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Address Discrimination & Hate Crimes India told: CERD, UN

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has sharply criticised the implementation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, and raised concerns about the subjecting of Bengali-speaking Muslims to “systematic and structural racial discrimination”

US advises American tourists to exercise caution due to cases of sexual assault and terrorism in India

US also advises against travel to Jammu and Kashmir, and places close to the India-Pakistan border

Dubai is now home to one more Hindu temple, first one was built in 1958

Residents can now worship in one more shrine located in Jebel Ali's worship village

The Number Of Death In The On-going Protests In Iran Reaches 154

The Iranian Human Rights Organization (IHRO) announced that the...

American Indians welcome Illinois lawmaker’s announcement to replace discriminatory provisions of law that defines Indians

A section of the controversial law, section 5, has the potential to discriminate against Muslims

Large majority ratifies ‘family code’ legalising gay marriage; Cuba

Cubans approved the 100-page "family code" legalizes same-sex marriage and civil unions, allows same-sex couples to adopt children, and promotes equal sharing of domestic rights and responsibilities between men and women.

Hadis Najafi, young Iranian woman, symbol of protests after viral video, killed

Newsweek and several international news outlets have reported that the 20-year old, protesting against the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran, has been reportedly killed by Iranian security forces during demonstrations in the city of Karaj, near Tehran

Social Media destruct: Leicester erupts due to hate online?

Social media fuels and amplifies onground violence in Leicester, UK, a thorough investigation by the BBC reveals

Defying Warning, Iranians’ Anti-hijab Protest Continues For 10th Night: 57 Deaths

Demonstrators burn a scarf at a protest against the...

“IMSD strongly condemns the repressive Iranian regime, questions the hypocrisy of the Muslim clergy in India”

Image: Getty ImagesIndian Muslims for Secular Democracy (IMSD) strongly...

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