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"Poison spread from top": Congress slams BJP over Assam CM's purported vid
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Congress MP KC Venugopal on Sunday slammed the BJP over a purported video showing Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma shooting at people from a religious minority group.
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Slammed by India, USCIRF again alleges discrimination with religious minor
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Months after India slammed USCIRF's "persistent attempts to misrepresent isolated incidents and cast aspersions on the country's vibrant multicultural society", the US Commission on International Religious Freedom has come out with a report, which alleges that India's "political system facil
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Bangladesh minority alliance expresses concerns over propaganda against IS
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Using this incident as a pretext, they are inciting hatred against the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) and targeting the Hindu community with threats of killing, temple vandalism, and destruction of deities. This has created severe fear, anxiety, and insecurity among
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Religious minority victimisation soars in Pakistan in 2025: HRFP Report
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The organisation condemned the escalating abuses, noting that relief and justice remain elusive due to resource constraints and the emboldened mindset of perpetrators, often backed by influential religious and political figures.
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US calls on China to end repression of Uyghurs, religious minority groups
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The US State Department expressed disappointment on Friday, on the second anniversary of a United Nations report on human rights in Xinjiang, and called on China to take action and end the current repression of Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minority groups.
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US reaffirms support for Rohingya on 7th anniversary of Burma genocide
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The ongoing humanitarian crisis and human rights abuses in Burma exacerbate difficulties faced by members of many of Burma's ethnic and religious minority groups, and Rohingya in particular, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement on Saturday.
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Pakistan: Mob assaults Christian man, torches house over 'blasphemy' in Sa
Updated : 2 years ago IST
This is one of the many episodes that highlight the precarious situation faced by religious minorities in Pakistan, who continue to face the threats of persecution and attacks.
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Pak: TLP leader makes death threat against Faraz Pervaiz, alleges him of b
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Faraz Pervaiz, a Pakistani national belonging to the Christian religious minority shared a post on social media saying that he is under threat as Muslim clerics are calling for his death for allegedly making blasphemous comments.
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Minority Rights March held in Pakistan against forced conversions
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The march emphasized the need for legislation that criminalizes forced conversion, a concern that has troubled minorities for a long. The participants came from Hindu, Christian, Sikh and other religious minority communities in Pakistan.
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"No religious minority can freely live or practice its religion in Pakista
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Using its right to reply, India's representative Seema Pujani slammed her Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar and said, "No religious minority can freely live or practice its religion in Pakistan today. The Ahmadiya community continues to be persecuted by the state for simply practisi
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US report reveals Chinese tactics devised to suppress voices on Xinjiang g
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 26 (ANI): China actively attempts to manipulate, dominate and discredit independent sources reporting ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity conducted against predominantly Muslim Uyghurs and members of other ethnic and religious minority groups in the Xinjiang
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Opposition calls Assam cabinet's decision to provide Minority certificates
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], May 30 (ANI): Terming the Assam government's decision to provide Minority certificates to the people of six religious Minority communities of the state as 'divide and rule policy', the Opposition parties on Monday said that the people will not be benefited from t
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