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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)”
Pakistan: an ailing democracy
Will the people of Pakistan succeed in reclaiming democracy and saving their country from what many believe is a journey from a 'rogue state' to a 'failed state'?
Manipur violence: EU Parliament “denounces the nationalistic rhetoric deployed by leading members of the BJP party”
European Parliament adopts a motion on the Manipur violence, condemning the violence and property destruction, meanwhile Indian government claims it to be an “internal matter.”
White House condemns trolling of journalist who questioned PM Narendra Modi on minority rights
'It’s unacceptable,' said John Kirby, National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications in the White House
Poster-boy of ‘Hindutva’, Assam CM targets, Himanto Biswas Sarma threatens ex-US President with Islamophobic Slur: ‘Hussain Obama’
Barrack Obama had earlier said that if US President Joe Biden meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi, then the protection of the Muslim minority in a majority Hindu India is 'something worth mentioning.'
PM Modi met with criticism, pushback during US visit
Apart from the rosy, festive picture painted by the India’s electronic media, Modi met with a slew of street protests and some pushback from US lawmakers as well
Former US President Obama says protection of Muslim minorities in India ‘worth mentioning’: Biden-Modi meet
These remarks comes at a time when PM Modi is holding bilateral talks with US President Joe Biden at White House.
Biden administration should press Indian Prime Minister on media freedom during his visit: CPJ
An online discussion just before he Prime Minister’s visit to the United States, June 14, brings live the crucial issue of press freedom in India; India ranked 11th on CPJ’s 2022 impunity index, with unsolved cases of at least 20 journalists killed in retaliation for their work from September 1, 2012, to August 31, 2022.
Killing by Hunger: Rohingya Muslims starved after Cyclone Mocha in Rakhine state, UN denied access: Myanmar
Not known for fair governance, either the present military regime nor the eatlier Aung Sang Sui led democratic one, the country’s Rohingyas are suffering a slow genocide
Escalating atrocities against minorities, US urged to issue sanctions against offending individuals: IAMC
The first quarterly report of the Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) makes a detailed set of recommendations as it flags religious persecution in India
‘The Elephant Whisperers’ & the banality of Hindu American Foundation’s Attempt to co-opt Adivasis
The Hindutva protagonists’ fixation to designate indigenous tribes of India as “Hindus” goes back to the times of their founder, M.S. Golwalkar.
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Rights
Intrusive and Unconstitutional: CJP’s dissent note on Maharashtra’s Anti-Conversion Law
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Labour
Telangana: Safeguard lakhs of Hamali workers, set by welfare board, citizens groups
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Media
Delhi, Mumbai: Media organisations sharply criticise UNI eviction
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Proposed Amendments to Gujarat Marriage Registration Rules Unconstitutional: NAJAR, NAPM
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