminal Justice System

Recommendations include enactment of a law on hate crimes.'Not...

Bangladesh: How a ramp model turns militant commander, burns all photos after change of heart

'Mehedi was in charge of financing, recruiting, organising migrations...

Jamiat holds massive protest at Jantar Mantar in support of Rohingya Muslims

On Thursday, thousands of people held a protest demonstration...

Give Peace A Chance!

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What Sheikh Hasina should tell the UN General Assembly: View from Bangladesh

The world must demand rightful citizenship of Myanmar for...

Triple Talaq Judgement: Gender, ‘Othering’ and a Medieval Paradigm

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Has Gauri Lankesh, in her Martyrdom propelled India to Rethink and Rebuild democracy?

Gauri Lankesh, State, and Civil Society   To state the obvious...

Suu Kyi: Myanmar does not fear ‘international scrutiny’ over Rohingya crisis

She condemned “human rights violations, unlawful violence” in Rakhine...

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Bikaner House censors 75 photographs of Delhi protests from Raihan Vadra’s exhibition, leaving empty walls behind

The photographs documenting youth-led protests were removed hours before the exhibition opened, with the venue reportedly threatening cancellation

CJP leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka released on ₹50,000 bonds, undertake not to call protests at Jantar Mantar

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Who controls access to voter records? ECINet audit raises fresh questions

An audit of ECINet reports Bengal-specific restrictions and controls that can switch access on or off across States, renewing questions about electoral officers’ authority, central oversight and accountability after earlier objections to the platform and changes to voter registration procedures

Punjab & Haryana HC: Users must be given blocking notices immediately; sets aside Facebook page takedown

The Court held that blocking intimations issued by the police must comply with the rank requirements under the IT Rules, 2021, and that withholding the notice from affected users violates the principles of natural justice

UN experts condemn India’s crackdown on youth-led protests, flag 7,000 detentions and alleged sexual abuse

In a strong rebuke of the Modi-led government’s handling of dissent, 24 UN human rights experts have called for an end to excessive force, blanket assembly bans and arbitrary detentions

Who will collect India’s data? Modi-led government opens census to private individuals

The Centre’s amended Census Rules allow private teachers, members of societies and trusts, and other government-approved individuals to collect household information, without the notification setting out clear safeguards against political interference

Manipur SIR: Sabar Institute’s report records 1.59 lakh removals, two-thirds in hill constituencies

Using official ASD lists, this preliminary report examines 158,677 names removed from Manipur’s electoral rolls during the 2026 Special Intensive Revision across all 60 Assembly constituencies and 3,014 polling booths, analysing geography, gender, age and recorded reasons for these removals