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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)”
Remembering Bhagat Singh, Reclaiming the Right to be A Free Thinker
It is quite a striking experience when, in Europe – including in France which is the historical birthplace of secularism –, one gets automatically told, for example, "Oh, you are a Hindu!" if one says one is Indian, or "Oh, you are a Muslim! if one says one is Algerian.
Anti-Islamophobia day
The UN marked the first-ever International Day to Combat Islamophobia with a special event scheduled for today. March 15, where speakers upheld the need for concrete action in the face of rising hatred
India ‘One of the Worst Autocratisers in the Last 10 Years,’ Says 2023 V-Dem Report
Of the 42 countries listed as “autocratising” at the end of 2022, a trend that began in the world in 2020, the new V-Dem reports lists India as one of the worst; India in the bottom 40-50% on its Liberal Democracy Index (LDI) at rank 97, India also ranks 108 on the Electoral Democracy Index (EDI) and 123 on the Egalitarian Component Index (ECI)
US religious freedom chief asks Biden govt to condemn Modi for human rights ‘violations’
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Commissioner...
Seattle becomes first US city to ban caste discrimination, what does this mean?
SEATLE: Seattle has now become the first city in...
Cut in WFP funding threatens Rohingyas with hunger, deprivation: Bangladesh
A recent missive by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) which is the world’s largest humanitarian organization spells dire news for the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh with the government unsympathetic as ever
Senior EU Diplomat displays racist worldview: Lavrov, Russia
"Borrell had addressed EU diplomats earlier on February 7, claiming Russia was using “information manipulation and interference” as weapons of war. Noting that Lavrov was visiting Mali and Eritrea, Borrell called them “easy countries” for Moscow to “spread lies about who is guilty for what is happening” in Ukraine". While criticising Moscow, Josep Borrell reportedly insulted Africa, Russia’s foreign minister said.
Seattle introduces anti-discrimination legislation
The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), today commended the Seattle City Council for introducing a law banning caste discrimination.
University professor, outspoken critic of the Taliban’s ban on education for women and girls arrested in Kabul: Afghanistan
Prof Ismail Mashal was detained on Thursday February 2, while handing out free books.
Jafar Panahi, Jailed Iran filmmaker on hunger strike
Jafar Panahi, a renowned Iranian filmmaker imprisoned for the past 6 months, has announced a hunger strike to protest his ongoing detention, as reported by his wife Tahereh Saeidi on her Instagram page.
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