Who is Nabeela Syed, the Indian-American Muslim woman who made history in US midterm...
An Indian-American hijab-wearing Muslim woman has made history by becoming the youngest person to win the election for Illinois’ 51st Congressional District.
Afnan Habib...
Immigrant Muslim woman to be the first hijab-wearing senator in Australian parliament
Fatima Payman is an Afghan-Australian woman whose family fled Afghanistan in 1999 to settle in Australia.
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NEW DELHI — Labor Party candidate...
In Pictures: Climate refugees in Assam face ‘targeted evictions’, rue govt apathy
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) decision to take over the 77,000 bighas or 25454 acres of land would mean hundreds of families in Assam...
Meet Saba Haider: An Indian-Muslim woman running for DuPage county board election in US
Saba is the only candidate of Indian origin among 19 elected members from the state of Illinois. She came to the United States in...
‘My journalism seems to be the reason for these travel restrictions’: journalist Aakash Hassan...
Independent journalist Aakash Hassan from Kashmir writes for The Guardian and has covered human rights and politics from the region for reputed media outlets...
No home for Ghoramara island’s climate refugees
The migration, poor living conditions, and relentless washing off of houses have made climate refugees out of the islanders of Ghoramara in Sunderbans delta...
International Human Rights Day: “Taking away citizenship is worst human rights abuse,” say Assam’s...
For several thousand citizens of north-eastern Indian state of Assam, who were declared foreigners by the government, citizenship battle is at the core of...
Assam Evictions: “No longer having land to cultivate is death sentence to us,” 250...
The Darrang district authorities in Assam have taken over the farmland of over 250 Muslim families in Niz Shalmara village and asked them to...
Forced eviction a design to target Bengali speaking Muslims by projecting them “encroachers”: Enquiry...
Since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) formed the government in Assam in 2016, the state has witnessed a spree of evictions uprooting thousands of...
“Weekly visits to police stations is huge financial burden,” say former detainees released from...
After being released from Assam detention centers, former detainees accused of being foreigners are required to produce themselves before the officer-in-charge at their respective...
Assam evictions: Pregnant women worst victims of eviction, decry non-availability of ‘medicine, proper food’
The Assam government’s eviction drive in Darrang district on September 23 has left many families in distress, including pregnant women. A TCN Ground report...
On the right side of the border in Assam and Mizoram
The no man's land—the disputed region between Assam and Mizoram saw violent clashes between the forces of the two states leading to the...
Assam govt using pretext of ‘encroachment’ to target minority Muslim population, claims fact-finding report
A fact-finding team of APCR recently visited the Dholpur area of Darang district in Assam that witnessed the unfortunate incidents of forced eviction and...
Delhi after violence: Signs of destruction everywhere, victims waiting for relief
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गंगा और यमुना के बीच का यह इलाका जिसे दोआब कहा जाता है पिछले कुछ सालों से नए कारणों को...
Bilkis Bano’s husband: ‘What can be worse than seeing your loved ones being killed?’
In 2008, a special CBI court in Mumbai sentenced to life imprisonment 11 men for the crime. Earlier this month, the Gujarat government released...
Rohingya refugees’ housing row: Is AAP competing with BJP in denying them housing?
The BJP and AAP are embroiled in a political tussle in the midst of the Rohingya Muslim housing row in New Delhi.
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IAMC condemns forced evictions, police brutality in Assam
The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) said that the eviction drive is a symptom of Narendra Modi and the BJP’s fixation on rendering Indian...
सब कुछ बर्बाद मगर टूटी नही उम्मीद …आग के बाद शरणार्थी रोहिंग्यो की मदद...
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दिल्ली में कालिंदी कुंज के पास मदनपुर खादर इलाके के रोहिंग्या शरणार्थी कैंप में पिछले दिनों आग लग गई थी जिसके...
Rohingyas urge India to create conditions conducive for their return
By Mohammed Shafeeq
Hyderabad, Oct 22 (IANS) Rohingya refugees living here have appealed to the Indian government to mount pressure on Myanmar to create conditions...
Assam evictions: Police arrest two locals for ‘inciting violence’, families say duo ‘falsely implicated’
The arrests of two public representatives in Dholpur has come within four days of the police opening fire at villagers on September 23 who...
Rohingya Muslims housing row: What is India’s refugee policy?
A recent row over the housing and rehabilitation of Rohingya refugees in the national capital New Delhi has brought India’s refugee policy into the...
No respite for Rohingya refugees post fire, forced to live in makeshift tents amid...
When a fire gutted the Rohingya camp in late July, nearly 300 refugees lost everything they had. Forced to stay in temporary tents now,...
Islamic religious bodies demand rehabilitation of Assam evictees, action against culprits
A high-level joint delegation of Muslim organisations including Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind and Students Islamic Organization of India (SIO) visited Assam to assess the...
“They want us out of here,” Rohingya refugees displaced by massive fire at Delhi...
On June 12, a massive fire destroyed a Rohingya refugee Camp in Okhla’s Madanpur Khadar in New Delhi, displacing nearly 270 refugees. Although nobody...
Assam Eviction: Police arrests one more for ‘instigating violence’ in Dholpur
Assam Police on September 29 arrested Sarifudin from Guwahati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), where he was undergoing medical treatment after sustaining bullet injuries...
JIH condemns police firing, Dholpur eviction in Assam
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) demanded immediate rehabilitation to the homeless as mandated by the Supreme Court of India.
NEW DELHI - Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) Vice President Prof...
Why Assam govt sealed a museum showcasing Muslim culture and arrested five people?
Traditional farming tools, including the plough, gamusas (traditional hand-woven clothing), and bamboo fishing equipment, were displayed in the museum to preserve and showcase the...
JIH demands reconstruction of gutted Rohingya refugee camp in Delhi
On late Saturday, over 250 Rohingya refugees were rendered homeless as more than 50 shanties were destroyed in fire. Vowing to extend full cooperation...