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In UP, judiciary is under pressure: Lawyer Abubakr Sabbaq

By SHAHEEN ABDULLA Adv. Abu Bakr Sabbaq, a Delhi based criminal lawyer, is counsel for several under trial prisoners in Uttar Pradesh, languishing in jail...

India’s Descent Into a Spiral of Genocidal Hate

By Kavita Chowdhury Weeks after Hindu right-wing groups made an open call for genocide against Muslims at a dharma sansad (religious conclave) in Haridwar in north India,...

Eight booked after Dalit youth ‘assaulted, made to drink urine’ in Rajasthan

By Deep Mukherjee A 25-year-old Dalit man was allegedly assaulted and forced to drink urine in Rajasthan’s Churu district earlier this week. The victim Rakesh Meghwal,...

Rising hate speeches behind Muslim teen’s lynching in Nargund, say activists

By Chiranjeevi Kulkarni Hindu right-wing groups are behind the recent lynching of 19-year-old Sameer Shahpur in Gadag’s Nargund, human rights activists have said, flagging a spate of attacks on Muslims...

Muslim Man Beaten For Urinating in Front of Cow in Madhya Pradesh

NEW DELHI — In a shocking incident likes of which never reported before, a Muslim man was thrashed by a man allegedly belonging to a...

Kashmir residents upset over closure of Valley’s biggest mosque for 26 weeks

By Auqib Javeed  SRINAGAR — Maala Begum used multiple modes of transport, hoping to offer Friday prayers at Srinagar’s Jamia Masjid. She was pained to discover...

Custodial death of Muslim daily-wager in West Bengal shifts spotlight to police impunity

By Sukanya Roy KOLKATA — The custodial death of a daily-wage labourer from Nadia district of West Bengal on 5 December 2021 has left his family...

Muslim man assaulted by Hindu extremists

Hindu extremists brutally thrashed a Muslim elderly man and forced him to remove and kick his skull cap over the allegation that he was...

‘Targeted Violence Against Muslims Fuelled By Hate Speeches’: Fact-Finding Report On Gadag Youth Murder...

By Rushda Fathima Khan Demanding an end of political patronage to organisations and individuals committing hate speeches and hate crimes against Muslims, a fact-finding report...

BJP Is Playing the Communal Card Again in UP by Stoking Fear and Prejudice

By Nalin Verma There is evidence to suggest that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with the help of his trusted associate Union home minister Amit Shah,...

Gujarat School Declares Hindutva as the National Religion, Devanagari as the National Script

In yet another outlandish re-writing of history, a school in Gujarat declared that India's national religion is Hindutva. The secondary and higher secondary school, in a...

Gandhi’s murder: Debate rages still over Hindutva ideology role

By RUBEN BANERJEE January 30 this year will mark the 74th anniversary of the assassination of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. It was in the evening of...

Delhi Court Seeks Action Taken Report on TV Anchor Suresh Chavahnke’s Hate Speech

New Delhi – Metropolitan Magistrate Jitendra Pratap Singh of Saket District Court issued a notice to the Govindpuri Police Station and sought action taken report...

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