South Asia

In November 2024, the Supreme Court reaffirmed that no home can be destroyed without notice, hearing, and legal process. Yet across various states, the past year has shown how that standard is often treated as optional

A sustained hate campaign drives this violence, portraying Christians as threats to Hindu culture. Anti-Christian propaganda has caused a 500% surge in attacks over the decade.

Vandalised decorations, disrupted worship, assaulted women and targeted children—Christmas 2025 exposes how majoritarian vigilantism, legitimised by silence and conversion panic, is reshaping public life

Organised by the Samvidhan Jagar Samiti and the Bombay Catholic Sabha, the peaceful gathering in Goregaon drew quiet public solidarity as passersby paused to read, reflect, and express support against rising hate and intimidation during the Christmas season

Protesters gathered near the court premises, raising slogans and expressing opposition to the bail order

More than 3.5 crore electors have been provisionally deleted from electoral rolls across 12 states and UTs following the publication of draft rolls under the SIR, Uttar Pradesh, which has the largest electorate in the country, is scheduled to publish its draft electoral rolls on December 31, 2025, marking the next major phase of the ongoing controversial revision exercise

Based on data documenting 14,875 violations, the Free Speech Collective’s latest report traces how killings, arrests, mass censorship, corporate pressure and regulatory overreach combined to shrink India’s public sphere in 2025

Apart from condemning the shocking killing, by lynching of migrant worker, Ram Narayan Baghel killed by right wing goons belonging to the Rashtriya Swyamsevak Sangh (RSS) and BJP in Palakkad, Kerala, the AIKS has demanded that the Modi Government to provide Rs. 1 crore as ex- gratia compensation to the family of the deceased