Hindus For Human Rights
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We advocate for pluralism, civil and human rights in South Asia and North America, rooted in the values of shanti (peace), nyaya (justice) and satya (truth).
As details of the US-India trade deal emerge, here’s a reminder of what’s at stake
After his inauguration. The Trump administration imposed heavy tariffs of up to 25% on trade partners, including India.
How does this impact you -- and consumers in both India and the USA?
After his inauguration. The Trump administration imposed heavy tariffs of up to 25% on trade partners, including India.
How does this impact you -- and consumers in both India and the USA?
February 5, 2026 at 5:07 PM
As details of the US-India trade deal emerge, here’s a reminder of what’s at stake
After his inauguration. The Trump administration imposed heavy tariffs of up to 25% on trade partners, including India.
How does this impact you -- and consumers in both India and the USA?
After his inauguration. The Trump administration imposed heavy tariffs of up to 25% on trade partners, including India.
How does this impact you -- and consumers in both India and the USA?
🚨 Pakistan: Human Rights Lawyers Imprisoned
HR lawyers Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha have been sentenced to 10 years for social media posts supporting Baloch & Pashtun activists and criticizing the military.
Jailed for advocacy—not crimes.
HR lawyers Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha have been sentenced to 10 years for social media posts supporting Baloch & Pashtun activists and criticizing the military.
Jailed for advocacy—not crimes.
Pakistan: Human Rights Lawyers Imprisoned: Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha - Amnesty International
On 24 January, human rights lawyers Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha were given ten-year prison sentences on “cyber terrorism” and “false information” charges for their posts on the social media…
www.amnesty.org
February 5, 2026 at 9:16 AM
🚨 Pakistan: Human Rights Lawyers Imprisoned
HR lawyers Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha have been sentenced to 10 years for social media posts supporting Baloch & Pashtun activists and criticizing the military.
Jailed for advocacy—not crimes.
HR lawyers Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha have been sentenced to 10 years for social media posts supporting Baloch & Pashtun activists and criticizing the military.
Jailed for advocacy—not crimes.
🎙️ New episode of GOING SOUTH with Hina Jilani — Supreme Court lawyer, co-founder of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, and global human rights advocate.
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Hina Jilani and Human Rights in Pakistan
Going South · Episode
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February 4, 2026 at 5:08 PM
🎙️ New episode of GOING SOUTH with Hina Jilani — Supreme Court lawyer, co-founder of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, and global human rights advocate.
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February 4, 1913 — Rosa Parks was born.
Her refusal was not accidental or polite. It was prepared, collective, and world-changing.
She didn’t just refuse a seat, she refused a system built to humiliate, control, and erase Black life.
Her refusal was not accidental or polite. It was prepared, collective, and world-changing.
She didn’t just refuse a seat, she refused a system built to humiliate, control, and erase Black life.
February 4, 2026 at 11:00 AM
February 4, 1913 — Rosa Parks was born.
Her refusal was not accidental or polite. It was prepared, collective, and world-changing.
She didn’t just refuse a seat, she refused a system built to humiliate, control, and erase Black life.
Her refusal was not accidental or polite. It was prepared, collective, and world-changing.
She didn’t just refuse a seat, she refused a system built to humiliate, control, and erase Black life.
“Mera naam Mohammad Deepak hai.”
In Uttarakhand, Deepak Kumar stood between a Hindutva mob and an elderly Muslim shopkeeper — refusing to let faith be weaponized against dignity.
This is courage. This is constitutional morality.
www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/m...
In Uttarakhand, Deepak Kumar stood between a Hindutva mob and an elderly Muslim shopkeeper — refusing to let faith be weaponized against dignity.
This is courage. This is constitutional morality.
www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/m...
Muslim man's shop, a Bajrang Dal mob, and a 'Mohammad Deepak': Story of three FIRs in Uttarakhand's Kotdwar
Deepak Kumar, who confronted Bajrang Dal men, finds himself accused in one of three FIRs; those threatening him also face police action in Kotdwar, Uttarakhand| India News
www.hindustantimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:16 AM
“Mera naam Mohammad Deepak hai.”
In Uttarakhand, Deepak Kumar stood between a Hindutva mob and an elderly Muslim shopkeeper — refusing to let faith be weaponized against dignity.
This is courage. This is constitutional morality.
www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/m...
In Uttarakhand, Deepak Kumar stood between a Hindutva mob and an elderly Muslim shopkeeper — refusing to let faith be weaponized against dignity.
This is courage. This is constitutional morality.
www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/m...
Happy Sri Lankan Independence Day (Feb 4).
