India dismisses US human rights report as “deeply biased”
New Delhi, India Reuters New Delhi said on Thursday it does not attach any value to a US State Department report critical of human rights in India, and called it deeply biased. The annual human rights assessment released earlier this week found “significant” abuses in India’s north-eastern Manipur state last year and attacks on minorities, […]
US rights report on India cites abuses in Manipur, harassment of media and minorities
Washington DC, US Reuters The US State Department’s annual human rights assessment found “significant” abuses in India’s north-eastern Manipur state last year and attacks on minorities, journalists and dissenting voices in the rest of the country. Manipur has seen fierce fighting between its tribal Kuki-Zo and majority Meitei populations after a court order a year […]
India begins deporting first group of Myanmar refugees who fled 2021 coup
Guwahati, India Reuters India on Friday began deporting the first group of Myanmar refugees who sought shelter there after a military coup in 2021 and plans to send back more in the coming days, weeks after saying it would end a visa-free border policy with Myanmar. Thousands of civilians and hundreds of troops from Myanmar […]
Gunmen open fire on villagers in India’s Manipur, three killed
Guwahati, India Reuters At least three people were killed and five seriously injured when gunmen in camouflage fatigues opened fire on villagers in India’s restive northeastern state of Manipur, officials said on Tuesday, as sporadic violence continued in the region. At least 180 people have died since fierce fighting broke out between members of the […]
Indian protesters try to storm home of Manipur chief minister
Guwahati/New Delhi, IndiaReuters At least 10 people were injured on Thursday when Indian security officials used tear gas and batons to disperse protesters trying to storm the home of the chief minister of Manipur state, defying a curfew, a senior police officer said. Another police official said the situation was “extremely tense” after armed mobs […]
India’s Modi says peace returning to strife-torn Manipur
New Delhi, IndiaReuters Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday peace was returning to the strife-torn north-eastern state of Manipur where at least 180 people have been killed and tens of thousands forced from their homes in sectarian clashes since May. The Federal Government has deployed security forces to the hilly state bordering Myanmar governed by Modi’s […]
“One body in Christ”: How India’s religious violence is becoming a problem for American politicians
US politicians are under increasing pressure to account for their courtship of Indian Prime Minister Modi, the leader of a strategically important ally and the world’s largest democracy. RICHA KARMARKAR reports for Religion News Service…
India’s Modi government faces no-confidence vote over ethnic clashes
New Delhi, IndiaReuters India’s parliament on Wednesday authorised a no-confidence vote against Narendra Modi’s government by an alliance of opposition parties, to force the prime minister to address in detail concerns about ethnic clashes in a northeastern state. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party has a clear majority of 301 members in the 542-seat lower house of […]
Essay: The abuse of Christian women in Manipur tells a tragic story of the new India
Archbishop JOSEPH D’SOUZA, Archbishop of the Anglican Good Shepherd Church of India, president of the All India Christian Council, and founder of Dignity Freedom Network, says – in an article first published on Religion News Service, that Indian authorities are ignoring attacks by radicalised Hindus on Christians…
Indian women set fire to house of suspect as Manipur sex assault case triggers outrage
New Delhi, IndiaReuters Women in India’s north-eastern state of Manipur attacked the house of the main suspect in a sexual assault case that has enraged the nation, state police said on Friday. The person had allegedly dragged two tribal women onto the streets in May and incited a mob to rape and parade them naked, […]