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RSF classifies ‘Press Freedom Predators,’ Adani, OpIndia make it to the 2026 List
Reporters Sans Frontiers (RSF), evolves a unique way to mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists on November 2. The 2026 list profiles 33 “press freedom predators” who targeted journalists and media outlets in 2026. “What do they have in common? A hatred of press freedom,”
Teesta Setalvad receives honourary Doctor of Laws degree from UBC
The journalist and human rights defender was recognised for her in the field of human rights and law to expose majoritarianism and religious fanaticism
Unique anti-Adani protest stops play during AUSvIND cricket match!
The cricket fans, and #StopAdani supporters have managed to catch the millions of eyeballs to against $1B loan to “Adani’s climate wrecking coal mine”
Goodbye Diego Maradona
An international hero is gone; he stood with the rights of the oppressed
Amnesty International raises concern about France’s counter-terror measures
In light of France’s recent fame as a defender of free-speech, human rights organisation Amnesty International questions the country’s enforcement of free-speech laws towards its Muslim citizens.
US and India must learn from MLK and Gandhi, end the politics of hate
People of colour, indigenous people and Muslims continue to face discrimination and othering
The Secular onslaught on the Muslim public psyche
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Khadim Rizvi’s insensitive call for a nuclear attack on France
Leader of an extremist religious group, Rizvi demanded the declaration of a jihad against France for allowing caricatures of Prophet Mohammad.
Vigil in memory of the victims of Sikh Genocide held in Surrey
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