India

Oral Update on Religious Hatred in India

ID on HC oral update on drivers root causes and human rights impacts of religious hatred constituting incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence 5 October 2023 Agenda Item 9 Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance: follow-up to and implementation of the Durban

Oppose Attacks on Nigerian Students in India

Background Action Required Template Letter Address   Background 63 Nigerian students at the GD Goenka University in Gurugram, a city in Northern India, have been forced to leave after Islamophobic and xenophobic attacks took place against them. The riots started during a game of football

Resist Hindutva Ideology in India and UK

Background Action required Template Letters Recipients Address   Background In October 2022, The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) an Indian right-wing, Hindu nationalist, paramilitary group held a conference which included prominent Hindu priests, and MPs of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). At this conference, prominent

Support Rohingya Refugees in India

Background Action required Model Template Recipient contact information   Background After fleeing ethnic cleansing in their homeland of Arakan, Myanmar, the Muslim Rohingya were never expected to receive a warm welcome from the Islamophobic government in India. However, after anti-Rohingya riots by far-right Hindutva extremists,

Alert: Defend Muslim Girls Right to Education in Karnataka, India

Background In the state of Karnataka, Muslim girls have been banned from classes because they wear the headscarf. Many of these young students have been protesting outside their schools against the ban. Still, they have been subjected to various forms of intimidation from Hindu extremists,

Alert: India – Urge EU to act as recent LSE report issued stark warnings about India’s Muslims and Christian minorities

An alarming report warns that Muslims and Christians living in India face an “imminent existential threat” from PM Narendra Modi’s ultra-nationalist policies. Summary Background Action required Model Template Recipient email addresses Summary London School of Economics’ recent report entitled “Destructive Lies-Violence & Discrimination Against Minorities