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Hindus For Human Rights

@hfhr.bsky.social
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We advocate for pluralism, civil and human rights in South Asia and North America, rooted in the values of shanti (peace), nyaya (justice) and satya (truth).

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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 2h
A ballot is no guarantee of democracy when dissent carries the threat of jail. @scroll_in reports arrests of opposition figures and pressure on Muslim voters in Nandigram. State power must protect political choice, not punish it. #Democracy buff.ly/8VrfeMA
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One-party election: BJP looks to sweep Nandigram with help from police and Trinamool turncoats
Even Muslim voters seemed to have reconciled to the one-sided nature of the contest – for now.
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 10h
Bangladesh’s new Chattogram Hill Tracts committees risk deepening militarisation, rights groups warn. Indigenous peoples’ future belongs in their hands. Peace requires land rights, political voice and accountability. @CounterviewNet #IndigenousRights buff.ly/ksMGSFB
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Bangladesh's new Chattogram Hill Tracts committees draw criticism from rights groups
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 21h
TOMORROW: Who gets a voice in India’s democracy? Journalist @sighyush joins Ria Chakrabarty on HfHR’s Instagram Live to unpack voter exclusion, student resistance and CJP. Oct 8 | 12 PM ET / 9:30 PM IST buff.ly/dqTb406 #IndianDemocracy
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 22h
Who gets a vote, and who gets pushed out? Tomorrow, journalist @sighyush joins Ria Chakrabarty for HfHR’s Instagram Live on India’s voter rolls and the CJP protests. Oct 8 | 12 PM ET / 9:30 PM IST buff.ly/dqTb406 #VotingRights #IndianDemocracy
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Jaswant Singh Khalra challenged a state’s power to make people disappear. His story demands to be seen. Join HfHR & @Roosevelt_House for SATLUJ, starring @diljitdosanjh, plus a talk with director @HoneyTrehan. Oct 13, 4 PM • NYC #HumanRights buff.ly/oVwzPgI
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A prisoner number cannot erase a voice. Join HfHR for Lalit Vachani’s documentary on Umar Khalid, Prisoner No. 626710 Is Present. Oct 16, 6 PM ET BOL Co-op, 716 Monroe St. NE, Studio #11, DC TICKETS: buff.ly/WeVZJj7 @StandWithUmar @stand_with_umarkhalid, @freeumarkhalid1 @bol_coop
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
October at HfHR: democracy, resistance, faith and solidarity. From Gandhi Jayanti protests and solidarity for Palestine to interfaith organizing, Umar Khalid events and new conversations about Hindu futures. Read the latest + see what’s coming up: buff.ly/TrHLSNy
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
700 detained in Delhi on Gandhi Jayanti. Thousands rallied in Mumbai demanding electoral accountability. Electoral credibility cannot be rebuilt by arresting the people demanding it. @MaktoobMedia buff.ly/aMyabsW #RightToDissent #IndianDemocracy
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LIVE: 700 detained in Delhi; thousands join CJP protest in Mumbai demanding Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation
Groups and activists in Delhi and CJP in Mumbai are protesting against the Election Commission
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Our friend Prannv joins veteran journalist @_sabanaqvi for the debut of Political Qorma: Election Commission credibility, the Cockroach Protest and Prashant Kishor’s next moves. Politics worth sitting down for. buff.ly/OeSHvBM #IndianPolitics #PoliticalQorma
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Political Qorma
The Political कोरमा is a conversation on Indian politics with veteran journalist Saba Naqvi and Prannv. Every episode we take the stories dominating the news, from elections and institutions to…
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Bengal’s voter adjudication fell six times harder on Muslim areas, @thewire_in finds. Equal voting rights cannot be sacrificed to majoritarian politics and accountability for this inequitable practice is required buff.ly/ps6BTrV #VotingRights #IndianDemocracy
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In Bengal, the Judicial Review of Voters Under Adjudication Fell Six Times Harder on Muslim Areas
As the minority share rises among seats in Bengal, the share of voters marked 'absent' or 'dead' falls from 8.21% to 5.48%. The share of those removed on somebody else's objection falls from 0.93% to…
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hindu majoritarianism turns Bengali Muslims into outsiders. HfHR condemns persecution disguised as border enforcement (wherever it happens). The state has no right to turn religion or language into grounds for suspicion. @saha_abhi1990 @scroll_in buff.ly/jXBP9mN #HumanRights
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The Indian state has made Bengali Muslims outsiders in their own land
Documents are meaningless with ethno-linguistic identity reason enough for arbitrary detention and even deportation of marginal workers across India.