Today we celebrate freedom from empire — and recommit to the ongoing work of dignity, equality, and peace for everyone on the island.
Today we celebrate freedom from empire — and recommit to the ongoing work of dignity, equality, and peace for everyone on the island.
February 4, 2026 at 4:54 AM
Happy Sri Lankan Independence Day (Feb 4).
Today we celebrate freedom from empire — and recommit to the ongoing work of dignity, equality, and peace for everyone on the island.
Today we celebrate freedom from empire — and recommit to the ongoing work of dignity, equality, and peace for everyone on the island.
From the ground in Minneapolis: Pranay Somayajula, former Director of Organizing & Advocacy at Hindus for Human Rights, writes powerfully on resisting ICE, occupation, and the rise of community defense in the Twin Cities. Urgent, unflinching, necessary. 🔗 newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/fighting-f...
Fighting for the future in occupied Minneapolis
On resisting ICE
newsletter.thedriftmag.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:07 PM
From the ground in Minneapolis: Pranay Somayajula, former Director of Organizing & Advocacy at Hindus for Human Rights, writes powerfully on resisting ICE, occupation, and the rise of community defense in the Twin Cities. Urgent, unflinching, necessary. 🔗 newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/fighting-f...
#Independentjournalism works: Prism dug into RSS lobbying in the U.S.; weeks later the lobbying firm terminated the campaign and refiled paperwork. Read the investigation + follow the money. prismreports.org/2026/01/29/r...
RSS ends congressional lobbying campaign in U.S.
Squire Patton Boggs terminated the campaign weeks after a Prism investigation detailed its lobbying relationship with the RSS
prismreports.org
February 3, 2026 at 9:16 AM
#Independentjournalism works: Prism dug into RSS lobbying in the U.S.; weeks later the lobbying firm terminated the campaign and refiled paperwork. Read the investigation + follow the money. prismreports.org/2026/01/29/r...
Vice dives into the queer-affirmative history of Indian mythology, exploring myths and narratives that lift up LGBTQ+ identities and make them a vital part of South Asian culture.
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How Indian History and Mythology Celebrate Queer Love
Queer characters in Indian mythology are not restricted to tokenistic representations but are crucial in taking important narratives forward and even celebrating them.
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February 2, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Vice dives into the queer-affirmative history of Indian mythology, exploring myths and narratives that lift up LGBTQ+ identities and make them a vital part of South Asian culture.
Read more:
Read more:
Remembering Gandhi should feel inconvenient. He was a threat to systems that run on consent + fear. In Gaza, Iran, India & the U.S., people are being killed and dissent is criminalized. Noncooperation is the work of refusing domination. www.hindusforhumanrights.org/en/blog/gand...
Gandhi’s Assassination and the Politics of Violence: Noncooperation in an Age of War — Hindus for Human Rights
On Gandhi’s death anniversary, a reflection on political violence—its aims, its seductions, and its costs—and why nonviolence and noncooperation still matter amid Gaza, Iran, the U.S., and India.
www.hindusforhumanrights.org
January 30, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Remembering Gandhi should feel inconvenient. He was a threat to systems that run on consent + fear. In Gaza, Iran, India & the U.S., people are being killed and dissent is criminalized. Noncooperation is the work of refusing domination. www.hindusforhumanrights.org/en/blog/gand...
NYC: “Honoring Rohith Vemula’s legacy. Screening, Dalit artist installation, poetry, music + virtual reflections from Rohith’s friends/family in India. Led by Yashica Dutt (Coming Out as Dalit). Fri Jan 30, 6–8pm @ The Center (208 W 13th) RSVP via flyer QR.
January 29, 2026 at 7:37 PM
NYC: “Honoring Rohith Vemula’s legacy. Screening, Dalit artist installation, poetry, music + virtual reflections from Rohith’s friends/family in India. Led by Yashica Dutt (Coming Out as Dalit). Fri Jan 30, 6–8pm @ The Center (208 W 13th) RSVP via flyer QR.
Powerful images from Minnesota show faith in action — protest, prayer, memorials & more. HfHR contributed and is among those pictured. 📷 religionnews.com/2026/01/26/p...
Photo essay: Clergy demonstrate against ICE in Minneapolis
(RNS) — Visual news coverage of recent faith-based responses to immigration enforcement actions in Minnesota.
religionnews.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Powerful images from Minnesota show faith in action — protest, prayer, memorials & more. HfHR contributed and is among those pictured. 📷 religionnews.com/2026/01/26/p...
As India marks Republic Day, we return to a Constitution born in the shadow of global upheaval—and shaped by a fierce belief in pluralism, justice, and democracy.
