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Crucial H. Res. 417 Advocacy Website Hacked For Promoting Religious Freedom in India — Bangladeshi Hacker Group Attempts to Intimidate Indian Minority Organization Into Silence

SACRAMENTO: March 12, 2014 – A website advocating passage by U.S. Congress of a resolution supporting religious freedom in India was defaced on Tuesday night by a nationalist Bangladeshi hacker group known for attacking U.S. websites.

Indian Progressivist Arundhati Roy Echoes American Activists’ Concerns About Gandhi — Dr. Ambedkar and Gandhi are “irreconcilable,” say both Roy and US-based Indian minorities

SACRAMENTO: March 8, 2014 — Civil rights icon Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar and Hindu saint Mohandas Gandhi can never be reconciled with one another, declared Indian progressivist Arundhati Roy this first week of March, echoing claims which are prompting protests against Gandhi statues in North America and resulted in a conference last year at New York’s Columbia University to celebrate the centennial of Dr. Ambedkar’s arrival in America.

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OHCHR Briefing: Torture Commmon by Police Officers in India

November 2011 — A 5-page report composed for the United Nations about the prevalent practice of torture by India’s police officers. Every four years, all 192 UN Member States are subject to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) by the UN’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). This involves a review of the human rights records of each state. Decisions are made, in part, based upon evidence provided by human rights groups. The last UPR occured in May 2012 and this was OFMI’s submission, which was accepted and catalogued by the UN. It can be viewed on the UN website here.
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