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Did Indian Democracy fail Father Stan Swamy?
Five years after Father Stan Swamy's death, his life continues to ask difficult questions of India's democracy.Speaking at a memorial meeting in Bandra, Mumbai, Teesta Setalvad reflects on the...
In targeting Dr Zafarul Islam Khan, Modi-Shah throw a challenge to civil society, minorities
In days of old, when life was normal –...
Delhi Police Special Cell raids Delhi Minorities Commission chairman Dr Zafarul Islam Khan’s home
"As per law Police cannot compel him to go to the police station. That would violate the CrPC," his lawyer Vrinda Grover told the police. A week ago, the Delhi Police had charged Dr Khan with sedition.
Karnataka’s ‘Hindutva lab’ churns out fresh bout of hate messaging, communal clashes
59 new cases of communally charged incidents including 37 instances of hate speech
Muslim traders barred entry to Madhya Pradesh village
Yet another instance of Muslim vendors being targeted by religious bigots as apart of a larger economic boycott plan
By incarcerating scholars, Modi government contradicts values of Hinduism
On the World Press Freedom Day, India has slipped on the global press freedom index.
Accusing Dr Zafarul Islam Khan of sedition, is an attempt to intimidate: Activists
Dr Khan’s name is the latest, and he is certainly the oldest, and the only one holding a Constitutional post, on the list of Muslims to have been accused of Sedition
Driver names auto ‘Khidmat’, offers free rides to those in need during the lockdown
55-year-old Ayaz Faquih and others like him come forth to ferry passengers in need to their destinations
“I am a patriot to the core and I have always defended my country abroad:” Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan Chairman, Delhi Minorities Commission
For over a month now, the right wing troll teams have been hard at work to vilify Muslim activists, students leaders, and intellectuals. Dr Khan is their latest target.
Two priests killed in UP’s Bulandshahr; accused arrested
Maharashtra CM Thackeray called up UP CM Adityanath to ask him to take strict action against the culprits
UP BJP MLA asks people not to buy vegetables from Muslim vendors
Islamophobia intensifies as fresh instances of hate speech keep cropping up
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