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Israel’s Rafah camp – ‘humanitarian city’ or crime against humanity?
Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz has announced a controversial plan to move up to 600,000 Palestinians in Gaza into a designated “humanitarian area” on the ruins of the southern...
Indian diaspora stands with Prahsant Bhushan
On Wednesday, many Indian organisations in America came together to voice their support for Prashant Bhushan and discuss the current condition of the right to free speech in India
Canadian Punjabi Press Club condemns attack on journalists in Delhi
Three journalists of The Caravan had been physically attacked and verbally abused, a female reporter was also sexually harassed
Facebook protects hate speech by ‘regime favourites’ of ruling BJP?
A Wall Street Journal report says that by turning a blind eye to controversial hate speech by Indian politicians, the social media platform was favouring Modi's BJP
Why does Kamala Harris care more about human rights than her Indianness?
Is she indian? Is she Black? Is she Hindu? America’s Democratic nominee for vice president 2020 has confused RW Indians
Babri Masjid demolition vs pulling down of statues of racists in the US
Beware of false parallels being drawn by supporters of the right-wing to justify the demolition of a medieval era mosque in India
Indian-Americans protest communalism in NYC
Gather in Times Square to denounce politics of hate
South Africa Court resolves arbitrary deprival of citizenship, upholds constitutional mandate
In a unanimous judgment, a nine-judge constitutional bench interpreted citizenship provisions in a manner that confers citizenship rather than depriving it
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Communalism
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Rights
Harassment by Delhi Police, blatant extortion & human rights’ violation in process of identification of “illegal Bangladeshi immigrants”: Brinda Karat to HM Amit Shah
Brinda Karat, former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from the Communist Party of India (Marxist-CPIM), has in a letter to the union home minister, Amit Shah highlighted the blatant violation of human rights, harassment and extortion, in the ongoing process of "identification of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants" by the Delhi police and other agencies.
Labour
Bengali Migrant Workers Detained in Odisha: Calcutta High Court demands answers, seeks coordination between states
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Children
Thane School Horror: Principal, attendant arrested for forcing girls to strip in menstruation check, case registered under POCSO
Girls as young as 10 were allegedly stripped and subjected to invasive checks by school staff in Thane’s Shahapur after bloodstains were found in a washroom, prompting arrests, protests, and charges under POCSO and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
Politics
Bihar: SC signals that ECI should consider Aadhaar, EPIC (Voter ID card) & Ration card for electoral roll revision
Hearing a batch of petitions challenging the sudden “special intensive revision” being conducted in Bihar by the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Supreme Court (SC) pressed ECI to include Aadhaar, Voter ID Card, and Ration cards in Bihar's electoral roll revision process, since the only concern for the constitutional body was establishing accurate identity not citizenship
Rights
Mumbai’s Second Lifeline in ICU: Mumbaikars respond to call of “Save BEST”
By deliberately running Mumbai’s unique and stellar public transport system to ‘die’, the BMC backed by a land-grabbing state government is set to make transport even more unafordable for working Mumbaikars