Tag: human rights
Rihanna tweets on farmer protests in India, Kangana Ranaut calls her fool
International pop sensation Rihanna on Tuesday extended her support to the ongoing farmers protest in India. Soon after Rihanna’s tweet, Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut tweeted calling her a fool and a dummy....
Amnesty International halts India Operations claiming Govt persecution
Citing a "reprisal" by the Indian government against its human rights work, Amnesty International said Tuesday that it had to lay off staff and halt operations in India. In a statement, the watchdog accused...
Amnesty India Faces Sedition Charges Amid Kashmir Violence
Amnesty International has temporarily shuttered offices across India over safety concerns. The group also faces criminal charges over allegations by Hindu nationalists that it gave a platform to Kashmir secessionists. An FIR was...
Kanwar Sandhu talks about revelations by Police Cat Gurmeet Pinky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNqhb0nvHS8 Senior Journalist Kanwar Sandhu talks about revelations by police cat turned Gurmeet Pinky regarding widespread and systematic human rights violations by Punjab police during 1980s-90s in Punjab. This speech was delivered by Kanwar...
25 Minority groups protest against Modi visit to Canada
Vancouver - While Thousands chanted “Modi, Modi” to welcome Narendra Modi to Toronto on Wednesday night, there were about 25 groups who collated to protest as the Indian prime minister made his...
American community calls for release of Bapu Surat Singh’s son jailed in Punjab
Lathrop, CA, USA: Mar. 9, 2015 – Family of U.S. citizen Ravinder Singh, who has been taken as a political prisoner in Punjab, India, is now speaking out, asking the American government...
Sydney Sikhs to hold peaceful protest against Narendra Modi
Local Australian Sikhs would protest in Sydney against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 17th November at Sydney Olympic Park. The main objectives behind the protest are to exercise Freedom of Speech against gross...
Narendra Modi summoned by US court in 2002 Gujarat Riots Case
Washington: A day before Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's landmark visit to the US, a human rights group has obtained summons against him for his alleged role in the 2002 Gujarat riots...