This week’s #IndiaHumanRightsMonitor roundup by #IAMCNews
Story #1
In Rajasthan, a 20-year-old Muslim man, Vakeel Mohammad was brutally assaulted by a mob of violent Hindu extremists. Mohammad sustained severe head injuries and died in the hospital. Recently, three Muslim men were assaulted by a Hindu extremist mob in Rajasthan, resulting in the death of one of them.
SLUG: Muslim man lynched to death in Rajasthan
Story #2
Anti-Muslim violence following a social media post in Satara, Maharashtra, led to death of a Muslim man and injury of eight others. In response to the post, which Hindu extremists called “objectionable,” a violent mob of over a thousand extremists targeted houses, business establishments and handcarts in a Muslim-majority area.
SLUG: Anti-Muslim violence in Maharashtra leaves 1 Muslim dead
Story #3
Kashmiri students, along with others, were severely assaulted at a Punjab university while protesting the school’s move to transfer around 70 Kashmiri students to a college that does not have accreditation.
SLUG: Protesting Kashmiri students assaulted, hijabs torn off
Story #4
At an event in Rajasthan, BJP leader and Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat advocated for violence against people who speak against Sanatan Dharma, a term that encompasses Hindu religious traditions of pre-Islamic India.
SLUG: Federal minister calls for violence
Story #5
Assam’s Hindu supremacist Chief Minister, Himanta Biswa Sharma, has threatened to arrest 3,000 Muslim men within 10 days on the pretext of indulging in child marriages. This is the second round of a crackdown that began in February this year, when the BJP government in Assam arrested over 2,500 men, mostly Muslims.
SLUG: 3,000 more to be arrested in anti-Muslim crackdown in Assam
Story #6
In Indore, Madhya Pradesh, eight Muslim men faced public humiliation when the police paraded them half-naked. Disturbing video footage captured the men being led by police officers, their arms bound by ropes.
SLUG: Police Parade Eight Muslim Men Half-Naked
Story #7
In Jalandhar, Punjab, Hindu extremists joined police in barging into two Muslim-owned homes and searching them over suspicions of the families cooking beef.
SLUG: police search Muslim homes over suspicions of cooking beef
Story #8
In Uttarakhand state, a group of Hindu extremists filmed themselves demolishing a Muslim shrine with sledgehammers. The video reveals that the destruction happened in broad daylight, and the extremists made no attempt to hide their activity.
SLUG: Hindu extremists destroy Muslim shrine
