On Human Rights Day, Kashmir rights groups decry India crackdown
3 years ago

On Human Rights Day, Kashmir rights groups decry India crackdown

Al Jazeera  

Activists in the disputed region under increasing pressure as New Delhi’s targeting of rights groups intensifies since 2019. ‘Too scared to do it anymore’ For decades, rights groups in Indian-administered Kashmir, including APDP and JKCCS, had been working to uphold and fight for human rights in the disputed region, revealing the human cost of the decades-long conflict and protesting to seek accountability from the government. “These times would not last.” In a first-ever report released by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in 2018 on rights violations in Indian-administered Kashmir, the work of groups such as JKCCS was extensively quoted. By silencing rights defenders, the security forces have become more emboldened.” After its 2019 move that stripped Indian-administered Kashmir of its limited autonomy, the government repealed more than 100 laws, including legislation on the functioning of the State Human Rights Commission. A prominent rights lawyer, who did not want to be identified, said the continuous harassment of activists and rights groups has “criminalised human rights work” in Indian-administered Kashmir.

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Human rights violated in Bangladesh, arrested Hindu monk's lawyers beaten up: BJP's Suvendu
3 weeks ago

Human rights violated in Bangladesh, arrested Hindu monk's lawyers beaten up: BJP's Suvendu

Deccan Chronicle  

Kolkata: Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday said human rights have been violated in Bangladesh as lawyers of arrested Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das could not appear in a court in the neighbouring country as they were allegedly beaten up by fundamentalists there. arrested Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das' principal lawyer Ramen Roy was …

Aakar Patel | India, as a UNSC aspirant, should not ignore UN on human rights
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Aakar Patel | India, as a UNSC aspirant, should not ignore UN on human rights

Deccan Chronicle  

The United Nations Security Council has 15 members — five permanent and 10 elected. India has been a member of the UN Human Rights Council for 16 of the council’s 18 years — most recently from 2019 to 2024. India has been the subject of 25 critical statements from UN human rights experts and UHCHR since 2019 — during its …

BOOK REVIEW | A Gentler Past: Reminiscing With Nandita Haksar
4 months, 2 weeks ago

BOOK REVIEW | A Gentler Past: Reminiscing With Nandita Haksar

The Hindu  

Published : Aug 07, 2024 11:00 IST - 7 MINS READ Nandita Haksar’s memoir is like a roller-coaster ride through an India that is disappearing, or perhaps, has already disappeared. Haksar’s exposure to human rights issues happened in the post-Emergency years, when the excesses committed by Indira Gandhi’s government spawned several human rights groups across India. Her book reminds us …

'Deeply biased, poor understanding': India slams US report on human rights abuses
8 months ago

'Deeply biased, poor understanding': India slams US report on human rights abuses

India TV News  

New Delhi: India on Thursday sharply criticised a United States report on human rights abuses in India, saying it reflects a "deeply biased and poor understanding" of the country. The 2023 Human Rights Report by the US State Department mentioned "credible reports" of various human rights abuses in India, including the Manipur ethnic violence and "transnational repression" like the murder …

US State Dept Human Rights report on India shields Umar Khalid, Kappan, Nijjar and others
8 months ago

US State Dept Human Rights report on India shields Umar Khalid, Kappan, Nijjar and others

Op India  

On 22nd April, the United States State Department released Country Reports on Human Rights Practices including India. The Human Rights Practices report read, “Government officials made public statements and released social media posts alleging certain opposition political party figures and diaspora leaders were connected to George Soros, playing on an antisemitic conspiracy theory of an “all-controlling Jewish individual” who was …

India slams Pakistan on Kashmir at UNGA: ’World’s worst human rights records’
1 year, 3 months ago

India slams Pakistan on Kashmir at UNGA: ’World’s worst human rights records’

Live Mint  

India has hit out at Pakistan after the country's caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar predictably raised the Kashmir topic in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly. In its right to reply, the First Secretary at United Nations for the Second Committee of UNGA, Petal Gahlot said that Pakistan should vacate occupied areas of India and stop cross-border …

'Will continue to engage with India on human rights issues': US envoy
1 year, 5 months ago

