South Asia Human Rights Journalist Association

 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.

 Kolkata, Aug 08, 2022: A head constable of the Indian Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) opened fire in the Indian Museum premises killing an assistant sub-inspector and injuring an assistant commandant in Indian city Kolkata on Saturday evening.  The Indian police said that the accused fired at least 15 rounds. He was arrested by the Kolkata Police, the Indian news paper HT said. The victims were rushed to the SSKM hospital where ASI Ranjit Kumar Sarengi died. Subir Ghosh, the assistant commandant suffered bullet injuries on his wrist.  

 AGARTALA, August 8, 2022: A 15-year-old girl has  been gangraped by four youths in Indian state Tripura. The incident has been reported from North Tripura district.  Three of the four accused have been arrested, Tripura police informed on Saturday August 6. 

 New Delhi, August 8, 2022: The Indian capital city Delhi witnessed a heart-wrenching incident on May 18 when it was learnt that a 13-year-old girl was gang raped by eight people, including one juvenile, raising questions over the safety of women in the Indian capital. The victim was initially abducted, sedated and then raped by three people. Then they passed her further to another, then another, then another… crossing the limits of humanity. Devastated and traumatised for a week, the girl who went missing on April 24 was found in a despondent state on May 2 at the Saket Metro station.