In today’s unsettled world, that vision remains unfinished—and urgently relevant.
In today’s unsettled world, that vision remains unfinished—and urgently relevant.
January 26, 2026 at 9:22 PM
As India marks Republic Day, we return to a Constitution born in the shadow of global upheaval—and shaped by a fierce belief in pluralism, justice, and democracy.
In today’s unsettled world, that vision remains unfinished—and urgently relevant.
In today’s unsettled world, that vision remains unfinished—and urgently relevant.
Writing from Minneapolis, HfHR ED Sunita Viswanath argues that faith today means bodies, risk, and non-cooperation—not distance or symbolism.
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religionnews.com/2026/01/25/t...
The 'theology of showing up' is making Minneapolis a holy place
(RNS) — The people of Minneapolis, too, are responding and resisting in unspeakably brave, radically loving ways that we will speak of for years to come.
religionnews.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Writing from Minneapolis, HfHR ED Sunita Viswanath argues that faith today means bodies, risk, and non-cooperation—not distance or symbolism.
religionnews.com/2026/01/25/t...
religionnews.com/2026/01/25/t...
When ideological triumphalism meets policy failure, students lose. A troubling account of the shutdown of a medical institute in Jammu and the celebration around it.
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As Hindutva groups celebrate shutdown of medical institute in Jammu, students are left adrift
On January 7, the National Medical Commission (NMC) revoked the recognition of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence (SMVDIME) in Jammu, Communal tensions, Jammu & Kashmir, Kashmir,…
maktoobmedia.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:07 PM
When ideological triumphalism meets policy failure, students lose. A troubling account of the shutdown of a medical institute in Jammu and the celebration around it.
maktoobmedia.com/features/as-...
maktoobmedia.com/features/as-...
When livelihoods are targeted, citizenship itself is put at risk. This is a sobering look at how state power has been used to squeeze Muslim economic life in the Modi era.
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How The State Assails Muslim Livelihoods in the Modi Era
From boycotting Halal products to sweeping changes in the Waqf Act, the BJP government has relied on bizarre conspiracy theories to strip Muslims of dignity at work.
thewire.in
January 25, 2026 at 9:16 AM
When livelihoods are targeted, citizenship itself is put at risk. This is a sobering look at how state power has been used to squeeze Muslim economic life in the Modi era.
thewire.in/communalism/...
thewire.in/communalism/...
Stranger Things doesn’t just “name-drop” Kali—it drops her into a massive pop-culture machine, as fierce, protective, and complicated.
As @Hindu4HR’s Sunita Viswanath notes: flattening Hinduism often means sanding down Kali’s unruly power.
As @Hindu4HR’s Sunita Viswanath notes: flattening Hinduism often means sanding down Kali’s unruly power.
Our Lady of the Upside Down
Note: The following piece contains major spoilers for the final episode of Stranger Things.Stranger Things, Netflix’s critically acclaimed sci-fi/horror/fantasy series, is a love letter to 1980s pop…
religiondispatches.org
January 23, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Stranger Things doesn’t just “name-drop” Kali—it drops her into a massive pop-culture machine, as fierce, protective, and complicated.
As @Hindu4HR’s Sunita Viswanath notes: flattening Hinduism often means sanding down Kali’s unruly power.
As @Hindu4HR’s Sunita Viswanath notes: flattening Hinduism often means sanding down Kali’s unruly power.
On Saraswati Puja and Vasant Panchami, we celebrate learning in all its forms—formal and informal, ancient and evolving.
May knowledge remain our shared inheritance
May knowledge remain our shared inheritance
January 23, 2026 at 5:54 AM
On Saraswati Puja and Vasant Panchami, we celebrate learning in all its forms—formal and informal, ancient and evolving.
May knowledge remain our shared inheritance
May knowledge remain our shared inheritance
From Selma to Minneapolis, Dr. King’s call still echoes. Hindus for Human Rights is on the ground with multifaith partners, reflecting on immigrant justice, racial solidarity, and moral consistency in this moment. www.hindusforhumanrights.org/en/blog/answ...
From Selma to Minneapolis: How Dr. King’s Call Lives On in Today’s Faith Movements<br/><br/> — Hindus for Human Rights
A Hindus for Human Rights reflection on answering Dr. King’s call today—from Selma’s Bloody Sunday to a multifaith convergence in Minneapolis, connecting racial justice, immigration, and global…
www.hindusforhumanrights.org
January 23, 2026 at 4:17 AM
From Selma to Minneapolis, Dr. King’s call still echoes. Hindus for Human Rights is on the ground with multifaith partners, reflecting on immigrant justice, racial solidarity, and moral consistency in this moment. www.hindusforhumanrights.org/en/blog/answ...