'Will continue to engage with India on human rights issues': US envoy

India Today  

India and the United States will work together to “defend democracy” and resist “coercion” said US envoy to India Eric Garcetti, as he spoke about the two nations becoming the main vectors to providing “stability” and “choice” against an aggressive China or other authoritarian regimes. He said, “Today, global supply chains feel more brittle; our security and national borders can’t …

'Hindus for Human Rights' proudly flaunts its anti-Modi toolkit as it tries to organise protests against PM Modi during his US visit
1 year, 6 months ago

'Hindus for Human Rights' proudly flaunts its anti-Modi toolkit as it tries to organise protests against PM Modi during his US visit

Op India  

The dubious organisation ‘Hindus for Human Rights’ has come up with a “special toolkit” to propagate against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a State Visit to the US. Source: HfHR Titled “Modi Protest Toolkit”, the 24-page document is freely and openly available on HfHR’s website. Source: HfHR Source: HfHR About Hindus for Human Rights Rahul Gandhi was …

India’s Modi on way to US for first state visit since becoming PM
1 year, 6 months ago

India’s Modi on way to US for first state visit since becoming PM

Al Jazeera  

Visit comes as rights groups and political opponents accuse Modi of stifling dissent and pursuing anti-Muslim policies back home. Visit amid rights concerns Modi’s three-day visit to the US comes amid human rights groups and political opponents accusing the Indian leader of stifling dissent and pursuing divisive policies that discriminate against Muslims and other minorities. Elaine Pearson, Asia director for …

US points at restrictions on freedom of expression in India
1 year, 9 months ago

US points at restrictions on freedom of expression in India

Live Mint  

The United States has urged India to uphold its human rights obligations and commitments, according to the 2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices released by the Biden Administration on March 20. The report cited significant human rights violations in India including alleged unlawful and arbitrary killings, challenges to freedom of press, interference with privacy, and violence targeting religious and …

US report lists ’significant human rights’ abuses in India
1 year, 9 months ago

US report lists ’significant human rights’ abuses in India

Live Mint  

The annual US report on human rights practices released on Monday listed "significant human rights issues" and abuses in India, including reported targeting of religious minorities, dissidents and journalists, the U.S. State Department said. Significant human rights issues in India have included credible reports of the government or its agents conducting extrajudicial killings; torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment …

World Must Resolutely Act Against Perpetrators of Terrorism: Jaishankar at UN Human Rights Council
1 year, 9 months ago

World Must Resolutely Act Against Perpetrators of Terrorism: Jaishankar at UN Human Rights Council

News 18  

India on Tuesday urged the international community to resolutely display “zero tolerance” towards terrorism, saying the scourge is the most “indefensible violation of human rights” and those perpetrating it should always be held accountable, in a veiled reference to Pakistan. In a video message at the High-Level Segment of the 52nd session of the UN Human Rights Council, External Affairs …

India intensified crackdown on activists, media in 2022: Human Rights Watch report
1 year, 11 months ago

India intensified crackdown on activists, media in 2022: Human Rights Watch report

The Hindu  

The Human Rights Watch’s World Report 2023 said that Indian authorities had “intensified and broadened” their crackdown on activist groups and the media through 2022, adding that the “Hindu nationalist” Bharatiya Janata Party-led government used “abusive and discriminatory policies to repress Muslims and other minorities”. “The BJP government’s promotion of Hindu majoritarian ideology provokes authorities and supporters to engage in …

A flicker of hope for human rights in South Asia
2 years ago

A flicker of hope for human rights in South Asia

Al Jazeera  

A cursory look at the human rights situation in South Asia can make one feel that the arc of the moral universe in the region has been too long and does not seem to be bending towards justice. Indeed, while 2022 has seen a great number of violations of human rights across South Asia, there have also been positive developments …

West’s Double-Standards on Human Rights and Terrorism: The Boot Could Be On The Other Foot, Too
2 years ago

West’s Double-Standards on Human Rights and Terrorism: The Boot Could Be On The Other Foot, Too

News 18  

Two American gibes at India’s human rights record, one of them about Prime Minister Narendra Modi — and New Delhi’s reaction has not been as aggressive for the kind of its muscle-flexing over the past months. Crackdown on dissent In the other instance pertaining to the US and human rights in India, USIRFA’s report for the US congress expressed ‘concern …

