Ambedkarites Raise Black Flag as Narendra Modi Visits London’s Ambedkar House

Prime Minister tries to “steal the limelight” from London’s first open air Ambedkar statue

LONDON, UK: April 19, 2018 — Followers of Mulnivasi civil rights champion Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar, who recently inaugurated London’s first open air statue of their … Read More

Students Demand Removal of “Racist” Gandhi Statue at Carleton University

Carleton students, inspired by University of Ghana campaign for removal of Gandhi statue, earn praise from Ghanaian faculty

Ottawa: April 9, 2018 — The statue of Mohandas Gandhi at Carleton University in Ottawa has been controversial since its installation in … Read More

Jharkhand Becomes Ninth Indian State To Regulate Religious Conversion

Over a quarter of India’s states have adopted anti-conversion laws criminalizing freedom of religion

Ranchi, Jharkhand: September 12, 2017 — Jharkhand, in northern India, became the most recent state in the country to criminalize religious freedom when its governor, Draupadi … Read More

Filmmaker Terrorized for Exposing Caste Slavery in Tamil Nadu

Divya Bharathi faces death threats, criminal charges for documentary

Madurai, Tamil Nadu: August 7, 2017 — After releasing a documentary exposing in vivid detail the daily lives of manual scavengers in Tamil Nadu, 26-year-old filmmaker Divya Bharathi has been slapped … Read More

California Seminar Warns “Brahman Raj” Rules India

Exposing Brahman Raj, Dr. Manisha Bangar warns: “Hindutva means nothing but a sociopolitical structure of the society based on caste and varna”

Lathrop, CA, USA: May 29, 2017 – “Guru Gobind Singh and other Gurus were able to bring about … Read More

Ghana Plans World’s First Removal of Gandhi Statue

Removal Follows Protests Against Gandhi Statues in USA

Accra, Ghana: Oct. 8, 2016 — After over a decade of resistance to placement of Gandhi statues around the world began brewing in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2003, the University of Ghana … Read More

Gandhi Statues Inspire International Public Protests On His Birthday

From Ghana to California, protesters plan Oct. 2 demonstrations against the Indian icon

Davis, CA, USA: Sept. 26, 2016 — Communities in California and Ghana are organizing demonstrations against statues of Indian political icon Mohandas Gandhi which they perceive as … Read More

“Caste Apartheid” Responsible for Death of Dalit Scholar Rohith Vermula

Communities raise concern that officials are at fault for culpable homocide

Organizations representing Indian-American interests gathered in San Francisco at the Indian Consulate on Friday to submit an official memorandum decrying government policies following the suicide of a Dalit student … Read More

Editorial: What if we listened to Dr. Ambedkar?

OFMI advisor Pieter Friedrich presented the following remarks at a July 19 banquet hosted by the Begampura Educational and Cultural Society of Sacramento, CA.

Ladies and Gentlemen —

I am honored at the opportunity to speak in honor of Dr. … 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