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UN Rights Experts flag Discrimination in ECI’s SIR exercise, seek India’s response
Three United Nations’ Special Rapporteurs have formally written to the Indian government on expressing serious concerns over alleged discrimination against the minorities in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) conducted by the ECI –especially in West Bengal –and seeking information on steps taken to ensure that the process aligns with India’s obligations under international human rights law
International condemnation for CAA, travel advisories issued
UN condemns CAA as “fundamentally discriminatory”, US, Canada and others issue travel advisories.
Preparation for a genocide under way in India: Dr. Gregory Stanton
Internationally acclaimed expert raises concerns about possible mass extermination of Muslims while briefing US Congress on situation in Kashmir and Assam.
Japan PM cancels Guwahati trip
Anti-CAB protests in Assam continue despite curfews and police intimidation
Kashmir resolution introduced in US House of Representatives
Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, an Indian origin US lawmaker, has moved a resolution in the House of Representatives urging India to “to end the restrictions on communications and mass detentions in Jammu and Kashmir as swiftly as possible and preserve religious freedom for all residents.”
USCIRF raises concerns about CAB, seeks sanctions against Amit Shah
After the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) was passed in...
Systematic crackdown on critics in India: CIVICUS Monitor
India’s global rating downgraded to ‘repressed’, in same bracket as Brunei, Nigeria and Madagascar.
Friends of the BJP favoring Conservatives try to sway UK votes?
They are allegedly exploiting Kashmir to run a wedge between the Hindu and Muslim communities in the UK
Toxic Emissions World Needs To Slash Soared To Record High In 2018: UN
New Delhi: The world needs to drastically reduce greenhouse...
TikTok bans teen for protesting China’s treatment of Uighurs
Feroza Aziz, a 17-year-old Muslim high school student from New Jersey, used Tik Tok to appealed to her followers to read up and make themselves aware of the inhumane treatment of Uighur Muslims in China in a short video disguised as a makeup tutorial.
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