How Gujarat ‘Model of Hate’ Is Unraveling In Its Cradle? – By Rajeev Khanna Gujarat, which is quite often known as the laboratory of Hindutva, is the home turf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Ever since it came to power at the Centre, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has propagated …
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Weekly News Roundup – February 5, 2020
Seattle City Council becomes first US legislative body to pass anti-CAA, NRC resolution; supporters says law ‘meant to disenfranchise several million Muslims’ A coalition of Seattle-area South Asians celebrated the passage of Seattle City Council Resolution 31926 on 3 February, opposing India’s National Register of Citizens (NRC) and Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), after hundreds of people rallied and attended a …
Weekly News Roundup – January 29, 2020
Indian-Americans Protest In 30 US Cities Against Citizenship Law On Republic Day India’s 71st Republic day celebrations in the US on Sunday were marred by protests and marches, albeit peaceful ones, against recent changes in the citizenship law by large number of Indian Americans in various cities of the country.… The supporters, however, appeared to be outnumbered by protesters, …
Weekly News Roundup – January 22, 2020
Top US Senator urges Pompeo to ‘press’ India for ‘swift reversal’ of CAA, NRC A top US Senator has urged Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to press the Indian government for a “swift reversal” of the amended Citizenship Act and the proposed National Register of Citizens to ensure the protection of human rights of all persons in the country …
Weekly News Roundup – January 14, 2020
CAA protests: In one of worst-hit UP towns, 6 deaths, ‘no bullets found’ This town of bangle and glass factories was among the worst affected in the recent protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in Uttar Pradesh, which were met with a police crackdown. Of the 19 deaths in alleged police action in the state, six happened in Firozabad, …
Weekly News Roundup – January 9, 2020
India citizenship law: 100,0000 attend Hyderabad protest More than 100,000 protesters have taken part in a peaceful march in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, chanting slogans against Narendra Modi’s new citizenship law. The protest, labelled the Million March, was organised by an umbrella group of Muslim and civil society organisations… Demonstrators were still entering the protest site late on …
Weekly News Roundup – January 2, 2020
Reign Of Terror In U.P Says Fact Finding Report A fact-finding report, published by a team comprising activist Yogendra Yadav, CPI (ML)’s Kavita Krishnan, and Riad Azam, says that Uttar Pradesh is under a “reign of terror” following the state government’s “unlawful and lethal tactics” to harass citizens protesting peacefully against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register …
Weekly News Roundup – December 26, 2019
UP: 14 of 16 killed in CAA protests fell to bullet injuries Fourteen of the 16 persons who were killed during protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act over the last four days in UP succumbed to “firearm injuries”,…. . Those who died from bullet injuries are: Mohammed Wakeel (32) in Lucknow; Aftab Alam (22) and Mohammad Saif (25) in Kanpur; …
Weekly News Roundup – December 19, 2019
Preparation for a genocide under way in India: Dr. Gregory Stanton Dr. Gregory Stanton, founder of Genocide Watch, addressed an audience of Congressional and Government officials at a briefing titled Ground Reports on Kashmir and NRC in Washington D.C on December 12 where he said, “Preparation for a genocide is definitely under way in India.” He said that persecution of …
Weekly News Roundup – December 12, 2019
Blood and Soil in Narendra Modi’s India – By Dexter Filkins …The change in Kashmir upended more than half a century of careful politics, but the Indian press reacted with nearly uniform approval. Ever since Modi was first elected Prime Minister, in 2014, he has been recasting the story of India, from that of a secular democracy accommodating a …