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For many in India, and particularly in Gujarat, 26 March will always be remembered as a ‘black day!’ On that day in 2003, in keeping with an election promise,...
UP: 26 booked for holding ‘unlawful’ assembly for namaz at home
Pictures of people purportedly praying inside the house in 'large numbers' at Dulhepur village had gone viral on social media
Signature campaign demanding justice for Bilkis Bano on Mumbai’s trains
First person account of the experience of concerned citizens and rights activists as they talked to commuters on Mumbai's local trains on August 21, about the Bilkis Bano case, and gathered signatures against the remission of sentence granted to the convicts
Bereft of words, still numb: Bilkis Bano
The survivor breaks her silence on the release of 11 convicts; words of support for her pour in
Bilkis Bano case: Eleven people convicted of gang rape and murder freed
A state government panel approved their application for remission of sentence
Cases Against Prayagraj Activists for June 10 Violence Narrate Saga of Bias
There are striking similarities in the incriminating language of the various FIRs, bringing into doubt the veracity of charges filed by authorities in cases pertaining to the violence erupting in UP after former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma’s derogatory remarks on the Prophet.
UP: SI subjects Muslim man to 3rd-degree torture in cow-slaughter case
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Upon not finding the accused, the SI picked up the accused's distant relative Farad Hakim, 40, a resident of the same village.
Karnataka: Four arrested in Muslim man’s murder case
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Dakshina Kannada: Karnataka Police investigating the murder case of Mohammad...
Mathura: Cow vigilantes target Muslim family
Armed mob reached village on suspicion of “beef sale”, fired into the air
Kannauj: Muslim teen dies after being allegedly beaten by school teachers
The ninth standard boy’s family say that he was thrashed after being falsely accused of stealing a watch; autopsy report says he died of tuberculosis
Now, Muslim girl students complain of being forced to remove burqa and hijab before NEET exam
The incident took place at an examination centre in Washim in Maharashtra
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Data is real, true wealth: SC issues notice in yet another plea challenging DPDP Act; highlights privacy concerns
This petition, filed by journalist Geeta Seshu, along with the Software Freedom Law Centre (SFLC) that also challenges the constitutional validity of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023 will now be heard with other petitions filed in the matter by Reporter’s Collective, Nitin Sethi and Venkatesh Nayak, on March 23
India
Religious Freedom: How the USCIRF continues to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC)
For another year running, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), in its 2026 Annual Report, has in strong recommendations, urged the US government to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), “for engaging in and tolerating systematic, ongoing, and egregious religious freedom violations, as defined by the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA)”
Communal Organisations
USCIRF’s Call for Sanctions on the RSS Is a Major Moral and Political Marker
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), in its 2026 Annual Report, has apart from continuing to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), also recommended targeted sanctions against the RSS; this is a first.
Communalism
Evicted, Accused, and Deleted: The shrinking space for Muslim citizenship
From migrant workers and small vendors to university classrooms and electoral rolls, the architecture of suspicion –for the Indian Muslim--now stretches across everyday life
Rights
Union government revokes Sonam Wangchuk’s detention under NSA after nearly six months!
Move comes days before Supreme Court hearing in habeas corpus petition filed by his wife; Ladakh activist had been detained following September 2025 protests over statehood and Sixth Schedule protections
Minorities
Allahabad High Court orders 24/7 armed protection for Bareilly Muslim man allegedly prevented from offering namaz at home
Summoning the district magistrate and SSP of Bareilly, the Allahabad High Court said any violence against the petitioner or his property would be presumed to have occurred at the instance of the State, as the case raises serious concerns over interference with religious prayers inside private property
Rights
35 civil society groups oppose Maharashtra’s proposed anti-conversion law, warn of threat to women’s autonomy and constitutional freedoms
Coalition, which also included CJP who is the lead petitioner on challenge to anti-conversion laws in SC, demands draft bill be made public, calls for consultations and legislative scrutiny; says existing criminal law already addresses coercion