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
HfHR condemns the reported brick attack on an Ohio Hindu temple while people were inside. We stand with its community and urge @RichmondHtsOhio to ensure safety and accountability. Via @ambazaarmag buff.ly/CNwABlU #ReligiousFreedom
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Ohio Hindu temple hit by brick attack while priests, devotees were inside
An Ohio Hindu temple was attacked with bricks while priests and devotees were inside, shattering windows and prompting an investigation.
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Poromboke: Tamil for shared-use, communally held, unenclosed spaces — the commons. Degraded to mean worthless people & places, the word was reclaimed through fisher struggles to defend Chennai’s wetlands. What can poromboke teach us about value, belonging & commons of care?
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Stand with truth-telling. Join HfHR for an interfaith screening of #Satluj, on Jaswant Singh Khalra’s life, with director @HoneyTrehan joining the Q&A via Zoom. Oct 10, 3pm PT | Doors 2:30 Gurdwara Sahib Singh Sabha, 362 S Milpitas Blvd, Milpitas.
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NYC: Commons Sense brings our Advisory Board member @tmkrishna into concert and conversation with @NityJayaraman on poromboke, Chennai’s wetlands and what we hold in common. Oct. 16, 6–7:30 PM ET Shiva Gallery, John Jay College, 860 11th Ave.
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Imposing one dietary ideal on India’s largely meat-eating Hindus has consequences. Our Advisory Board member @harsh_mander writes in @scroll_in on cow slaughter bans, shattered livelihoods and the caste politics behind “cow protection.” buff.ly/JDYRyEa
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Harsh Mander: How cow slaughter bans have annihilated farm, meat and leather livelihoods
Outlawing beef is driven by religious and political motivations but hits poor and marginalised groups the hardest.
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Our Advisory Board member Rajmohan Gandhi’s new book honors Rev. James Lawson’s work in nonviolence. Watch @Fresno_State’s conversation with Gandhi, Dennis C. Dickerson, Michael Onyebuchi Eze and Fr. John Dear, moderated by Veena Howard. buff.ly/Y5oi1H4
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An Interactive Conversation on the Biography of Rev. James M. Lawson Jr.
Zoom Webinar, held on September 22, 2026. Featured presenters include: Rajmohan Gandhi Dr. Dennis C. Dickerson Dr. Michael Onyebuchi Eze Fr. John Dear Moderated by: Dr. Veena Howard
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Indian Express reports that two of India’s three Election Commissioners objected 14 times to decisions they say were made without their knowledge. On NRI Affairs, @IAMCouncil’s Ajit Sahi discusses SIR and why he calls it “NRC through the back door.” buff.ly/panApdB
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"SIR is nothing but NRC through the back door" - journalist and activist Ajit Sahi on Voices
For more than a year, India's Election Commission has been rewriting the country's voters list through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), removing more than 130 million names across 30 states and…
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Gautam Adani heads India’s infrastructure giant Adani Group. He faced U.S. charges over an alleged solar bribery scheme. His lawyers raised a $10B U.S. investment during resolution talks; DOJ dropped the case. @SenWarren and @SenBlumenthal want answers. buff.ly/2cBfgYv
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Warren, Blumenthal Push Justice Department on Court Filings That Appear to Confirm Billionaire Adani Made a $10 Billion Quid-Pro-Quo Offer to Obtain Dismissal of Criminal Case
Warren, Blumenthal Push Justice Department on Court Filings That Appear to Confirm Billionaire Adani Made a $10 Billion Quid-Pro-Quo Offer to Obtain Dismissal of Criminal Case - Senator Elizabeth…
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A Hindu pilgrimage must not become a political pretext for erasing Muslim heritage. Ujjain’s Shahi Masjid has been partially demolished; police used tear gas and batons during clashes. HfHR calls for protection of the mosque and scrutiny of police conduct. buff.ly/8vGaJsy
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Behind Ujjain clash, crowd ‘misguided’ by AI videos showing entire mosque being razed
The police are now examining not only the accounts that originally uploaded the material but also people who circulated it. The investigators are looking at “several social media events” over the…
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
DC: Join us Oct. 2, 5 PM ET, at the Gandhi Statue for “In Defense of Indian Democracy.” In the spirit of Gandhi’s nonviolent struggle, we demand the Chief Election Commissioner’s resignation and justice and safety for India’s women. #IndianDemocracy
