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Senior Researcher, Human Rights Watch.

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Joined March 2011
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    Sep 2

    There have been several attacks on Muslims in by Hindu mobs in the last month. This is because the actions of the ruling BJP government has empowered them to threaten, attack, and harass religious minorities with impunity. Read this from

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    Nov 30

    Bombay HC Grants Default Bail to Sudha Bharadwaj, Rejects Pleas of 8 Elgar Parishad Accused

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    Nov 18

    Authorities order magistrate probe after allegations of 2 civilians killed during a security operations in Srinagar. Police initially shirked responsibility saying they were "terror associates." End impunity in by holding perpetrators to account.

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    Nov 17

    Regrettable - FB rep misdirected the committee. Asked if FB maintains a journal/record of public posts that are removed due to complaints of standards being violated, & if a person with access to that works in India, tried to say it was covered by the IT Act & he would not answer

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    Nov 17

    In Gurugram, after Hindu businessman, a gurudwara offers space to Muslims for namaz, reports via

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    Nov 17

    6 calling on video for , violence in , get bail in < 2 months; 15 anti-CAA protesters, accused in riots on similar charges—but scant evidence—denied bail for 13 to 21 months. tracks 4 cases of unequal justice

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    Nov 12

    user data requests made by the Indian government increased over 10% in the first six months of 2021, as compared to the second half of 2020, the company said. .

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    Nov 10

    A Muslim youth who had been called in for questioning by the UP police was found dead at the Kotwali police station. The police alleged that he hung himself with the drawstring of his jacket from a tap in the police station which stood 2-3 feet tall.

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    Nov 10

    She has been in prison for 9 months now. On March 9 's govt arrested who was part of protests to stop a govt-owned mine (to be run by group) on a sacred mountain in & to free jailed

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    Nov 6

    Harsh UAPA sections have been used, not to stop the communal violence, but for social media posts that condemned communal violence.

    Tripura Police Books 102 People Under UAPA for Social Media Posts Against Communal Violence reports via
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    Nov 3

    A day after a fact-finding team released a report which highlighted anti-Muslim violence in the state of Tripura, two advocates who were a part of the team have been charged with Section 13 of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).

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    Nov 3

    : Police in send notices under UAPA to Delhi based lawyers for a fact-finding report on the . reports:

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    Oct 27

    ❗️ Long Thread Alert 🧵 BIG NEWS: The Supreme Court of India has constituted a technical committee to investigate the allegations of use against Indian citizens. 1/14

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  14. Oct 27

    . on what harassment of is really about. 1. Create a generalised climate of fear. 2. Ideological war on a constructed “Muslimness” which now has an ever-expanding definition. 3. Make Bollywood into a communal and jingoistic institution.

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  15. Oct 27

    “Now, it’s prominent BJP voices who are legitimising these extreme views...Dictating what is Indian...” on recent attacks on . Emblematic of escalating crackdown on speech in & systematic efforts to communalize everything

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    Oct 26

    Following the reports published by the Post and other outlets, India's SC announced a probe into the allegations noting that “the state cannot get free pass every time by raising national security concerns.”

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    Oct 15

    My new fortnightly column in the Indian Express, starts with - You can switch off Siri, but not the State via

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    Oct 14

    Global Hunger Index 2021: slips to 101st rank; behind , and

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    Oct 13

    Shame on you . How disgraceful is this

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    आजमगढ़ में SP ने युवक को जड़े थप्पड़ VIDEO: 8 साल की बच्ची की दुष्कर्म के बाद हुई थी मौत, कार्रवाई नहीं होने पर SP की गाड़ी के आगे लेट गया था परिवार का युवक
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    Oct 10

    Thank you to the Committee for the spotlight on journalists and our battle for facts. To my friends & family, supporters, thank you for helping us . Please give me a few days to respond to the messages you've sent! :)

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  21. Oct 8

    Just as George Floyd’s killing by a police officer reflected America’s deep-rooted problems of racial inequality and police violence, the barbarity in Assam is a window into India’s growing culture of hatred, violence and impunity. Must read by

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