Interviews Archives | Organizations for Minorities of India
“I Do Think He’s a Martyr,” Says Daughter of Murdered Sikh Activist
October 19, 2015 | Admin
Navkiran Kaur Khalra speaks about the 1995 disappearance and killing by Indian police of her father, Jaswant Singh Khalra, and his work to expose secret genocide in Punjab, India.
Transcript Steve Macías (SM): My name is Steve Macías with the … Read More
August 2008 Anti-Christian Pogrom in India Saw “Rivers of Blood on the Road”
August 25, 2015 | Admin
John Dayal on religious nationalism, massacres of minorities, and freedom of faith
New Delhi, India: August 25, 2015 — Indian journalist Dr. John Dayal, who recently visited Orissa to discover the current situation after the state was wracked … Read More
Indian Journalist Warns Underground Church in India “At Par” With China
August 4, 2015 | Admin
Dr. Dayal discusses how his career as a journalist led to him becoming an activist after witnessing human rights violations of tribals, Muslims, Christians, and others. He says that, in 1997, “I came face to face with Christian persecution.”Read More
Irom Sharmila’s Fiancé on Torture, AFSPA, and Surat Singh Khalsa
June 12, 2015 | Admin
OFMI: This is Steve Macias with the Organization for Minorities of India, and today we have a very special guest, the fiancé of the longest held political prisoner in India today, who’s been called the participant of the world’s longest … Read More
Irom Sharmila’s Fiance: “They do wish to kill her”
June 7, 2015 | Admin
Steve Macias, Organization for Minorities of India, interviews Irom Chanu Sharmilla’s fiancé Desmond Coutinho as he struggles to see the one he loves suffer through the agony of force-feeding, police brutality, and an endless cycle of prison sentences.Read More
Indian Student Group Banned for Criticizing PM Modi’s Beef Ban
June 1, 2015 | Admin
Steve Macías, Organization for Minorities of India, interviews Prabha Karan for a closer look on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s assault on the right to free speech in India.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