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The riots have been driven by a ruling party intent on painting its largely peaceful opponents as seditious sectarians

‘This Is About Making a Very Large Number of Indians Second-Class Citizens’ CounterSpin interview with Vijay Prashad about Indian demonstrations. This Citizenship Amendment Act is essentially the last straw, particularly for young people

Movements in India, Italy and France move forward, Amazon workers discuss transnational strike, and more

Students were attacked by a group of masked men and women on the campus of Jawaharlal Nehru University.

The upsurge of the population against this immoral anti-Muslim posture of the government has surprised the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP leadership.

Protests against the Citizenship Act are now ongoing in every part of India, with a cross-section of society outraged by the religious implications of this law. There are 200 million Muslim citizens of India — almost 15 percent of the population.

The demonstrations against India’s new citizenship law have had an emotional impact—but can they make a tangible one?

COP25 / UK Election / Palestine / France / Uruguay / Iraq / Colombia / India

A Bollywood event in Tel Aviv highlights how both India and Israel are using art to distract from human rights abuses.

Sense of fear deepens as Indian politicians stoke misogyny with talk of freedom to marry 'white-skinned' Kashmiri women. At present everyone in Kashmir is being immensely subjugated. But women are the biggest victims of this inhumane siege.