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Seeing Equally” in @thetribunechd: Nirupama Dutt traces how Hindu voices confront caste through lived faith, from Sadhvi Madhuri to Umesh Kabir. Edited by HfHR co-founder Sunita Viswanath and Prof. Anantanand Rambachan. @WestlandBooks #SeeingEqually buff.ly/mHPlLnl
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‘Seeing Equally’: Why we must eliminate prejudice now - The Tribune
Back in the 15th century, saint and mystic poet Kabir had decried the caste system in a doha: “Jaat na puchho sadhu ki poochh lijiye gyan” (Do not ask the sage his caste, rather ask of his wisdom).…
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ujjain’s historic Shahi Masjid faces partial removal for road widening. @CAIRNational urges U.S. action to protect it. A later agreement reportedly narrowed the work, but worshippers’ rights and the remaining mosque must be safeguarded. buff.ly/mhhbfko
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CAIR Calls on State Department to Act to Protect Historic Shahi Masjid in India, Prevent Further Demolition
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the U.S. Department of State to publicly condemn the threatened…
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A memory you cherish. A question you’ve carried. A future you want to help shape. Our new Speaking Tree turns each reflection into a leaf and lets you read what others have shared. Learn why we made it, then add your voice: buff.ly/QOJPP6k
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New @csohate research identified 542,360 anti-South Asian posts on X from Jan 2025 to June 2026. Monthly volume rose 75%. The hate targets Hindus, Sikhs, Muslims and others, often through immigration and “invasion” narratives. Read the report: buff.ly/a0YBQbY
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The Rising Tide of Anti-South Asian Hate in the United States
This report examines the scale, nature, and tactics of online hate targeting South Asians across X, 4chan, 8chan, and Gab.
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The FBI seeks Bishnoi gang figure Goldy Brar for allegedly ordering Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s murder. The U.S. charged an Indian official in a separate plot to kill a Sikh American. Canada implicated Amit Shah. What is Shah’s link to the gang? Investigate. buff.ly/lRD2Rxb
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Fugitive Satinderjeet Singh, Also Known as Goldy Brar, Wanted for RICO Conspiracy, Targeted Killings, Extortion and Narcotics Offenses, Added to the FBI’s List of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives | Federal Bureau of Investigation
Satinderjeet Singh is wanted for his alleged involvement in the Lawrence Bishnoi Organized Crime Group, which is allegedly engaged in a variety of violent acts in Southern California and across the…
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🌱 Read a thought. Add your own. The Speaking Tree is a new space to share a memory, a question, a hope, or a few honest words about Hinduism and the future we want to build together. Visit The Speaking Tree
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What if interfaith dialogue began with truth-telling about our own traditions? Join Peter Beinart, HfHR co-founder Sunita Viswanath & others Oct 1 at Riverside Church, NYC, for Faith Beyond Religious Nationalism. RSVP: buff.ly/l8RBsyg
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A New Approach to Interfaith Dialogue: Truth-Telling, Confession, Repentance & Shared Principles, NYC — Hindus for Human Rights
A New Approach to Interfaith Dialogue: Truth-Telling, Confession, Repentance & Shared Principles Thursday, October 1, 2026 | 4:00–6:00 p.m. Reception: 6:00–7:00 p.m. The Riverside Church | 490…
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Hindus for Human Rights rejects the use of anti-terror laws to silence religious minorities and peaceful dissent. USCIRF highlights the cases of Jagtar Singh Johal, Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam. Johal’s bail is welcome. All three deserve freedom and justice. buff.ly/x3uVa70
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India Continues to Weaponize Terrorism Laws to Detain Religious Minorities
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
PRESS: During Banned Books Week, @PENamerica & HfHR host a DC salon for Umar Khalid’s writing. Oct 6, 5 pm ET. Media: david@hindusforhumanrights.org @FreeUmarKhalid1 @StandWithUmar #UmarKhalid #UmarKhalid6YearsOfInjustice buff.ly/KoYZfpW
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PRESS BLAST: PEN America and Hindus for Human Rights Host Literary Salon for Umar Khalid in D.C. — Hindus for Human Rights
Literature as Resistance: A Literary Salon for Umar Khalid Tuesday, October 6, 2026 | 5 p.m. ET | Washington, D.C. PEN America and Hindus for Human Rights invite journalists to a Banned Books Week…