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to lead Indian delegation at Human Rights Council
2 years, 1 month ago

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to lead Indian delegation at Human Rights Council

The Hindu  

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta will lead the official Indian delegation to the Human Rights Council where the Fourth Universal Periodic Review will take place on November 10, the Ministry of External Affairs has announced. An official press release stated, India has been “engaged constructively” with the members of the UNHRC and others in the United Nations to support human rights …

J&K: Bereaved families traumatised by Army excesses in villages along LoC languish without justice
2 years, 1 month ago

J&K: Bereaved families traumatised by Army excesses in villages along LoC languish without justice

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 03, 2022 10:25 IST Nahid Akhtar, 19, is from Dhari Dabsi, an inaccessible village in Poonch district’s Mendhar sector. Kawoos, the then chairperson of the State Human Rights Commission, termed the killings as a “grave human rights violation” and said that the police had “investigated the case rightly”. In his order of September 17, 2007, Kawoos said: …

Aakar Patel | A benign mask for whole world; fangs bared to citizens at home
2 years, 5 months ago

Aakar Patel | A benign mask for whole world; fangs bared to citizens at home

Deccan Chronicle  

Having been kept busy by the government in various matters, I have not had the chance to catch up with the news much in the last couple of weeks. The first is that India and the European Union refer to themselves as “open and democratic societies”, which “emphasised the universality, indivisibility, interdependence and interrelatedness of all human rights”. After this, …

'Completely Unwarranted': India Slams UN Human Rights for Comments on Action Against Setalvad
2 years, 5 months ago

'Completely Unwarranted': India Slams UN Human Rights for Comments on Action Against Setalvad

News 18  

India on Wednesday dismissed as “completely unwarranted” the remarks by the UN Human Rights office over the arrest of social activist Teesta Setalvad and said these comments “constitute an interference” in the country’s independent judicial system. The UN’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has voiced concern over the arrest and detention of social activist Setalvad and called …

Jailed Kashmir rights activist Khurram Parvez in Time’s 100 list
2 years, 7 months ago

Jailed Kashmir rights activist Khurram Parvez in Time’s 100 list

Al Jazeera  

In its list of this year’s 100 most influential people, the US-based magazine calls Parvez a ‘modern-day David’ who ‘had to be silenced’. Kashmiri rights activist Khurram Parvez, jailed by India since November last year on “terrorism” charges, has been named as one of the 100 most influential people of 2022 by the United States-based Time magazine. “He had to …

As Blinken Lectures India on 'Human Rights Abuses', A Look at Some Xenophobic Attacks in United States
2 years, 8 months ago

As Blinken Lectures India on 'Human Rights Abuses', A Look at Some Xenophobic Attacks in United States

News 18  

A diplomatic war of words erupted between the United States and India after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar did not take kindly to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken pointing to “concerning developments in India, including a rise in human rights abuses by some government, police, and prison officials”. Speaking at a joint news conference after the 2+2 dialogue, Jaishankar …

From Russian Imports Row to LAC Issue: Times When Jaishankar Defended India with Hard-Hitting Retorts
2 years, 8 months ago

From Russian Imports Row to LAC Issue: Times When Jaishankar Defended India with Hard-Hitting Retorts

News 18  

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s strong rebuttal to the US on its criticism of “human rights abuses” in India at a joint news conference after the 2+2 dialogue has turned heads. From tearing into China over LAC issue to his tough response to UK and US on India’s stance over Russia-Ukraine crisis, here are some instances when Jaishankar’s savage responses …

‘Human Rights Abuses Not Discussed’: S Jaishankar After Blinken Remarks on India
2 years, 8 months ago

‘Human Rights Abuses Not Discussed’: S Jaishankar After Blinken Remarks on India

The Quint  

He said, "It is a subject which has come up in the past. So, whenever there is a discussion, I can tell you that we will not be reticent about speaking out.” He also said, "I would tell you that we also take our views on other people's human rights situation, including that of the United States. So, we take …

‘We Too Have Views About Their Views’: Jaishankar's Retort to US Concern Over Human Rights in India
2 years, 8 months ago

‘We Too Have Views About Their Views’: Jaishankar's Retort to US Concern Over Human Rights in India

