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Inside the SSP’s Office: Allegations of beatings, torture & police impunity against farmer leaders in Meerut, UP

Digvijay Bhati and Mohit Jatav allege they were beaten, tied up and humiliated inside police premises; the allegations come weeks after the Meerut police faced scrutiny over its crackdown on protests demanding justice for a Dalit woman

‘Victory of secular forces’

Kanpur, May 2, 2001   Warm greetings from Sakhi...

Hidden apartheid

 From August 31– September 4, when the World Conference...

Broken people

In 1950, the Indian Constitution abolished untouchability (not caste),...

Dalit rights are human rights — the campaign

The National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) was...

‘Caste discrimination will not go unless the international community speaks up’

  -- Praveen Rashtrapal, Congress MP   At the preparatory meeting for...

Should the Haj subsidy go?

Yes, say a large number of Muslims. But what...

Why the subsidy

According to Syed Shahabuddin, the government policy of subsidy...

Muslims in disguise

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Ayodhya

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Message from Bangladesh

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