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UN experts condemn India’s crackdown on youth-led protests, flag 7,000 detentions and alleged sexual abuse
In a strong rebuke of the Modi-led government’s handling of dissent, 24 UN human rights experts have called for an end to excessive force, blanket assembly bans and arbitrary detentions
Trade agreements with India should have a human rights clause: British MPs
Several MPs from various parties debated on the persecution of Muslims, Christians and other minority groups in India
Human rights defender Stan Swamy, has been harassed since 2018: OHCR
Working Group on Arbitrary Detention; Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Special Rapporteur on minority issues, write to Indian Govt over Fr Stan Swamy’s prolonged detention
The People Vs the Mob
What about the claim that institutions can save democracy? As we are becoming gloomily aware in our country, institutions too can be subverted and weakened by such forces.
Vigil for dead farmers held outside Indian Visa and Passport application center in Canada
South Asian activists came together to remember more than 60 farmers, who have laid down their lives during the ongoing agitation in India on Sunday, January 10 in Surrey.
100 MPs write to British PM about farmers’ protest in India
Letter initiated by British MP from Slough, Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi gets cross-party support
Facebook, Twitter suspend Trump’s accounts
Given how much hate he has been allowed to spread, and violence he has incited via social media, is this a case of too little too late?
Trump supporters attempt to take over US Capitol
In a virtual coup, a large mob stormed into the building, in a bid to stop Congress from counting of votes to finalise Joe Biden’s presidency
Temple attack, an international embarrassment to country: Pak SC
The apex court of Pakistan has ordered that the vandalised temple at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa be rebuilt, money recover from attackers
Calendar dedicated to Comrade Tera Singh Chan released
The family of the towering progressive poet, playwright and freedom fighter who had educated the toiling masses about their rights through theatre, unveiled the calendar in Delta on January 2
As Saudi Arabia Opens Up To Christmas Festival, Islamists Cry Foul
Recently, an official of Hamas, Ahmad Kulab in an interview to a TV channel echoed the Talibanic view that saying Merry Christmas was forbidden by Sharia
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