(The Wire) After the 'encounter' on November 15, the J&K lieutenant governor ordered a probe into the matter after families accused the police of killing innocent civilians.
Read More »Feature: How VHP and Madhya Pradesh police colluded to put a Christian pastor in jail
(Scroll.in) The pastor won a court stay on notices about religious conversion. A day later, he was arrested – based on a complaint by a man who denies making the statement.
Read More »Feature: The children who quietly dropped out of school
(Scroll.in) The Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns disrupted the education of millions of students in India. When schools reopened, many never went back.
Read More »Feature: In BJP rule, 31 killed in Assam’s alleged encounters – most belong to ethnic or religious minorities
(Scroll.in) In almost every case, the police claim that the person was shot as he tried to snatch service weapons or was trying to escape custody.
Read More »Feature: ‘Anti-Conversion’ Bill: Dalit, Adivasi Christians the Most Attacked in Karnataka
Nikhila Henry In Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s home district Haveri, a Dalit Christian preacher Chandrakanth B Komalapu, 51, is faced with an ironic crisis. While Chandrakanth has not been able to convince his son, 23-year-old Moses Sandesh, who is a practising Hindu, to adopt Christianity, he was attacked in …
Read More »Feature: Attacks on Christians in Karnataka: Police colluded with Hindutva groups
(Scroll.in) Human rights organisation People’s Union for Civil Liberties has documented 39 incidents of violence against the community.
Read More »ٖFeature: Shops destroyed, father no more, son in jail: Delhi riots throw this Muslim family into penury
Shahzeb says police have no evidence against his brother but we don’t understand why courts have not set him free.
Read More »Feature: On Human Rights Day, Kashmir rights groups decry India’s crackdown
(Al-Jazeera) Activists in the disputed region under increasing pressure as New Delhi’s targeting of rights groups intensifies since 2019.
Read More »Feature: In Madhya Pradesh, Hindutva groups have driven Christians to a corner
(The Wire) In the last two months, Christians in Madhya Pradesh have come under various degrees of attack from Hindutva groups over allegations of 'illegal conversions' backed by zero evidence.
Read More »Feature: A Nagaland village mourns its dead: ‘How can the army kill my innocent sons?’
(Scroll.in) The residents of Oting village say army personnel tried to hide the killings, and when confronted, opened indiscriminate fire at them.
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