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Congregational prayers at mosques partially suspended due to Covid-19 outbreak

Leaders of the community ask people to pray from home, only staff will pray from mosque premises

Muslim man assaulted in Assam for selling beef, NHRC issues show-cause notice to gov’t

The restaurant owner had been beaten up for allegedly selling beef dishes in a ‘Hindu neighbourhood’

Remove Najma Akhtar as Jamia VC: Search committee member writes to President

Ramakrishna Ramaswamy’s said her position as VC should be revoked post objection by the Central Vigilance Commission a year ago

Is the Delhi Pogrom 2020 really over?

Nearly a month later, the survivors are still traumatised from the loss of life, livelihood, homes, and have little hope from the authorities

‘Naming & shaming’ instead of rule of law: UP recovery of damage to public & private property ordinance, 2020

The Ordinance is out. On Sunday, March 15, the Uttar Pradesh recovery of damage to public and private property ordinance 2020 was cleared in the cabinet meeting chaired by UP CM Adityanath in Lucknow on Friday.  The ordinance ignores tested jurisprudence and caution from constitutional courts that point to the absence of due process in such a “Name and Shame” policy. Intrinsic to this understanding is the arbitrary, unchecked power such an ordinance gives wings of the state, tilting power away from the people into the hands of the state, its police, without any checks and balances

Stop blaming women and peaceful protesters for Delhi violence: Women’s groups

Women intellectuals and civil society members come together to condemn CAA-NPR-NRC

Protest against indiscriminate arrest of hundreds of Muslims in violence affected NE Delhi

Students and faculty of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)...

“Everyone has been Silenced”: a comprehensive report on UP violence and its aftermath

The report by Citizens Against Hate (CAH), gives detailed account of alleged episodes of police excess, destruction of property and targeted violence in UP

Delhi violence: Allegations of indiscriminate arrests of Muslim men

Over 100 allegedly arrested or detained from Mustafabad, including Muslim man guarding Hindu temple

Shaheen Bagh shooter granted bail; supporters give hero’s welcome

The court released him on a bond of Rs. 25,000 after his lawyer argued that keeping Baisla in judicial custody would serve no purpose

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