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IMSD condemns the assassination of the world’s first openly gay Imam
“No God, gods, goddesses, prophets or saints may be invoked to justify the killing and/or terrorising of fellow human beings”.
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Biden administration should press Indian Prime Minister on media freedom during his visit: CPJ
An online discussion just before he Prime Minister’s visit to the United States, June 14, brings live the crucial issue of press freedom in India; India ranked 11th on CPJ’s 2022 impunity index, with unsolved cases of at least 20 journalists killed in retaliation for their work from September 1, 2012, to August 31, 2022.
Killing by Hunger: Rohingya Muslims starved after Cyclone Mocha in Rakhine state, UN denied access: Myanmar
Not known for fair governance, either the present military regime nor the eatlier Aung Sang Sui led democratic one, the country’s Rohingyas are suffering a slow genocide
Escalating atrocities against minorities, US urged to issue sanctions against offending individuals: IAMC
The first quarterly report of the Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) makes a detailed set of recommendations as it flags religious persecution in India
Bloodbath on Baisakhi: The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, April 13, 1919
Ninety Seven Years Ago, one of the bloodiest actions of British Rule was the calculated massacre of close to 2,000 innocent Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims at the Jallianwala Bagh. The firing was ordered by an officer of the British colonial power, General Dyer. While the official figure for lives lost was 1,526 the actual figure was reportedly much higher
‘The Elephant Whisperers’ & the banality of Hindu American Foundation’s Attempt to co-opt Adivasis
The Hindutva protagonists’ fixation to designate indigenous tribes of India as “Hindus” goes back to the times of their founder, M.S. Golwalkar.
Remembering Bhagat Singh, Reclaiming the Right to be A Free Thinker
It is quite a striking experience when, in Europe – including in France which is the historical birthplace of secularism –, one gets automatically told, for example, "Oh, you are a Hindu!" if one says one is Indian, or "Oh, you are a Muslim! if one says one is Algerian.
Anti-Islamophobia day
The UN marked the first-ever International Day to Combat Islamophobia with a special event scheduled for today. March 15, where speakers upheld the need for concrete action in the face of rising hatred
India ‘One of the Worst Autocratisers in the Last 10 Years,’ Says 2023 V-Dem Report
Of the 42 countries listed as “autocratising” at the end of 2022, a trend that began in the world in 2020, the new V-Dem reports lists India as one of the worst; India in the bottom 40-50% on its Liberal Democracy Index (LDI) at rank 97, India also ranks 108 on the Electoral Democracy Index (EDI) and 123 on the Egalitarian Component Index (ECI)
US religious freedom chief asks Biden govt to condemn Modi for human rights ‘violations’
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Seattle becomes first US city to ban caste discrimination, what does this mean?
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