News 18  

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday made a strong rebuttal to the US on its criticism of “human rights abuses” in India, saying even New Delhi has concerns about human rights in America. Jaishankar’s riposte comes a day after he defended India’s Russian oil import and insisted that the US look closely at its western allies before suggesting New …

Human rights in India not discussed at 2+2 meeting: Jaishankar
2 years, 8 months ago

Human rights in India not discussed at 2+2 meeting: Jaishankar

The Hindu  

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has said that there was no discussion on human rights in India during the India-US ‘2+2’ foreign and defence minister dialogue in Washington on Monday. At a joint press conference on Monday, Mr. Blinken brought up human rights issues in India, saying, “We regularly engage with our Indian partners on these shared values. “But we …

US Raising 'Human Rights in India' is Like the Pot Calling the Kettle Black
2 years, 8 months ago

US Raising 'Human Rights in India' is Like the Pot Calling the Kettle Black

News 18  

The 2+2 Foreign and Defence ministers meeting between India and the US finally got concluded. Blinken, for instance, suggested that the US was “monitoring some recent concerning developments” in India, including “a rise in human rights abuses by some government, police, and prison officials”. Blinken’s remark suggests that if India doesn’t kowtow the Biden administration’s line on crucial international issues, …

UK police asked to probe Indian officials’ role in Kashmir
2 years, 11 months ago

UK police asked to probe Indian officials’ role in Kashmir

Associated Press  

LONDON — A London-based law firm filed an application with British police Tuesday seeking the arrest of India’s army chief and a senior Indian government official over their alleged roles in war crimes in disputed Kashmir. Law firm Stoke White said it submitted extensive evidence to the Metropolitan Police’s War Crimes Unit documenting how Indian forces headed by Gen. Manoj …

The Biden administration is enabling India’s human rights abuses
3 years ago

The Biden administration is enabling India’s human rights abuses

Al Jazeera  

On November 17, United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken named 10 countries on the US government’s official list of the world’s worst offenders of religious freedom. A week later, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin flew to New Delhi on his first foreign visit to discuss “shared goals” with Modi but failed to mention India’s human rights abuses. In October, …

India lashes out at U.N. rights agency for critical comments on Parvez arrest, Hyderpora encounter
3 years ago

India lashes out at U.N. rights agency for critical comments on Parvez arrest, Hyderpora encounter

The Hindu  

The Centre on Thursday took strong exception to the U.N. Human Rights agency’s criticism of the arrest of Kashmiri activist Khurram Parvez, accusing the Geneva-based Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights of “bias” for referring to banned terror organisations in Jammu and Kashmir as “armed groups”. “ betrays a complete lack of understanding on the part of the …

India anti-terror agency arrests prominent Kashmir activist
3 years, 1 month ago

India anti-terror agency arrests prominent Kashmir activist

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — India’s counter-terrorism investigating agency has arrested a prominent human rights activist in Indian-controlled Kashmir, in a new crackdown on rights groups in the disputed region. The agency did not issue a statement about Parvez’s arrest, but an official memo provided to his family said he was detained under several sections of India’s anti-terror law, the Unlawful Activities …

India arrests prominent Kashmir rights activist under terror law
3 years, 1 month ago

India arrests prominent Kashmir rights activist under terror law

Al Jazeera  

Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – India’s top anti-terrorism investigation agency has arrested prominent Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez under a stringent terror law following a day-long raid at his office and residence in Indian-administered Kashmir. Meenakshi Ganguly, the South Asia director of Human Rights Watch, said Parvez’s arrest is “a really troubling development”. “We have seen human rights defenders arrested …

India slams abusive language after UK lawmakers rake up Kashmir, Gujarat riots
3 years, 3 months ago

India slams abusive language after UK lawmakers rake up Kashmir, Gujarat riots

India Today  

Members of Parliament from the UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Group on Kashmir have tabled a motion on “Human rights in Kashmir” for a debate in the House of Commons, drawing a strong reaction from India, which said any assertion made in any forum on a subject related to an integral part of the country needs to be duly substantiated with authentic …

Stop harassment of activists, journalists, peaceful protesters, says Human Rights Watch
3 years, 3 months ago

