Press Freedom Archives | Organizations for Minorities of India
“Blind Leading the Blind”: India Joins Saudi Arabia on UN Human Rights Council
October 18, 2018 | Admin
Critics call it “a sham to task the most remorseless violators with protecting human rights”
GENEVA, Switzerland: Oct. 18, 2018 — The poet Rupi Kaur writes, “Do not look for healing at the feet of those who broke you,” a … Read More
Indian Journalist Assassinated After Career Criticizing Hindutva
September 7, 2017 | Admin
Anti-caste and anti-communal, Gauri Lankesh wanted people to “become universal”
Bengaluru, Karnataka: September 7, 2017 — Gauri Lankesh, an Indian journalist who was gunned down outside her home in Bengaluru on the evening of September 5, denounced “Brahman hegemony” in … Read More
Filmmaker Terrorized for Exposing Caste Slavery in Tamil Nadu
August 7, 2017 | Admin
Divya Bharathi faces death threats, criminal charges for documentary
Madurai, Tamil Nadu: August 7, 2017 — After releasing a documentary exposing in vivid detail the daily lives of manual scavengers in Tamil Nadu, 26-year-old filmmaker Divya Bharathi has been slapped … Read More
Christian Priest Warns Unrest in Punjab “Eerily Familiar” to 1984 Sikh Genocide Circumstances
October 22, 2015 | Admin
“Pray, fervently, for Punjab,” pleads priest, calling on U.S. officials to “give a voice to those who don’t have one”
Sacramento, CA: Oct. 22, 2015 — The following is a statement on ongoing tensions in Punjab, India by Fr. Joshua Lickter … Read More
Surinder Singh Pachisa — Social Media Frees Unlawfully Jailed Indian Journalist
March 3, 2015 | Admin
An interview by Organization for Minorities of India
An interview with Surinder Singh Pachisa, a journalist in Chandigarh, Punjab, who was arrested and released on February 26, 2015 for covering a hunger strike for release of Sikh political prisoners … Read More