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In one more attack on ordinary working-class Muslims in a state ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a 33-year-old man was reportedly lynched –and thereafter died--after being forced to utter an aggressive religious symbol in Balasore, Odisha last Wednesday, January 7. Three suspects have been thereafter arrested states Times of India, a video of social media shows a mob assaulting the man and forcing him to shout ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and ‘Gau Mata Ki Jai’

Whipping up hysteria using the term ‘Bangladeshi’, attacks on Muslim workers and hawkers rise sharply in Bihar with one fatal lynching in Madhubani; BJP took power in the state in a controversial election victory on November 14, 2025 and its cadres are reportedly responsible for this spread of hate crime, though JD(S) leader Nitish Kumar remains the CM

After a medical college in Jammu was shut down because Muslim students got admission to MBBS on merit, because of hate and vilification, now, due to hate propaganda, a school in Baitul district of Madhya Pradesh has been reportedly bulldozed simply because it was built by a Muslim

‘Whither Human Rights in India’ is a comprehensive exploration of how the devastation of human rights over the parts decade symbolise a crucial departure or rupture, manifesting a new fascist paradigm

1,318 verified in-person events in 2025, with BJP-ruled states accounting for 88% documents the India Hate Labs Report 2025

An unprecedented analysis of 200+ events showing how demographic panic, vigilante enforcement, and anti-minority mobilisation reshape India’s public sphere

From mass voter deletions to post-poll data manipulation, the new Vote For Democracy report exposes the systematic subversion of democracy in Bihar