Uttar Pradesh: According to police in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, it was suicide. The young Muslim man they had brought into their custody had, out of despair, killed himself in the police station toilets. But, as photos of the scene emerged, so too
Qaisar Mansoor When 36-year-old Nasir Ali first saw the posters in North East Delhi’s Subhash Mohalla, he was shocked. There, beaming down at him was the face of Uttam Tyagi. Two years ago, according to Ali, Tyagi had been part of a mob that attacked him,
Qaisar Mansoor Thirty-one years have passed since the 1991 incident in which Indian army soldiers allegedly raped between 23 and 100 women in Kashmir’s Kunan and Poshpora villages during a search operation. The Indian army has denied the accusations and a delayed investigation of the incident concluded
United Nations: UN rights experts urged India to “end relentless misogynistic attacks” on a Muslim journalist as Indian Muslims protested across the United States against the hijab ban in their country. Rana Ayyub, an independent journalist and defender of women’s human rights, “continues to be the
London: People in the UK will observe February 25 as “Hijab Day” as India continues its anti-Islam and pro-fascism policies against Muslims in the country and Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Fahim Kayani, President Tehreek-e-Kashmir UK, told that on coming Friday, “people in the UK will
New Delhi: A Delhi court has remanded noted Kashmiri activist, Khurram Parvez, who was arrested last year to the custody of India’s notorious National Investigation Agency (NIA) till February 25 along with two other accused persons in a false case. NIA special Judge Parveen Singh also
Assad Abbas RSS backed Modi government is suppressing the religious rights of minorities with every single passing day. The slogan “Hindustan sirf Hinduon ka hai” (India is only for Hindus) is becoming a reality with a fast pace. The so called biggest democracy of the world
Nayyar Adnan During last two decades, theft of over 200 kilograms of nuclear material in India poses serious threats of nuclear terrorism, necessitating the global powers’ role to raise safety standards in the country. The countries in the region including China and Pakistan have repeatedly called
Raqqa, Syria: In a square that a few years ago was a grim stage for the Daesh group’s brutal rule in the Syrian city of Raqqa, Mahmoud Dander sat deep in thought. He wants to leave Syria, but has a problem: The 75-year-old has no money.
Ankara: The prosecution of a human rights defender demonstrates the Erdogan government’s policy of “bringing baseless criminal charges against people involved in legitimate and peaceful civil society activities,” Human Rights Watch said today. Ozturk Turkdogan, co-chair of the Human Rights Association, Turkey’s oldest human rights group,