More “apartheid cities” seen in India after deadly Delhi riots
New Delhi, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation India risks greater segregation in its cities after deadly riots in Delhi last week, with minority and poor people likely to be blocked from accessing housing in desirable neighbourhoods, human rights experts said on Thursday. The Hindu-Muslim clashes in the city’s north-east – the worst communal riots in Delhi for […]
Indian states propose land rights amid citizenship fears
Mumbai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation Authorities in the Indian states of Assam and West Bengal have vowed to protect the land rights of Indigenous people and refugees amidst protests against a new citizenship law that critics say discriminates against Muslims. In the north-eastern state of Assam, a planned law will prevent Indigenous people from selling land […]