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Mob Lynchings in India Provoke International Wave of Protests
August 13, 2017 | Admin
Oppressed groups unite in solidarity against Hindu nationalist attacks
New Delhi, Delhi: August 13, 2017 — From California to Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh to New York, groups impacted by a rising tide of mob lynchings of minorities in India are … Read More
Filmmaker Terrorized for Exposing Caste Slavery in Tamil Nadu
August 7, 2017 | Admin
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
“Caste Apartheid” Responsible for Death of Dalit Scholar Rohith Vermula
January 26, 2016 | Admin
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
Unionist Punjabi Statesman Sir Chhotu Ram Commemorated in California
November 21, 2015 | Admin
“His death was a great blow to real freedom in India,” concludes gathering
Hayward, CA: Nov. 22, 2015 — Traveling from Hyderabad, India to join a California gathering of Indian minorities in commemorating the 134th birth anniversary of … Read More
Indian Parliament Will Consider Criminalizing Religious Liberty
November 4, 2015 | Admin
BJP MPs demand 10-year prison sentence for unregulated conversion
New Delhi, India: Nov. 5, 2015 — Two members of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced they will introduce bills in their respective houses of parliament to criminalize religious conversion … Read More
Californians Warn San Jose City Council to Boycott PM Modi Visit
September 24, 2015 | Admin
“No one should shake hands with a monster,” speakers tell council
San Jose, CA: Sept. 25, 2015 — “I must warn you that your presence places a stamp of approval on the record of a mass murderer,” Pieter Friedrich told … Read More
Google CEO’s Plans to Meet Indian Premier Spark Protest
September 20, 2015 | Admin
Demonstrators call Prime Minister Modi a monster, chanting: “Shame on Google”
Mountain View, CA: Sept. 20, 2015 — As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi plans to tour Silicon Valley tech companies next week, marking his second visit to the United … Read More
Protests Anticipated as Indian PM Modi Plans California Visit
July 24, 2015 | Admin
“The Butcher of Gujarat in the USA is unsettling,” say NRI minorities
SAN JOSE, CA: July 25, 2015 — “Mr. Narendra Modi was deemed the Butcher of Gujarat after his state-sponsored genocide… killed thousands of Muslims,” warned activist Jada Bernard … Read More
Hunger-Striker Surat Singh Khalsa Rearrested Despite Worldwide Support
July 22, 2015 | Admin
Supporters call arrests “torture by the Brahmanical Indian State”
LUDHIANA, PUNJAB: July 22, 2015 — As a delegation of senior officials representing the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) party in Punjab, India toured North America to woo diaspora … Read More
Conference Challenges India’s “Dehumanizing” Belief System
July 15, 2015 | Admin
Speakers term Brahmanical caste system a “legal apartheid”
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