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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

Northeast Delhi riots: Crime Branch questions activist Umar Khalid again

The former JNU scholar was last questioned in August under the same investigation, and his phone was seized

Remembering Kandhamal

After travelling to Gujarat following the pogrom of 2002, I began inquiring into Hindu nationalist mobilisations in Odisha

Tablighi Jamaat: Bom HC judge disagrees with colleague’s remark on “indirect warning to Muslims”

Justice Sewlikar has said he does not conform to Justice Nalawade’s views that taking action against Tablighi Jamaat attendees was a warning for Indian Muslims in light of anti-CAA protests

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...

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