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Modi’s Hindu nationalists win 25 of 81 seats in Jharkhand, ending five years of ruleThe Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party has lost a key state election, a setback for the party as it faces huge anti-government protests again…
Read MoreThe ancient Silk Road city once had a thriving Jewish population, which has shrunk to around 200On the first night of Hanukah, Benyamin Badalov ascends the platformed bimah in Bukhara’s central synagogue to recite the evening prayer.Among the handful o…
Read MoreThe backlash against the Citizenship Amendment Act shows that Indians will not accept the party’s distorted vision for their countryHuge nationwide protests, involving people of various religions, professions, castes and classes, such as haven’t been s…
Read MorePolice and protesters have clashed across India and six people died during standoffs on Friday in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, where tensions exploded between majority Hindus and minority Muslims.Thousands of protesters have been demonstrating …
Read MoreThe demonstrations against a citizenship law are the largest of Narendra Modi’s tenureThe government has just passed a long-mooted law to fast-track citizenship applications for refugees from surrounding countries who are Hindu, Christian, Parsi, Jain …
Read MoreCritics say Narendra Modi’s Citizenship Amendment Act ‘has declared war on Muslims’Authorities have imposed an emergency law banning large gatherings in parts of India’s capital, Delhi, as nationwide protests escalated, injuring police and demonstrator…
Read MoreNew Indian legislation purports to help those fleeing persecution abroad – but deepens communal divides at homeThousands nationwide have protested against India’s new citizenship law in recent days, facing a brutal police response. This is arguably the…
Read MoreWomen form human shield around man in New Delhi and shout ‘go back, go back’ as officers attempt to beat him with sticks. Protests have erupted across India against law to fast-track citizenship for everyone except Muslim asylum seekersIndia citizenshi…
Read MoreAnger grows across country at new law which denies citizenship to Muslim migrantsStudents in Delhi have condemned their “barbaric” treatment at the hands of police who stormed a peaceful protest against the new citizenship bill over the weekend, injuri…
Read MoreProtests are most significant show of dissent in nearly six years of Modi in powerStudent protests are not unusual in India. Nor is police violence. But the scenes of officers entering one of Delhi’s Muslim-majority universities, teargassing the librar…
Read MoreCriticism of Aung San Suu Kyi’s defence of her country must not overshadow the issue at the heart of the case at the international court of justice: the ongoing suffering of Rohingya MuslimsAung San Suu Kyi’s decision to personally defend Myanmar in th…
Read MoreBill will allow refugees from nearby states to become Indian but not if they are MuslimsIndian lawmakers have approved legislation granting citizenship to migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan – but not if they are Muslim. Critics of the g…
Read MoreIn response to a report that a Hindu guru had a established his own island off the coast of Ecuador, Ambassador Jaime Marchan Romero clarifies that no individual would ever be allowed to annex off land from a sovereign stateWith regard to your report o…
Read MoreThousands of buffalo will be slaughtered in Hindu festival despite efforts to end traditionHindu worshippers have begun killing thousands of buffalo in what is reputed to be the world’s biggest animal sacrifice, held every five years in a remote corner…
Read MorePolice ‘looked on and watched’ during assault as activists tried to enforce right to visit shrineFemale activists in India were violently attacked by protesters and stopped by police as they attempted to make a pilgrimage to a Hindu temple which was co…
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