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...

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...

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. Ubair ul Hameed...

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...

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...

“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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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,...

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...

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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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...

In Pictures: Septuagenarian Solim Uddin from Assam begs to earn money to fight ‘illegal...

A former detainee from Assam, septuagenarian Solim Uddin walks for several kilometres every day seeking alms and help to raise money to feed himself...

Longform: Sonal Shah’s journey from American Sangh to US Department of Homeland Security

Has the newly appointed Chief Commissioner of President Joe Biden’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders Sonal Shah put the...

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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...

India’s Hindu nationalist movement intrudes into Maryland’s gubernatorial election

Lieutenant Governor candidate Aruna Miller’s association with US supporters of the RSS-BJP prompts outcry from Maryland voters. Pieter Friedrich | TwoCircles.net  MARYLAND (UNITED STATES) —...

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...

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...

“They Are Heartless or What?”: Assam Govt Bulldozes Dhalpur Settlement in Another Eviction Drive

Arshad Ahmed, Twocircles.net Guwahati: A cloud of anxiety had been looming over Sahjahan Ali because of an impending eviction drive. The Darrang district administration in...

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...

‘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...

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 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...
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