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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)”
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Never-the-less, they persisted: Human Rights Heroes of 2021
Meet our fellow Indians who have continued to defend our rights and freedoms despite being hounded with different forms of institutional violence ranging from targeted attacks and lawsuits to jail terms
Nagaland Assembly adopts resolution to repeal AFSPA
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IMF and other global bodies now pushing for better accounting of mineral wealth by governments
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What caused the massive fire at Rohingya camp in Nuh?
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The What, Where, Why and How of AFSPA
CJP Team -
The law enacted in 1958 aimed at controlling insurgency and cross border militancy, but successive governments at the Centre have been reluctant to withdraw it even after peace is restored.In wake of the Nagaland killings, let us explore how AFSPA gives unbridled power to the armed forces.
No more teenage girls to be forced into marriage in India?
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