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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)”
UN raises concerns about attacks on Human Rights Defenders
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Remove Tejasvi Surya from upcoming conference: European Collectives
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Kashmir Times editor Anuradha Bhasin’s home ransacked
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Regime subverting institutions, destroying democracy: Indian activists
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Centre considers pre-installed government software in all Android phones
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