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Hindutva RSS Official Vows to Convert 30,000 Mosques into Temples in India

New Delhi, May 12:A Hindutva Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh  (RSS) Pracharak (publicist) and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader has vowed to convert 30,000 mosques into temples and made hate speeches targeting Muslims at an event in Rajasthan stateThe video of RSS Pracharak Ishwar Lal’s hate speeches has gone viral on social media courtesy of Hindutva Watch, a Twitter handle that tracks hate crimes.

G20 countries urged to boycott forum’s meetings hosted by India in IIOJK

Washington, May 12 : Members of the Kashmir Scholars Consultative Action Network and its over 50 supporting organizations and endorsers, have urge the G-20 members states, other countries and invited international organizations to withdraw from the meetings of the forum planned by Narendra Modi-led Indian government in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. 
The KSCAN and supporting organizations and endorsers in a letter further urged these countries and organizations to immediately comply with their duties under international law and cooperate to end India’s serious breaches of peremptory legal norms in IIOJK - including the illegal occupation, annexation, and colonization of the territory and the commission of atrocity crimes and grave human rights violations in the region.

 
The letter said as acknowledged by the UN and the Security Council, IIOJK is a territory illegally occupied by India. “Under international humanitarian law - note that an occupation constitutes an armed conflict - India, as the occupying power, is the temporary administrator of the territory. The UN Security Council has accordingly mandated external self-determination - through the democratic method of a free and impartial plebiscite - for the territory since April 21, 1948,” it said.
 

Indian govt deploys more armed forces’ personnel in name of security for G20 event

Srinagar, May 03 :  India has deployed additional forces’ personnel in the name of bolstering security during a meeting of the G20 countries in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

Curfew imposed, mobile internet services suspended in Manipur for five days

 Imphal, May 3 : The Manipur government in India  have imposed curfew in several districts  and  suspended internet services for five days across the Manipur state.

Muslim student assaulted by Hindutva outfit in Karnataka

New Delhi, May 03 : A 17-year-old Muslim student was ruthlessly assaulted by Hindutva outfit members in Indian southern state Karnatka ruled by BJP govt.A 17-year-old Muslim student was picked up and assaulted by Hindutva outfit Bajrang Dal members in Puttur town of Dakshina Kannada District of the state. 

Rana Ayub says receiving death threats, calls for global focus on media freedom in India

United Nations, May 03:  Rana Ayyub, an Indian journalist writing for US media, has called for shifting global attention to media freedom in India as she spoke at a UNESCO-sponsored event at the General Assembly. 

IAMC Lauds US Agency’s Decision to Flag India as a Country of Particular Concern for Fourth Time

Washington, May 2: The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) has welcomed the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom’s (USCIRF) decision to recommend India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) for its severe violations of human rights and religious freedoms for the fourth consecutive year. 

Muslim boy beaten to death in Maharashtra

 Mumbai, April 19 : Hindutva goons beat to death a Muslim boy in Beed city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The incident took place when 15-year-old Muslim boy Hafiz Murtaza Shaikh and his sister went to collect fuel wood, where they got surrounded by the members of Hindutva group that attacked them. The sister ran for help, but upon returning, she found her brother’s body hanging from a tree.

Hindutva outfit creates ruckus over recitation of Quranic verses in UP school

 Lucknow, April 19 : A school has suspended its principal after people associated with Hindutva groups created a ruckus over the recitation of some verses of Holy Quran in the school in the BJP-ruled Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Hindutva outfit creates ruckus over recitation of Quranic verses in UP school

 Lucknow, April 19 : A school has suspended its principal after people associated with Hindutva groups created a ruckus over the recitation of some verses of Holy Quran in the school in the BJP-ruled Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

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