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
How do queer identity, faith and religious practice meet across Dharmic traditions? Samadarshini steering committee member Nikhil Mandalaparthy joins Buddhist, Jain, Hindu and Sikh practitioners for this DC panel. Oct. 1 | 6–8 pm ET buff.ly/NeFYWPk
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
An extraordinary @IndianExpress investigation: two of India’s three Election Commissioners formally objected 14 times to decisions involving voter additions, deletions and database control, calling some moves “unauthorised and illegal.” India deserves answers. buff.ly/BCeDiMs
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14 times in 10 months, two Election Commissioners objected on record to poll panel steps
From keeping them in the dark to adding new voters, deleting names, Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi flagged "unauthorised, illegal" moves.
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
As Hindus committed to ahimsa and human dignity, we refuse to let our tax dollars bankroll the mass killing of Palestinians. Tell Congress to block 60,000 bombs to Israel and end U.S. complicity in genocide. Take action: buff.ly/noIvB1s
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Demand Congress Block 60,000 Bombs: War criminals are not welcome here!
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the United Nations in New York is a chance to remind our lawmakers who they’re supposed to serve—their American constituents, not a foreign…
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
As Netanyahu addressed the UN, HfHR co-founder @sunitaviswanath joined @jvpny in the streets and was arrested. We stand with everyone demanding an end to U.S. support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Stop arming Israel. #FreePalestine #PalestineSolidarity
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
For 13 years, Pakistani lecturer and poet Junaid Hafeez has endured imprisonment, prolonged isolation and a death sentence while his appeal remains pending. His case exposes the devastating human cost of blasphemy laws and justice delayed. Read via @dawn_com: buff.ly/Ipf2tWJ
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Delhi, save the date! Join us for the launch of Seeing Equally: An Anthology of Progressive Hindu Voices, edited by HfHR co-founder Sunita Viswanath and Advisory Board Member Anantanand Rambachan. 📅 Sept. 30, 5:30–7 PM 📍 Jawahar Bhawan, New Delhi
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
HfHR is proud to co-sponsor a Banned Books Week salon with @PENamerica featuring incarcerated scholar and activist Umar Khalid. After six years in pretrial detention, his courage and ideas remain unconfined. 📅 Oct. 6, 5 PM ET 📍 DC buff.ly/alfzCk4
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
India is not a vegetarian nation, and Hindutva’s dietary politics do not represent its vast diversity. HfHR Advisory Board member @anandteltumbde examines how a BRICS dinner turned diplomacy into a stage for caste-coded ideological projection. buff.ly/VcTxBzv
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The True Cost of a Vegetarian Menu at the BRICS Summit
The vegetarian spectacle at the BRICS dinner may have gratified the cultural ego of the Hindutva establishment but it illustrates a larger problem – the increasing tendency to turn diplomacy into an…
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
HfHR is proud to co-sponsor Voices of the Republic, a two-day conference on democracy, media freedom, dissent, nonviolence and rising nationalism. 📅 Oct. 1–2 📍 Roosevelt House, NYC Watch and follow: buff.ly/dsdpC6z buff.ly/H7c6SeW
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Journalist Ravi Nair remains behind bars after being convicted in a criminal defamation case brought by Adani Enterprises. His case raises serious concerns about press freedom and the use of criminal law against journalists. Read more: buff.ly/FkAL81p
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Journalist Ravi Nair stays in jail as Gujarat High Court gives Adani time to respond
The Gujarat High Court allowed Adani Enterprises time to place legal and factual arguments on record in response to journalist Ravi Nair’s petition challenging his arrest in a criminal defamation…
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
In July of 2025, 1400 homes were demolished in Assam, all of them belonging to Bengali-origin Muslim families. Now, the very same land these homes once sat on are serving as the foundation for a thermal power project, to be built by Adani Power Limited. Read more in the Scroll: buff.ly/3krjkgf
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Assam CM lays foundation for Adani power project on land cleared by evicting 1,400 Muslim families
The company told the environment ministry that the site had no habitations and involved no rehabilitation or resettlement claims.