Stop harassment of activists, journalists, peaceful protesters, says Human Rights Watch

The Hindu  

The Human Rights Watch on Friday accused the Indian authorities of using politically motivated allegations of tax evasion and financial irregularities to silence human rights activists, journalists, and other critics of the government. In a statement released from New York, a day after the Enforcement Directorate’s searches on the premises linked to social activist Harsh Mander, the HRW said that …

Don't need lessons from worst abuser of human rights: India slams Pak for raising Kashmir at UNHRC
3 years, 3 months ago

Don't need lessons from worst abuser of human rights: India slams Pak for raising Kashmir at UNHRC

India TV News  

India on Wednesday hit out at Pakistan as well as the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation for raising the Kashmir issue at the UN Human Rights Commission and said the grouping has "helplessly" allowed itself to be held "hostage" by Islamabad. Exercising India's rights to respond to comments made by Pakistan and the OIC on Kashmir, Badhe said it does not …

India hits out at Pak, OIC for raising Kashmir issue at UN Human Rights Council
3 years, 3 months ago

India hits out at Pak, OIC for raising Kashmir issue at UN Human Rights Council

Firstpost  

Exercising India’s rights to respond to comments made by Pakistan and the OIC on Kashmir, Badhe said it does not need lessons from a “failed state” like Pakistan which is the “epicentre of terrorism and worst abuser of human rights”. At the 48th session of the human rights council, India said Pakistan has been globally recognised as a country openly …

Pro-India Kashmiri politician tortured in custody, say UN experts
3 years, 6 months ago

Pro-India Kashmiri politician tortured in custody, say UN experts

Al Jazeera  

UN experts ask the Indian government to respond to allegations of rights violations in Indian-administered Kashmir. In a letter sent to the Indian government at the end of March and made public on Monday, five UN experts sought New Delhi’s response to three main allegations: the “enforced disappearance” of Naseer Ahmad Wani from southern Kashmir’s Shopian district, the “extrajudicial killing” …

People With Lesser Rights In PoJK
3 years, 7 months ago

People With Lesser Rights In PoJK

News 18  

Year 2020 has been marred with lack of human rights for the India citizens who live under the occupation of Pakistan in Jammu Kashmir territory that has been named Azad Jammu and Kashmir by Pakistan since its occupation on October 22, 1947. Well, its Legislative Assembly enacted the AJK Human Rights Commission Act 2020, however, according to HRCP, “the commission’s …

CDPHR raises concern over vanishing Hindus in neighbouring countries
3 years, 8 months ago

CDPHR raises concern over vanishing Hindus in neighbouring countries

Op India  

Centre for Democracy, Pluralism and Human Rights, an organization that works towards advocating equality, justice and human rights, has released reports of India’s seven neighbouring countries, highlighting grave human rights violations against minorities, especially Hindus. The reports released on Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Tibet have been prepared using previous years’ reports from international human rights bodies, …

India has Many Human Rights Issues, Says US Govt Report
3 years, 8 months ago

India has Many Human Rights Issues, Says US Govt Report

The Quint  

The report said that the Centre also began a process to redraw electoral constituencies but failed to announce a timeline for the assembly elections. The report had gone on to say note that separatist insurgents in Jammu and Kashmir, the Northeast, and Maoist-influenced areas committed serious abuses, including killings and torture of the armed forces, police, government officials, and civilians, …

'Do not get exploited by Pakistan': India at UNHRC after OIC rakes up Kashmir issue
3 years, 9 months ago

'Do not get exploited by Pakistan': India at UNHRC after OIC rakes up Kashmir issue

India Today  

Exercising its "Right to Reply" at the 46th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, India on Tuesday responded to the statements made by Pakistan and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation over the issue of Jammu and Kashmir. It is regrettable that OIC continues to allow itself to be exploited by Pakistan to indulge in anti-India propaganda.” Pakistan's raking …

UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Raises Concern Over Misuse Of Sedition Law In India, Attempts To Curb Free Speech
3 years, 9 months ago

UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Raises Concern Over Misuse Of Sedition Law In India, Attempts To Curb Free Speech

