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Indian Parliament Will Consider Criminalizing Religious Liberty
November 4, 2015 | Admin
BJP MPs demand 10-year prison sentence for unregulated conversion
New Delhi, India: Nov. 5, 2015 — Two members of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced they will introduce bills in their respective houses of parliament to criminalize religious conversion … Read More
Congressman Honda’s Invitation of Indian PM Disturbs Human Rights Advocates
September 25, 2015 | Admin
“Nothing short of a complete boycott will satisfy the voices Modi has silenced,” say protesters
San Jose, CA: Sept. 25, 2015 — A recent statement by Silicon Valley Congressman Mike Honda crediting the upcoming visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra … Read More
Californians Warn San Jose City Council to Boycott PM Modi Visit
September 24, 2015 | Admin
“No one should shake hands with a monster,” speakers tell council
San Jose, CA: Sept. 25, 2015 — “I must warn you that your presence places a stamp of approval on the record of a mass murderer,” Pieter Friedrich told … Read More
Google CEO’s Plans to Meet Indian Premier Spark Protest
September 20, 2015 | Admin
Demonstrators call Prime Minister Modi a monster, chanting: “Shame on Google”
Mountain View, CA: Sept. 20, 2015 — As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi plans to tour Silicon Valley tech companies next week, marking his second visit to the United … Read More
Alliance for Justice and Accountability Coordinates Coalition Protest of Modi
September 16, 2015 | Admin
Modi reception in CA is designed for “rehabilitating his image as a pogrom-tainted politician,” say protesters
San Jose, CA: Sept. 16, 2015 — A coalition of South Asian Americans and others concerned that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to … Read More
“Google, Shun Modi” South Asian Coalition Will Ask at Press Conference
September 16, 2015 | Admin
Silicon Valley’s Googleplex to fete Indian Prime Minister as South Asian Americans question his human rights record
Mountain View, CA: Sept. 16, 2015 — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plans to meet with executives at Google’s Mountain View headquarters when … 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
Protests Anticipated as Indian PM Modi Plans California Visit
July 24, 2015 | Admin
“The Butcher of Gujarat in the USA is unsettling,” say NRI minorities
SAN JOSE, CA: July 25, 2015 — “Mr. Narendra Modi was deemed the Butcher of Gujarat after his state-sponsored genocide… killed thousands of Muslims,” warned activist Jada Bernard … Read More
Hunger-Striker Surat Singh Khalsa Rearrested Despite Worldwide Support
July 22, 2015 | Admin
Supporters call arrests “torture by the Brahmanical Indian State”
LUDHIANA, PUNJAB: July 22, 2015 — As a delegation of senior officials representing the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) party in Punjab, India toured North America to woo diaspora … Read More