South Asian activists at a UNHRC side event raised concerns over religious intolerance and minority persecution in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Organised by Shivi Development Society, the session called for stronger international cooperation and UN intervention to protect fundamental rel
A Chinese journalist known for documenting the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) gruesome human rights violations has been held in custody in the capital for more than three months, a development that rights advocates say highlights the authorities' deepening intolerance toward independent vo
Delhi Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) president Saurabh Bhardwaj on Sunday accused the central government of having no tolerance for dissent, after he and several other AAP leaders were taken into preventive detention while attempting to hold a candle march in West Delhi's Janakpuri.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday strongly condemned the alleged assault on a pastor in Odisha, describing the incident as part of a broader pattern of violence and intolerance in the country.
Another Hindu man in Bangladesh was attacked by a mob of miscreants, seriously injuring him and then setting the man on fire in Shariatpur's Damudya region of the country.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai has expressed concern over rising violence against religious minorities in Bangladesh following the murder of Hindu youth Deepu Chandra Das. Calling the situation distressing, the CM said such incidents against Hindus should not be happening.
The interim government recently arrested the king of Baul music (Moharaja Abul Sarkar) after an Islamist extremist group claimed that a song by Abul Sarkar insulted Islam. Abul Sarker's wife, Aleya Begum, denied the allegations, saying her husband is innocent.
In an interaction with ANI, Kesavan questioned the INC's alleged growing intolerance and claimed that the party has now become bigoted, unable to tolerate basic civility and courtesies being extended in public life.
In a post on X, Fawad claimed that "religious extremists, whether Hindu, Muslim, Jew or Christian, are all the same," but then controversially accused Ahmadis of having played a role in partition-era communal violence in Sialkot.
The BJP leader also said that the Congress party are the one who will cry for Batla House, Afzal, and Yakub, but when it comes to nationalistic organisations that have been working for the last hundred years, they are taking all kinds of actions.
Condemning the assault, Ahmadiyya spokesperson Aamir Mahmood denounced the growing climate of hate and intolerance, stating that "continuous hate campaigns and incitement against Ahmadis" were fuelling such violent acts. He called on the government to act decisively against hate preachers an
"The intolerance in our country has reached its highest levels; an outrageous sign of which was witnessed yesterday in the Supreme Court when the CJI Gavai was attacked strongly and unequivocally condemned the attempted attack on Chief Justice B.R. Gavai", KTR posted on X.