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How Hindu Nationalism Came to Rule

Journalist Rana Ayyub was recently threatened on Twitter by a police department in India with “legal action” for making a “political comment” and was ordered…

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Modi’s Mass Muslim Detention Scheme

On August 31, the right-wing Hindu Indian government labeled 1.9 million of its residents as stateless.The official purpose given by the government was to root…

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Sri Lanka: The End of the Ceasefire

According to Reuters, a dispute over water supplies in the Sri Lankan town of Trincomalee has led to the first major ground fighting since 2002…

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Agency Should Halt U.S. Abuse of Immigrants

In the week before today’s deadline, thousands of people from five Muslim countries presented themselves for the fourth round of special registration at the Department…

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Ashcroft’s War on Immigrants

On January 10, hundreds of brown-skinned men and boys filled Room 310 of 26 Federal Plaza in New York City. The day marked the deadline…