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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”

Afghanistan Crisis: What is India’s plan of action?

There are over 200 Indian citizens who are reportedly stuck in Afghanistan;Taliban has reportedly “assured” Hindus and Sikhs of safety

Afghan crisis: Women, activists demand immediate ceasefire, protection for civilians

1,200 activists and women from Afghanistan and Iran pen an open letter asking the international community to intervene as the future of women in Afghanistan is threatened once again

Afghan President flees as Taliban enters Kabul

The militant organisation known for its blatant disregard for rights of women and minorities had been conquering one province after another over the last two weeks

Pegasus scandal: United Nations call for global ban on sale of spyware

UN experts say it is highly dangerous and irresponsible to allow surveillance technology to function as a “human rights-free zone”

A simmering revolution, stories untold, a military crackdown: Myanmar

Young journalists are staking their lives to report from the underground, hounded doctors are setting up secret clinics, urban guerillas have emerged in cities, and youngsters are moving into border areas to join armed guerilla armies – so why is India and the world so silent on Myanmar under a brutish and nasty Junta?

Islamophobia: Lessons from Canada on how to respond heinous hate crime

Four four members of a Muslim family mowed down by a pickup truck in Ontario, Canada PM called it "a terrorist attack."

UN Tribunal confirms life sentence of “butcher of Bosnia”

Ratko Mladic oversaw execution of over 8000 people in the early 90s in Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of ethnic cleansing of Bosnian Muslims and Bosnian Croats, which followed the break up of Yugoslavia

Covid-19: What is in a name? A lot it seems!

Variants of Covid-19, the worst pandemic to hit the world in recent times will soon be named after letters of the Greek alphabet

Israel: Is Benjamin Netanyahu on his way out?

Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid have until Wednesday evening to cobble together a coalition of 61 seats

Canada’s shame: Remains of 215 indigenous children unearthed at former residential school

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau orders flags on all federal buildings be flown at half mast, Kevin Annett’s memorandum details gritly details of torture

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Delhi Police detain the influencer hours after CJP, Nishu Azad, Congress representatives and opposition MPs press for his arrest at Parliament Street; the case began at a CJP and wider student protest at Jantar Mantar

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Kishtwar Minor’s Rape Case: Selective societal outrage and price of being Gujjar in Kashmir

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The Normalisation of Suicide at IITs: Institutional blindness and failure

The recent protest at the Lecture Hall of IIT Delhi where slogans of “Investigation, Compensation, and Resignation”, were raised by the student collective raises the crucial demand for redistributive justice, firstly demanding that the administration to recognise these deaths as the failure of institutions to recognise structural inequities, denials and cruelties.