This week’s #IndiaHumanRightsMonitor roundup by #IAMCNews
Story #1
A video has recently gone viral showing a horrific case of sexual violence amid ongoing ethnic violence in Hindu supremacist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled Manipur state. In the video, two women from India’s marginalized and Christian-majority Kuki tribe can be seen being paraded naked by a mob of men to a paddy field to be gang-raped.
SLUG: Tribal women paraded naked by mob, gang-raped in Manipur
Story #2
A Muslim woman named Rahima Khatun was killed in gunfire by forest guards after returning to evicted land due to flooding in makeshift settlement. The incident took place in Burha Chapori Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam, a state ruled by the BJP. Khatun’s husband Samser Ali also suffered a gunshot wound and was hospitalised.
SLUG: Muslim woman shot dead by forest officials in Assam
Story #3
A Muslim man, Mohammad Ashfaq Khan lost his life while in police custody at the Barhi police station in, Jharkhand state. According to his family, he was taken into custody by the police on charges of theft, and was subjected to severe physical abuse that resulted in his death.
SLUG: Muslim man dies in police custody
Story #4
A Hindu supremacist crowd played DJ music and banged celebratory drums as a Muslim man’s home was demolished in Madhya Pradesh state. The Muslim man is one of three people who have been arrested over claims that a group of minor Muslim boys unintentionally spat on a Hindu religious procession.
SLUG: Muslim man’s house demolished
Story #5
At least three Muslim men were arrested, bound, and paraded through the streets in BJP-ruled Gujarat state after violence broke out over a social media post on the anti-Muslim propaganda film “The Kerala Story.
SLUG: Muslim men arrested, paraded by police
Story #6
Serial hatemonger and editor-in-chief of a rightwing television news network, Suresh Chavhanke, delivered a hate speech at an event in Madhya Pradesh state. In his speech, he targeted Muslims, demonized Rohingya refugees, and peddled false conspiracy theories against Muslims.
SLUG: Serial hatemonger delivers hate speech in Uttar Pradesh
Story #7
The mayor of BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh state’s Kanpur city has demanded a new law that would prohibit Muslims from purchasing properties owned by Hindus, and vice versa. The contentious proposal has reignited communal tensions and raised concerns about religious harmony in the city.
SLUG: Mayor wants ban on Muslims purchasing Hindu properties
Story #8
A group of Hindu extremists pointed a pistol at an imam on his way back from offering prayers at a mosque in Uttar Pradesh state, forced him to chant Hindu religious slogans, and then forced him to wear a saffron cloth around his neck.
SLUG: Muslim man forced to say Jai Shree Ram
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