How Disinformation Led to Right-Wing Groups Attacking a Missionary School in MP
By Archit Mehta
On December 6, members of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal vandalised St Joseph Senior Higher Secondary in Madhya Pradesh’s Ganj...
‘Speaking Up Is Not Anti-National’: Global Groups Condemn Attacks on India’s Rights Defenders
New Delhi: The Indian diaspora and 30 international human rights groups across over 15 countries on Friday – on the occasion of Human Rights Day...
On Human Rights Day, Kashmir rights groups decry India crackdown
By Rifat Fareed
Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – On the International Human Rights Day every year, 62-year-old Parveena Ahanger and the families of hundreds of victims of enforced disappearances in...
Right-Wing Mob Tries to Forcefully Enter Haryana Church Over Alleged Conversions
Alleging religious conversion, a mob of right-wing groups and members of Hindu organisations tried to push their way inside a church in Haryana’s Rohtak...
3 Kashmiris Accused in 2013 CRPF Attack Case Acquitted After 8 years
Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Srinagar acquitted three Kashmiris and awarded nine years of rigorous imprisonment to a Pakistani national after...
Across India, minorities are overrepresented in jails
By Christophe Jaffrelot , Maulik Saini
The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) reports show that in almost all the states of the Indian Union, irrespective of the...
International Human Rights Day: Khurram Parvez’s arrest casts shadow over human rights work in...
By Auqib Javeed | TwoCircles.net
SRINAGAR – The arrest of prominent Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in late November...
International Human Rights Day: “Taking away citizenship is worst human rights abuse,” say Assam’s...
By Mahibul Hoque | TwoCircles.net
ASSAM – Rabia spends most of her time hiding, and effectively leading the life of a criminal. The Assam police frequently...
How a terrorism law in India is being used to silence Modi’s critics
By Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi and Aakash Hassan in Srinagar
Khurram Parvez was a teenager when his grandfather, a civilian, was gunned down by the Indian...
22 international orgs’ write to Blinken over India’s CPC designation
The letter urges U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to reconsider his decision and “designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) at...
Who are the Hindutva activists at Gurugram’s namaz disruptions?
By Tanishka Sodhi
Every Friday, a white gypsy with a saffron poster strapped to its windows wheels through the many spots in Gurugram where namaz...
50-year-old Muslim man lynched in Bihar
Patna: A 50-year-old man has become the latest victim of mob-lynching which took place near Bhawanipur village in Araria district, Bihar.
The man who is identified...
Religious polarization targets voters in Indian polls
For Indian politicians, it is time again for temple runs as five crucial states, including the largest, Uttar Pradesh in the north, prepare to go...
