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Despite ASI’s warning protesters in Bharuch march to collector to ‘preserve original identity’ of Bharuch mosque

The foot march happened just days after the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), which protects the mosque, wrote to the district administration to not allow any “large gathering” on June 10

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!

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

Till he was buried in a coffin, with a...

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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