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UN Rights Experts flag Discrimination in ECI’s SIR exercise, seek India’s response
Three United Nations’ Special Rapporteurs have formally written to the Indian government on expressing serious concerns over alleged discrimination against the minorities in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) conducted by the ECI –especially in West Bengal –and seeking information on steps taken to ensure that the process aligns with India’s obligations under international human rights law
Umar Khalid’s incarceration: USCIRF Commissioner expresses concern over use of anti-terrorism laws to silence activists
Washington, D.C. (October 19, 2023) - At a Congressional briefing...
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."
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Gender and Sexuality
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India
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Communalism
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