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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”
GOI rejects Global Health Index after India’s worst ranking ever
Instead of trying to address the glaring issue of prevalent hunger which indicates an undernourished population and stunting and wasting among children, the government has deemed Global Health Index (GHI)'s methodology to be “unscientific” while the methodology is clearly explained in the report.
Afghanistan: 32 killed, 53 injured in bomb blast at Shiite mosque in Kandahar
This is the second such blast at Shiite place of worship during Friday prayers
UN resolution calls right to clean, healthy and sustainable environment a Human Right
UN HRC also establishes Special Rapporteur to examine impact of Climate Change on Human Rights
Che Guevara: The beloved Cuban hero
Many Left-leaning groups remember the revolutionary for his contributions to the Marxist ideology
Afghanistan: Bomb attack kills at least 100 at Shia mosque in Kunduz
This attack on worshipers of the minority community is being called the “bloodiest assault since US forces left the country”
Facebook: A new age catalyst for hate crimes and misinformation?
A former employee of Facebook has filed complaint before the US SEC which indicates that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made false claims in his Congressional testimony about taking action against objectionable content
Internationalising Caste
Caste is becoming a global phenomenon, in the wake of 'Caste' being exported/carried along to the west by the upper caste Indians as we have seen from the recent Cisco case in California
Wider “WE” is Witness!
A significant section of society has now become ‘Us and Them’; the tendency is to exclude the other
UNHRC raises concern over Pegasus, rampant use of UAPA in India
Over the course of two days the UN Human Rights Commissioner has raised concerns over state surveillance, and in the global update mentioned concerns over use of UAPA in India
Journalists for Afghanistan: A fundraiser for colleagues targeted by Taliban
The Network of Women in Media has launched a fundraiser from sales of stunning photographs taken by well known photojournalists
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