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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

Bulldozer is a divisive image: Organisers apologise for its inclusion at India Day celebrations in New Jersey

Indian American and Muslim residents had found the inclusion of a bulldozer distasteful and even hateful

Visionary Gorbachev’s noble ideas failed because he ignored the deceit, duplicity and dangers of imperialism

History will remember the great distance between what he sought and what he achieved, and we must learn from this

Journalist Union Slams US Journalist Angad Singh’s Deportation as ‘Vendetta’

Singh’s family has alleged that he was deported because of the documentaries on the Shaheen Bagh protest and videos on the Delta wave he produced for VICE News.

Malayalam writers, artists condemn the attack on Salman Rushdie

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UN calls for release of Saudi woman sentenced to 34 years in prison for tweeting

She was accused of spreading false information and aiding dissidents seeking to disrupt public order

Free Teesta Setalvad: Noam Chomsky, American academics write to Supreme Court

Indian rights groups continue to hold solidarity meetings, demand Setalvad’s immediate release

International Scholars Plea to SC on Teesta, Sreekumar arrest

We, the undersigned members of the academic community, are...

How Salman Rushdie has been a scapegoat for complex historical differences

Salman Rushdie has been an outspoken defenders of writers’...

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