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After 22 years under suspicion, Assam’s Kashem Ali declared Indian by Foreigners Tribunal

With 18 years passing between the registration of the case and service of notice, and nearly a year spent fighting to prove his citizenship, Kashem Ali finally wins legal relief with CJP’s assistance

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

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

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

Sikh community livid over incorrect naming of Dwarka Park

Members of the Sikh community accuse the administration of trying to erase community history by misnaming Sikh leader Banda Singh Bahadur

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