Live Law  

"Charges of sedition against journalists and activists for reporting or commenting on the protests, & attempt to curb freedom of expression on social media are disturbing departures from essential human rights principles," said Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. 'Charges of sedition against journalists and activists for reporting or commenting on the protests, & attempt to curb freedom …

UN rights experts concerned over India’s changes in Kashmir
3 years, 10 months ago

UN rights experts concerned over India’s changes in Kashmir

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — U.N. human rights experts have urged India to ensure that the rights of people in Kashmir are safeguarded after New Delhi stripped the disputed region’s semi-autonomous status and imposed a slew of administrative changes through new laws. Two experts for the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said in a statement that the changes …

‘Himalayan lie’: India raids over Kashmir ‘terror funds’ slammed
4 years, 1 month ago

‘Himalayan lie’: India raids over Kashmir ‘terror funds’ slammed

Al Jazeera  

Activists and rights groups condemn series of raids by National Investigation Agency in disputed Kashmir, New Delhi and Bengaluru. Activists and rights groups have condemned Indian agency’s raids on non-governmental organisations, activists and journalists in Indian-administered Kashmir, national capital New Delhi and the southern city of Bengaluru over alleged “terror funding” in the disputed region. ‘Himalayan lie’ Khan, 72, who …

Kashmir daily office, activists’ homes raided by Indian agency
4 years, 1 month ago

Kashmir daily office, activists’ homes raided by Indian agency

Al Jazeera  

The National Investigation Agency conducts searches at 10 places, including offices of NGOs and Greater Kashmir newspaper as well homes of activists. India’s National Investigation Agency on Wednesday carried out raids at several locations, including the offices and residences of human rights activists and journalists in Indian-administered Kashmir, triggering outrage in the Muslim-majority region. In a statement, an NIA spokesman …

UN rights chief tells India to safeguard rights of NGOs; MEA says law violations can't be condoned
4 years, 2 months ago

UN rights chief tells India to safeguard rights of NGOs; MEA says law violations can't be condoned

Firstpost  

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet specifically cited as “worrying” the use of FCRA, which prohibits the receipt of foreign funds “for any activities prejudicial to the public interest.” New Delhi: India on Tuesday strongly reacted to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet’s concern over restrictions on NGOs and arrest of activists, saying violations of law …

15 International Human Rights Organisations Release Statement Condemning Indian Government's Actions Against Amnesty India
4 years, 2 months ago

15 International Human Rights Organisations Release Statement Condemning Indian Government's Actions Against Amnesty India

Live Law  

A joint statement by 15 International organizations including Human Rights Watch has been released, condemning the Forced closure of Amnesty India. "Amnesty International India announced that it is halting its work in the country after the Indian government froze its bank accounts in an act of reprisal for the organization's human rights work. Fifteen international human rights organizations condemned the …

'Grassroots Democracy Revived': India Responds to UN Rights Chief's Criticism on Situation in Kashmir
4 years, 3 months ago

'Grassroots Democracy Revived': India Responds to UN Rights Chief's Criticism on Situation in Kashmir

News 18  

A day after the United Nations human rights chief issued a statement on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, India responded to the criticism saying grassroots-level democracy has been revived in the region and the government is pushing for economic development despite the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic and continued efforts of Pakistan to derail the process. India’s envoy …

Nazism in Kashmir? How a liberal dehumanizes “Bihari beggars”
4 years, 3 months ago

Nazism in Kashmir? How a liberal dehumanizes “Bihari beggars”

Op India  

Someone is driving down the roads of an Indian city. The Twitter handle appears to belong to one Khaleel Tickoo, who claims to be an accountant and passionate human rights advocate. ‘Passionate human rights advocate’ He is based out of Netherlands and “Tral, IOK.” I leave to your imagination what he could mean by “IOK.” No, he didn’t stop with …

India’s police ‘complicit’ in anti-Muslim riots, alleges Amnesty
4 years, 3 months ago

India’s police ‘complicit’ in anti-Muslim riots, alleges Amnesty

Al Jazeera  

The rights group calls on the gov’t to investigate the alleged human rights violations committed by the police. Police in Delhi were “complicit and an active participant” in the February violence in which 53 people, mostly Muslims, were killed, according to an investigation by Amnesty International India. “The Delhi police personnel were complicit and an active participant in the violence …

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