Kashmiri journalists reporting for national dailies are being summoned, harassed, and pressured by J&K Police for routine stories.
This is not accountability — it’s intimidation.
And it deepens the climate of fear that has defined media work in Kashmir since 2019.
thewire.in/media/kashmi...
This is not accountability — it’s intimidation.
And it deepens the climate of fear that has defined media work in Kashmir since 2019.
thewire.in/media/kashmi...
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The Wire: The Wire News India, Latest News,News from India, Politics, External Affairs, Science, Economics, Gender and Culture
thewire.in
January 22, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Kashmiri journalists reporting for national dailies are being summoned, harassed, and pressured by J&K Police for routine stories.
This is not accountability — it’s intimidation.
And it deepens the climate of fear that has defined media work in Kashmir since 2019.
thewire.in/media/kashmi...
This is not accountability — it’s intimidation.
And it deepens the climate of fear that has defined media work in Kashmir since 2019.
thewire.in/media/kashmi...
Martin Luther King Jr. is often treated like a national heirloom. But MLK Day arrives this year with a sharper edge—because the meaning of the day is being contested in real time.
How can we reapply ourselves to MLK's practices and commitment to civil and human rights this year? ⬇️
How can we reapply ourselves to MLK's practices and commitment to civil and human rights this year? ⬇️
January 19, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Martin Luther King Jr. is often treated like a national heirloom. But MLK Day arrives this year with a sharper edge—because the meaning of the day is being contested in real time.
How can we reapply ourselves to MLK's practices and commitment to civil and human rights this year? ⬇️
How can we reapply ourselves to MLK's practices and commitment to civil and human rights this year? ⬇️
What role did Hindu nationalism play alongside white supremacy in the UK’s 2024 race riots?
Rajiv Sinha, Executive Director of Hindus for Human Rights UK, traces the global far-right links behind the violence. www.thecanary.co/opinion/2026...
Rajiv Sinha, Executive Director of Hindus for Human Rights UK, traces the global far-right links behind the violence. www.thecanary.co/opinion/2026...
Hindu nationalism and white supremacy played a central role in the 2024 race riots
Far-right Hindu nationalists are finding a natural home among the British far-right through their shared hatred of Muslims
www.thecanary.co
January 18, 2026 at 5:07 PM
What role did Hindu nationalism play alongside white supremacy in the UK’s 2024 race riots?
Rajiv Sinha, Executive Director of Hindus for Human Rights UK, traces the global far-right links behind the violence. www.thecanary.co/opinion/2026...
Rajiv Sinha, Executive Director of Hindus for Human Rights UK, traces the global far-right links behind the violence. www.thecanary.co/opinion/2026...
A viral clip about refusing Communion from an Indian woman quickly became more than a moment of bias—it turned into content various nationalist projects could use. Thoughtful analysis on RNS by HfHR's own David Kalal: religionnews.com/2026/01/16/w...
When a racist refusal of the Eucharist becomes a tool for competing nationalisms
(RNS) — When religious nationalism collides with racial nationalism, they don’t cancel each other out — they compare notes.
religionnews.com
January 18, 2026 at 9:16 AM
A viral clip about refusing Communion from an Indian woman quickly became more than a moment of bias—it turned into content various nationalist projects could use. Thoughtful analysis on RNS by HfHR's own David Kalal: religionnews.com/2026/01/16/w...
This report from the UN is yet another reminder of the Sri Lankan Army's systematic war crimes against Hindu Tamils during the Sri Lanka Civil War:
www.hrw.org/news/2026/01...
www.hrw.org/news/2026/01...
www.hrw.org
January 16, 2026 at 9:16 AM
This report from the UN is yet another reminder of the Sri Lankan Army's systematic war crimes against Hindu Tamils during the Sri Lanka Civil War:
www.hrw.org/news/2026/01...
www.hrw.org/news/2026/01...
We are outraged that a district court revoked Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha's bail. The Pakistan government continues to punish Imaan and Hadi for their fearless advocacy for human rights and accountability in Pakistan. www.dawn.com/news/1967100...
Social media posts case: Court cancels bail of Imaan, Hadi after non-appearances, tensions in courtroom
Harsh remarks traded by Islamabad bar association president and prosecutor, leading to chaos in courtroom.
www.dawn.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:07 PM
We are outraged that a district court revoked Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha's bail. The Pakistan government continues to punish Imaan and Hadi for their fearless advocacy for human rights and accountability in Pakistan. www.dawn.com/news/1967100...