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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 …

(Scroll.in) Human rights organisation People’s Union for Civil Liberties has documented 39 incidents of violence against the community.

Shahzeb says police have no evidence against his brother but we don’t understand why courts have not set him free.

(The Wire) Many of his policies draw from Imperial rule and treats dissidents as a threat, just as the British did.

(The Wire) A ‘macho’ culture in the police forces that valorises those who indulge in violence ensures that no one ever challenges the system.

Amjed Jaaved Each year, on 10th December, the United Nations observes international human rights day.  The United Nations General Assembly adopted, When General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, it was proclaimed as a “common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations”. The Universal …

(Scroll.in) Most of the prominent faces of the December 2019 protests battle police cases.

Humra Quraishi Perhaps, it is for the very first time that politicians from Kashmir are talking aloud, focusing on the prevailing ground realities in and around the Kashmir Valley. Mind you, they are doing so in the capital city, New Delhi. Earlier their talks were along the cautious strain but …

(Al-Jazeera) Activists in the disputed region under increasing pressure as New Delhi’s targeting of rights groups intensifies since 2019.

(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.