Hundreds Attend Fresno Vigil for Hunger-Striker and His Slain Son-in-Law

“Put pressure and bring awareness in this country,” urge Sikh community leaders

Fresno, CA: Sept. 8, 2015 — “We should remember the legacy of Satwinder as a martyr,” said Steve Macías on Sunday at a candlelight vigil held in Fresno, … Read More

August 2008 Anti-Christian Pogrom in India Saw “Rivers of Blood on the Road”

New Delhi, India: August 25, 2015 — Indian journalist Dr. John Dayal, who recently visited Orissa to discover the current situation after the state was wracked … Read More

Indian Journalist Warns Underground Church in India “At Par” With China

Dr. Dayal discusses how his career as a journalist led to him becoming an activist after witnessing human rights violations of tribals, Muslims, Christians, and others. He says that, in 1997, “I came face to face with Christian persecution.”Read More

Editorial: An Apolitical Analysis of Indian Political Prisoners

“Until they become conscious, they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled, they cannot become conscious.” — George Orwell

Political prisoner is a deviant, as per my observation. A political prisoner is jailed for “freely expressing” any disagreement, … Read More

Conference Challenges India’s “Dehumanizing” Belief System

Stockton, CA: July 15, 2015 — When he took the stage at University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA to speak to a diverse audience of Indian diaspora and concerned … Read More

Irom Sharmila’s Fiancé on Torture, AFSPA, and Surat Singh Khalsa

OFMI: This is Steve Macias with the Organization for Minorities of India, and today we have a very special guest, the fiancé of the longest held political prisoner in India today, who’s been called the participant of the world’s longest … Read More

Irom Sharmila’s Fiance: “They do wish to kill her”

Steve Macias, Organization for Minorities of India, interviews Irom Chanu Sharmilla’s fiancé Desmond Coutinho as he struggles to see the one he loves suffer through the agony of force-feeding, police brutality, and an endless cycle of prison sentences.Read More

India’s 66th Republic Day Celebrated a Constitution Its Author Disowned

“I shall be the first person to burn it out,” said constitutional-framer Dr. Ambedkar, a cross between Thomas Jefferson and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who is renowned as a champion of civil rights for Inda’s 200-million Dalits

NEW DELHI: Jan. … Read More

Obama Affirms Indian Constitution’s Article 25 Over Objections of South Asian Americans

Article claiming to protect religious liberty permits state regulation of religion, notes US-based rights group

NEW DELHI: Jan. 27, 2015 – In his final hours in India, U.S. President Barack Obama called the country a “partner,” saying India should not … Read More

Dark days predicted by minorities as India weighs national ban on religious conversion

“Existence of religious minorities is threatened by India’s pattern of terror,” warn NRI activists

SACRAMENTO: Dec. 30, 2014 – Many consider changing one’s religious beliefs to be a fundamental human right, yet the ruling party of India is weighing a … Read More