South Asia Human Rights Journalist Association

BarmerAugust 24, 2022 :The Dalit boy who is a student of Class 7, has been hospitalized with injuries to his head after being beaten up by his Hindutva teacher Ashok Mali, in Indian state Rajasthan’s Barmer, days after a similar incident was reported in the same state. The boy, who is a student of Class 7, had left out a question during a test, following which his teacher beat him and slammed him against the wall, his brother - also a student of Class 7 at the same school - said. He was taken home with an injury to his head, unconscious.

 Washington, DC August 23, 2022: Indian Americans in two of America’s largest states, Texas and California, protested last weekend against the increasing persecution of Muslims in India under  We will continue to tell Modi, who is a wannabe Hitler, that you are a coward and that you are not welcome in Texas,” Suleiman told a cheering crowd. “We will hold elected officials accountable. We will hold corporations accountable when they deal with [India’s] fascist regime. We will not stand for the genocide of our brothers and sisters.” 

 Jammu,  August 23, 2022:  The Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism, martyred two defenceless Kashmiri youth in Rajouri district, today,in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.  The Indian army during their continued violent military operations martyred two innocent youth in Pukharni in Nowsherea area of the district.

 NEW DELHI ,August 23, 2022:“This is related to the security of all women. If the criminals involved in such crimes are released, it sends out the wrong message in the society in India, said Asha Devi  – Nirbhaya’s mother Asha Devi flayed the Gujarat government’s decision to release the rape and murder convicts in Bilkis Bano case saying they should have been hanged. 

 New Delhi, August 23, 2022: More than 100 Muslim community leaders and intellectuals in India have condemned the “nefarious design” of the Narendra Modi government against the Popular Front of India and other community-led organisations while underlining the need for forging unity between Muslims and members of civil society to tackle the challenge posed by rightwing elements in India.

BENGALURU, August 23 : The Indian state Karnataka’s high court has refrained from directing the authorities to stop mosques from using loudspeakers or public-address systems for the azaan/adhan (call to prayer) five times a day. The court said tolerance is the characteristic of the Constitution of India as well as Indian civilisation.

Srinagar, August 15 :An injured Indian police man succumbed to his bullet injuries in a hospital in Srinagar in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The policeman was critically injured in an  attack during cordon and search operation in Nowhatta area of the city on Sunday.

 JAIPUR , August 15, 2022: A 3rd standard Dalit student,  after being beaten up in the name of casteism at a school died in a hospital in Indian city Ahmadabad. The third standard Dalit student was undergoing treatment at a hospital in Ahmedabad after being beaten up at a school in Jalore district of Indian state Rajasthan for touching a water container.

 Patna, August 10 :  A mob beat up a 35-year-old Muslim man to death in Indian state and a Muslim youth, Sahil Siddiqui (17), was beaten up by Bajrang Dal workers in Bulandshahr city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

 New Delhi, August 8: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) of India has arrested a Muslim student on a fake case. Mohsin Ahmad, originally hailing from Patna in Indian state Bihar, was arrested from his Batla House residence by a search party on Saturday, a spokesperson of the Indian agency said.  The Indian agency spokesperson claimed the NIA conducted a search in the residential premises and subsequently arrested him in the case pertaining to ISIS' online and on-ground activities. The family of a first-year engineering student, who was arrested from Southeast Delhi  have firmly denied the allegations against him by NIA agency. The family said they will challenge the claims in court. They arrived in Delhi from Patna this morning. Mohsin has three sisters, and his father works in the railways.