Why a Muslim reporter in India has spent nearly 150 days in jail
As police probe Siddique Kappan’s alleged link with controversial Muslim group, family and colleagues say arrest part of a larger media...
Al Jazeera
Mar 3, 2021
Iraq’s reparations law for Yezidi survivors is a positive step
When I first spoke with Sahir last year, he was living in a camp for displaced people in northern Iraq. He told me how, at just 15 years...
Al Jazeera
Mar 1, 2021
Pakistan experts: Religiosity fostering rise in militancy
Militant attacks are on the rise in Pakistan amid a growing religiosity that has brought greater intolerance, prompting one expert to...
Genocide Watch
Feb 28, 2021
South/Southeast Asia Governments: Rescue Rohingya Refugees Stranded at Sea
Scores of Rohingya reportedly adrift at sea (COX’S BAZAR, February 23, 2021)—Regional governments in South and Southeast Asia should...
Fortify Rights International
Feb 27, 2021
Pakistan: Christian couple on death row for ‘blasphemous texts’ must be released
Amnesty International 24 February 2021, 13:40 UTC The Pakistani authorities must immediately and unconditionally release a husband and...
Amnesty International
Feb 25, 2021
A Growing Rights Crisis in Sri Lanka
By Meenakshi Ganguly Indian leaders have committed to supporting the rights of minority Tamils in Sri Lanka to “live with equity,...
Human Rights Watch
Feb 20, 2021
French MPs approve controversial ‘anti-separatism’ bill
National Assembly legislators sign off on draft law which critics say will unfairly target France’s Muslim population. French MPs have...
Al Jazeera
Feb 19, 2021
Ahmadi man killed in targeted attack in northwest Pakistan
Abdul Qadir has been shot dead at the entrance to his homoeopathic clinic in Peshawar’s Bazikhel area, the latest in a series of attacks....
Al Jazeera
Feb 13, 2021
Thousands March for Justice in Sri Lanka, Despite Ban
Protesters Call for UN Action on Accountability By Meenakshi Ganguly In Sri Lanka, families like those of Mariyasuresh Easwary, whose...
Human Rights Watch
Feb 11, 2021
Islamic State Poised for Possible Resurgence in Afghanistan, US Officials Warn
By Jeff Seldin WASHINGTON - The Islamic State’s affiliate in Afghanistan – seemingly pushed to the brink last year following unrelenting...
VOA (Voice of America)
Feb 10, 2021
NINA SHEA ON PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS IN NIGERIA
House Foreign Affairs Committee Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission December 17, 2020 Statement of Nina Shea Hudson Institute - Director...
Nina Shea
Feb 5, 2021
Pakistan: Persecution of Ahmadis must end as authorities attempt shutdown of US website
3 February 2021, 03:30 UTC The Pakistani authorities must end their ongoing persecution of the Ahmadiyya religious minority, which is now...
Amnesty International
Feb 4, 2021
