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Equal Inheritance Rights for Muslim Women: Upholding Constitutional Justice and Gender Equality
March 17, 2026 Press Statement by Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy (IMSD) Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy (IMSD) wholeheartedly welcomes the recent observations made by the Supreme Court of India during...
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Assam Police Firing: Fourth consecutive day without evictions in Dhalpur
Farmers and workers observing Bharat Bandh also demand justice for victims and survivors of Thursday’s shooting
Assam Police Firing: 12-year-old shot dead while returning home from Aadhaar centre!
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Family learnt about his death after watching Facebook video; parents still in shock, unable to speak
The life and murder of a Bihar Christian youth, and State impunity in India
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Assam Police Firing: Who are “encroachers” and who are “indigenous”?
CPIML delegation visits scene of shooting, meets victim’s family
Assam Police Firing: People across India demand justice for evicted families
Demonstrations held in Delhi, Kolkata and Aligarh. Meanwhile Assam CM refuses to fire Darrang DC and SP, blames "outsiders" for violence
Assam Police Firing: Death toll rises, victim blaming rampant
Fearful of the growing support for the hapless victims of the indiscriminate police firing in Assam, the conversation is being changed to vilify the protesters, as if to suggest they had it coming
Unwarranted, unethical and un-Christian: Christian group on Bishop’s anti-Muslim diatribe
National Dalit Christian Watch (NDCW) expresses its “anguish and displeasure” about remarks by Bishop Mar Joseph Kallarangat of the Syro Malabar Church
Police firing in Assam: Illegal and unforgivable
The law rarely holds the police accountable for Human right violations, but excessive use of power leaves the door open for prosecution. However, the judicial will to hold the police accountable is scarce and police brutality continues
BREAKING: 2 killed, 10 injured in police firing in Assam
The people were protesting eviction from their homes; police opened fire targeting upper bodies of protesters in contravention of set procedure
Atrocity as Mode of Governance
The mass evictions of peasants of largely immigrant Muslim origin from supposedly government land have been planned and set in motion within a short span of time
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