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The newest investigation from the Reporters' Collective dives into the mass voter purges in Delhi, and how it will disproportionately impact the poorest residents of the city. Read now: buff.ly/hydQ5CO
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Delhi SIR: With More Than Half the Voters in India’s Capital Either Purged or on ECI’s Doubtful List, VIPs Get a Pass and the Poorest Pay
The Reporters’ Collective investigation shows how the poorest are already bearing the worst of the SIR. After 47.6 lakh voters were deleted, ECI notices to another 31.6 lakh voters has put the mark…
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Political activist and former student leader who served as the president of All India Students' Association joins HfHR ANZ's own Nandini Sen Mehra on Pause with Nandini to discuss how the student movement has grown over the decades. Listen now: buff.ly/TmxVr21
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The 2027 Indian census will include caste-based enumeration beyond Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes for the first time since 1931. Our Advisory Board Member Anand Teltumbde's dives into how this new configuration may expose further inequalities. buff.ly/zbhC5dF
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A major new 744-page study edited by @khan_zafarul documents 1,743 incidents of mob lynching and mob violence in India from 2014–2024, drawing on years of research and reporting. Mob Lynching in India: A Record — 2014–2024 is available from Pharos Media. Order: books@pharosmedia.com
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Palestine is a women's rights issue. Constant bombings prevent women from giving birth safely. 1 in 3 pregnancies in the region are miscarried. We're encouraging the Center for Reproductive Rights to speak up on Palestine. Join us today. Sign on now: buff.ly/89gdf2w
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New report from Israeli human rights group @btselem draws on 2,000+ Palestinian testimonies to document the systematic dismantling of Palestinian collective life in the West Bank through violence, displacement, movement restrictions and economic pressure. buff.ly/fXc84Kf
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
What happens when a political project tries to standardize a religious tradition as diverse as Hinduism? @_saikatmajumdar examines how Hindutva’s push for uniformity is colliding with Hindu practice itself, from food traditions to ideas of Shakti. @thewire_in buff.ly/z2oRP1H
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This Durga Puja, Hindutva Has Found its Inevitable Target – Hindus
Made by human discourse, symbols are also vulnerable to human manipulation. We are about to have a strange festival in Bengal.
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
What can an ancient Hindu text teach us about genocide, collective punishment, and the difference between justice and vengeance? HfHR Advisory Board member @anantrambachan turns to the Bhagavata Purana in a powerful new essay for @RNS. Read: buff.ly/BCFPF5p
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What an ancient Hindu text has to say about genocide
(RNS) — Without compassion, the pursuit of justice can become its opposite.
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Hindus For Human Rights @hfhr.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
DC families, come dance with us! 💃🏽 Join DC Kids Interfaith Garba for an afternoon of dance, joy, and community across faith traditions. 📅 Oct. 4 | 3–5 PM 📍 Festival Center, DC 🎟️ bit.ly/DCKidsGarba Proudly supported by HfHR.
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