South Asia Human Rights Journalist Association

Lucknow, March 26   A Christian hospital faces an imminent shutdown after the staff, doctors and nurses faced constant harassment by Hindutva forces and the police  in  Indian Uttar Pradesh state ruled by the BJP.  The trouble began for the hospital management in April 2022 when a Hindutva mob disrupted Christian prayers at the Evangelical Church of India (ECI), which is 10 minutes away from the hospital in Fatehpur city in the state. Half of the worshippers at the ECI were staff from the hospital.

Bengaluru, March 26 : The  Hindutva BJP government has scrapped the 4 per cent quota for Other Backward Classes (OBC) Muslims in Indian state Karnataka. According to Kashmir Media Service,  the announcement by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai comes just a month before assembly election is scheduled to be held in the southern state.

Srinagar,  March 24 : Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism martyred one youth in Kupwara district, in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The youth was martyred by the troops during cordon and search operation   in Tangdhar area of the di

 New Delhi, March 22 : The India's notorious agency NIA's Delhi court  has remanded Kashmiri journalist ,Irfan Mehraj, to 10 days of   dreaded agency Antional Investigation Agency (NIA) custody. The journalist was arrested under the  black law, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act on Monday from his Srinagar residence and was produced on Wednesday before Patiala House Court New Delhi.  NIA sought 12 days of remand to interrogate  the twocircles.net Editor,Mehraj.A senior journalist based in Srinagar, in an interview to a foreign media channel said that these arrests were being made to perpetuate fear. Speaking on condition of anonymity, he said, “Sometimes you feel every journalist is silent and no one will be touched. But then, arrests like these show that things are not normal”. He added, “No one is writing or speaking about anything, but still, there is a lot of fear.”

 Amritsar, March 22: Indian police raided the house of pro-Khalistan Sikh leader Amritpal Singh in Punjab, India, and questioned his wife regarding the activities of her husband. Senior police officials headed by DSP Harkrishan Singh  on Wednesday  raided the   the native village of Amritpal Singh in  Jallupur Kherato.

 Bengluru, March 22: The Hindutva groups giving again a call to the community members not to consume meat prepared through Halal cut by Muslims  in  Indian state Karnataka.The Halal versus Jhatka row surfaced again with Hindutva groups giving a call to the community members not to consume meat prepared through Halal cut by Muslims but to instead eat meat prepared through Jhatka cut by Hindus in the state.

Srinagar, /Jammu, March 19, 2023: A policeman died  in police CBI custody in Kathua district of the Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

New Delhi, March 19 : A woman was beat up and forcefully making her sit in a car by a man openly on road in Indian capital city New Delhi. A video of a shocking incident has surfaced on social media where a mandragging the woman by her hair and forced her in the backseat of the car in the middle of the road in  Indian capital city New Delhi.

Bengal,Sunday, March 19, 2023: In a recent incident, Johirul Islam, a 30-year-old Muslim, was arrested during house raid by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel and was brutally tortured in their custody.

 New Delhi, March 16 : Three Indian forces including army man and police officer have committed suicides in three different states in India. The India Reserve Battalion (IRB) Anish Kumar Verma committed suicide by hanging  himself at the JAP 8 Bn camp in Lesligan- Palamu  area of the  Indian disturbed state Jharkhand.