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Policing Autonomy & Faith: Maharashtra’s Anti-Conversion law gets President’s assent

The law’s provisions on prior declaration, third-party complaints and reversal of burden of proof mirror challenges already before the Supreme Court

The denial of linguistic diversity in Bangladesh

How the system fails to recognize linguistic diversity in...

Tortured and terrorised by the state, this Russian Muslim now faces deportation

The sudden revocation of a Russian-Palestinian citizen’s passport pulls...

How the Law and Society have treated Muslims in India

Sachar Committee Report on the status of Muslims in...

Jharkhand victim’s widow says she does not want death penalty for convicted gau rakshaks

RAMGARH (Jharkhand), March 17, 2018 — Mariam Khatoon, the...

Paradise in Tears: Sinhalese-Muslim Ethnic Tension in Sri Lanka

Sri Lankans were looked for a change with sanguine...

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Three years after their protest shook Indian sport, Vinesh Phogat and other wrestlers prepare for another legal battle over a verdict they reject