Bengaluru, January 27, 2022 (PPI-OT): A group of academics, former bureaucrats, scientists, social workers, artistes, and writers penned an open letter to the Karnataka government, calling attention to “the deteriorating governance and frequent violence against religious minorities” in the Indian state. The signatories, numbering 34, include historian Dr Ramachandran Guha,

Islamabad, January 27, 2022 (PPI-OT): Pakistan reaffirmed its “unshakable resolve” to continue to raise its voice and extend all possible support for the right of self-determination of the people of Kashmir, who marked India’s Republic Day as black day. The Foreign Office spokesperson in a statement in Islamabad said, “When

New Delhi, January 27, 2022 (PPI-OT): Welcoming the recent United States Commission on International Religious Freedom’s (USCIRF) move including human rights defender, Khurram Parvez and journalist Siddique Kappan on the Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) Victims List, the National Confederation of Human Rights Organisations (NCHRO) shared the concern of

Srinagar, January 27, 2022 (PPI-OT): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the families of the victims of Kupwara massacre continue to await justice even after the passing of twenty eight years of the deadly carnage. On 27th January in 1994, a day after India’s Republic Day, Indian troops had

New Delhi, January 27, 2022 (PPI-OT): The Christians in India faced 486 incidents of violence and harassment during 2021 which has been declared the “most violent year” for the community. The United Christian Forum (UCF), a rights body that maintains a database of incidents of violence and intimidation in India,

Srinagar, January 27, 2022 (PPI-OT): Communist Party of India-M leader and People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) spokesman Muhammad Yousuf Tarigami has challenged the new land laws implemented by fascist Modi regime in Jammu and Kashmir before the Indian Supreme Court. According to Kashmir Media Service, in the petition, Tarigami’s

Srinagar, January 27, 2022 (PPI-OT): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, nine more lives have been lost to Covid-19 in the territory. 5,824 fresh cases of coronavirus have surfaced, while nine more died due to the virus in Kashmir valley, Jammu and Ladakh regions, officials said. Of the fresh

Srinagar, January 27, 2022 (PPI-OT): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has expressed its grave concern over the upsurge in cordon and search operations carried out by Indian troops across the territory. The APHC Vice Chairman, Ghulam Ahmad Gulzar in a statement issued