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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
Singapore bans ‘The Kashmir Files’
The film is found to be ‘provocative and one-sided portrayal’ of Muslims; official fears it would create communal tensions
Reproductive rights of American women in jeopardy?
A leaked draft of a majority opinion penned by Justice Samuel Alito indicates that a majority of the justices could be inclined to strike down Roe vs. Wade
Guess where India stands on the World Press Freedom Index?
India’s ranking has fallen to 150 out of 180 countries, slipping further this year in the Reporters Without Borders’ Index
Why the indigenous language movement in J&K’s erstwhile Doda is crucial
The initiatives to revitalise and maintain Indigenous languages in erstwhile Doda in Jammu. hold the key to understanding who we really are
USCIRF recommends India be designated Country of Particular Concern for third straight year!
The 2022 report of the organization that monitors freedom of religion and belief puts India in the same bracket as Afghanistan, Pakistan, North Korea and Syria
Sweden: Three injured as protests continue against right-wing group’s plan to burn copies of the Quran
Quran burning plan by same hardliner who had floated a similar idea in 2020 and was deported from France because of it
‘What will it take for the Biden administration to call out Modi’s regime for human rights violations?’: US lawmaker, Ilhan Omar
Eloquently stating that the Modi years have criminalised the act of being Muslim, the Congresswoman from Minnesota likened Modi to Chile’s Pinochet and raised pertinent points on the lurking genocidal climate in India
We Indian Muslims need no sermons from the Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda’s supreme commander Ayman Zawahiri has recently released a standalone statement on the Hijab controversy in India
A fitting reply to Al Qaeda chief: Muskan’s father
A clear and strong message to the head of the terror outfit not to meddle in affairs
Now Al Qaeda intrudes on the hijab controversy
The untimely video only furthers right wing claims of terrorist groups’ involvement in hijab protests
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