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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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We must act NOW to defend democracy!
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Undaunted by temple attack, Pakistani Hindu stuck in India, wants to go home
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Gujarat: Six people forced to dip fingers in boiling oil to prove innocence
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Bhima Koregaon case: NIA files draft charges under UAPA, sedition & conspiracy against 15 accused
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Dharma and humanity are like our two eyes: The secular philosophy of Jhansi
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A tale of two protests in the heart of Delhi
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Rohingya migrants involved in illegal activities: MHA
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Religious Freedom: How the USCIRF continues to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC)
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