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“Blind Leading the Blind”: India Joins Saudi Arabia on UN Human Rights Council

October 18, 2018 |

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 |

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

Mob Lynchings in India Provoke International Wave of Protests

August 13, 2017 |

Oppressed groups unite in solidarity against Hindu nationalist attacks

New Delhi, Delhi: August 13, 2017 — From California to Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh to New York, groups impacted by a rising tide of mob lynchings of minorities in India are … Read More

15 Year Hunger-Striker Irom Sharmila: “Repeal India’s AFSPA or I Die of Starvation”

November 18, 2015 |

World’s longest hunger-striker pleads for “mass support” against AFSPA legislation

Imphal, Manipur: Nov. 18, 2015 — “What I really want from the world is their voice against this draconian law,” says the Iron Lady of Manipur, Irom Sharmila, … Read More

Indian Journalist Warns Underground Church in India “At Par” With China

August 4, 2015 |

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

Editorial: What if we listened to Dr. Ambedkar?

July 21, 2015 |

OFMI advisor Pieter Friedrich presented the following remarks at a July 19 banquet hosted by the Begampura Educational and Cultural Society of Sacramento, CA.

Ladies and Gentlemen —

I am honored at the opportunity to speak in honor of Dr. … Read More

Conference Challenges India’s “Dehumanizing” Belief System

July 15, 2015 |

Speakers term Brahmanical caste system a “legal apartheid”

Stockton, CA: July 15, 2015 — When he took the stage at University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA to speak to a diverse audience of Indian diaspora and concerned … Read More

India’s 66th Republic Day Celebrated a Constitution Its Author Disowned

January 28, 2015 |

“I shall be the first person to burn it out,” said constitutional-framer Dr. Ambedkar, a cross between Thomas Jefferson and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who is renowned as a champion of civil rights for Inda’s 200-million Dalits

NEW DELHI: Jan. … Read More

Obama Affirms Indian Constitution’s Article 25 Over Objections of South Asian Americans

January 27, 2015 |

Article claiming to protect religious liberty permits state regulation of religion, notes US-based rights group

NEW DELHI: Jan. 27, 2015 – In his final hours in India, U.S. President Barack Obama called the country a “partner,” saying India should not … Read More