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NCHRO condemns arrest of Jignesh Mevani: Says actual hate speech isn’t prosecuted while tweets are leading to arrests
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NCHRO condemns arrest of Jignesh Mevani: Says actual hate speech isn’t prosecuted while tweets are leading to arrests

On April 20, Dalit politician Jignesh Mevani was arrested by the Assam police for a tweet in which he wrote that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi considers Nathuram Godse a God. He was taken back to the Kokrajhar Jail after being granted bail by First Class Judicial Magistrate Bhavna Kakoty with several conditions. However, Mevani...

The Uniform Civil Code is Unconstitutional and anti-Minority  Unacceptable to Muslims: AIMPLB
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The Uniform Civil Code is Unconstitutional and anti-Minority Unacceptable to Muslims: AIMPLB

New Delhi: Hazrat Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani, General Secretary, All India Muslim Personal Law Board, in his press note, said that the Constitution of India has allowed every citizen of the country to live according to his religion, and this is a  fundamental right. Under the same right, separate personnel laws have been granted for minorities...

Repeal AFSPA entirely after its removal from several districts in Assam, Nagaland and Manipur: MURL
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Repeal AFSPA entirely after its removal from several districts in Assam, Nagaland and Manipur: MURL

Justice B G Kolse Patil, President, Movement Against UAPA And Other Repressive Laws (MURL) said in a press statement issued here today, that The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, (AFSPA),  is the main reason for the uncontrolled military powers for detention, torture, destruction, killing and execution of Indian citizens in North-Eastern states. This Draconian Act...

Hijab Integral Part of Islam; Courts Must not Interpret Religion: PFI
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Hijab Integral Part of Islam; Courts Must not Interpret Religion: PFI

Popular Front of India Chairman O M A Salam expressed deep disappointment over the Karnataka High Court judgment dismissing the petitions against the Hijab ban. Karnataka High Court’s dismissal of Muslim girl students’ petition holding that Hijab is not an essential part of Islam is deeply disappointing. The judgment is against the spirit of constitutional...

Hijab in the OT( First ever OT hijab)
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Hijab in the OT( First ever OT hijab)

In today’s time when hijab has become an issue in so many parts of the world including India, I would like to share my Hijab story and how me and my friends came up with probably the first ever OT hijab in India.Carrying a hijab in public and professional places has always been a challenge...

Shamim Ahmad: Life and Services of a Human Rights Activist
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Shamim Ahmad: Life and Services of a Human Rights Activist

By Shams Tabrez Qasmi Born and brought up in the Champaran district of Bihar, Shamim Ahmad has, for the last twenty five years, been matchlessly involved in various philanthropic and welfare activities including preservation of Human Rights, campaign against violence, movement for promotion of Urdu, agitation against state tyranny, helping the underprivileged section, food distribution...