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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)”
1300 Writers, publishers protest cancellation of events with Palestinian authors, artists
A strong letter of support, signed by several Nobel laureates and Booker Prize winners, condemned the cancellation of events featuring Palestinian art, voices, and stories across Europe in the aftermath of Hamas attack on Israel.
New York, Chicago, Madrid, Athens, Sydney, Paris, the people march for #Palestine
For the past week, people in their hundreds and thousands took to the streets. In support of the hapless people in Gaza, for Palestine and against the machinations of Israel, backed by the United States and the UK. Chicago was also the scene of a ghastly hate crime when a six year old boy was stabbed while his mother survived the murderous attack
21 Journalists killed in Israel-Palestine conflict since October 7
Figures released by the Committee to Protect Journalists, (CPJ) tell us that 17 of the killed journalists were Palestinian, three Israeli and one Lebanese.
An Israeli air strike hits a Gaza church that wasn’t just sheltering Palestinian Christians and Muslims, but was one of the oldest in the...
Reports say at least eight Palestinians were killed.
US: Jewish peace activists protest in solidarity with Palestine, demand ceasefire in Gaza
The rally was organised by Jewish Voice for Peace and If Not Now, two Jewish anti-Zionist groups.
Protesting US arms shipments to Israel, Director, US State department, Josh Paul, resigns
In a call to his country to conscience, Josh Paul, Director of Congressional and Public Affairs at the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Josh Paul who is in Charge of U.S. Arms Transfers to Foreign Nations has resigned.
After EU, US senator raises concerns about misinformation to Google, X, Meta
Senator Michael Bennet demands answers from Meta, TikTok, and Google regarding disinformation spreading on their platforms
Church unites in prayer, condemns massacre at Gaza, hospital bombing
A statement by the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem condemns the massacre at the Al Ahli Anglican hospital in Gaza and grieves the loss of lives of hundreds of citizens
200 academics criticise Rutgers President for Israel-Hamas Response
The professors accused Holloway of making "one-sided statements that only mentioned Israeli victims in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war."
Israeli airstrike on Gaza hospital kills at least 500, Israel blame game continues
The mounting death toll at the hospital is expected to rise further; this is however already the largest number of Palestinians killed in a single incident since the 1982 massacres at Sabra and Shatila in Lebanon by the Israeli army and its Phalange allies.
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India
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Caste
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Rights
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Minorities
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Rights
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Communal Organisations
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