Minorities

Kandhamal 2020: We live with the national shame of impunity in perpetuity

From the mass murder of Christians in Kandhamal to the killing of Graham Staines, Christian minorities remain at peril

Kandhamal: Brotherhood of victims

Why we must all come together to challenge impunity, hate

Scapegoats and Holy Cows

Media, Police and Tablighi Jamaat in the Times of Covid 19

How courts rescued the Tablighi Jamaat from further hatred

Courts are increasingly finding that police acted without application of mind and the Tablighi members were made into scapegoats

Establish independent review of Delhi Police’s role North East Delhi riots: Amnesty

Human rights violations were committed by Delhi Police, alleges Amnesty International India’s investigative report 

Canadian legislator honoured for standing up for Kashmir and minorities in India

Ravi Kahlon has written to the United Nations on behalf of his constituents, raising concerns about the plight of their relatives in Kashmir asking for a peaceful resolution of the conflict in the region

In this Muslim majority Bengal village a Taliban-style fatwa prevails

Representation ImageThe village heads of a Muslim dominated village...

Bom HC slams gov’t for malice in acting against Tablighi members; quashes 3 FIRs

When the prosecutor asked for stay, the court said there’s no question of granting stay after cases have been quashed, and asked the government to arrange for their return.

Heer Khan arrested by UP police for posting abusive anti-Hindu video 

An unending cycle of online hate speech continues; small time trolls get arrested, the big names however, continue to thrive

In a first in 700 years, no ‘tazia’ processions in Delhi

A practice that displays India’s syncretic culture, with both Muslims and Hindus participating, the carrying of ‘tazias’ at Muharram in Delhi has been undertaken since medieval times. In 2020, for the first time for 700 years that processions will not be carried out, Syed Kashif Nizami has told the media

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