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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

‘Surge in Anti-Indian Hate on X by supporters of Trump is organised, ampflies racism and xenobia’: CSOH Report

The sudden amplification of anti-Indian hate on X (formerly twitter) from December 2024 onwards has been fuelled by far-right votaries of President elect Donald Trump opposing the H1B visa programme and amounts to a “ form of organised, systemic hatred, fanned by powerful actors.” It is also a sign of the dominance of white supremacist ideology on the platform owned by Elon Musk, according to a recent study.

From Madrid to Baku: A chronicle of inadequate climate action at UN Conferences

Why are international measures to mitigate Climate Change so slow and ineffective?

35 years after The Satanic Verses controversy, newly unearthed letters reveal some uncomfortable truths

Mahathir’s modernist brand of Islamism may well outlast Khomeini’s, despite the violent legacy of Khomeini’s fatwa against Rushdie

Illegality of the Israeli Occupation of Palestine

This month, October 2024, the ongoing war in Gaza...

American Muslims’ dilemma: Harris or Trump?

Should American Muslims be thinking only as members of a particular faith community? Or also as citizens concerned with what another four years of Trump will mean for all Americans and the rest of the world?

Booby Trap Attacks on Lebanon: Indian Army Chief’s Shocking Views

Is the Army Chief oblivious to the fact that India is a ‘High Contracting Party’ to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons of 1981, which prohibits the use of booby-trap weapons?

Saudi Arabia executes 213 persons in less than 10 months

Saudi Arabia has executed 213 people so far in 2024, more than it has in any other calendar year on record; with 213 executions in 2024, the gulf kingdom misses a seat at the UN Human Rights Council’s second consecutive election for 2025-27 term on October 9

Ex-Muslims demand an end to war, occupation, rape and terrorism

On the eve of the one year of Israel's brute and unrelenting war, a group of ex-Muslims have demanded an end to war, occupation, rape and terrorism

American civil society groups register protest against proposed “anti-Muslim” Ram Janmabhoomi temple float during India Day Parade

In a letter addressed to New York Mayor and Governor, civil society groups said that the event emboldens Hindu extremists and displays “a vulgar celebration of anti-Muslim hate”

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