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Iran: NGOs, student organizations urge UN to end brutality against Muslims in India

Mar 08, 2020 16:07

A large group of Iranian student organizations, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and individuals have penned a letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, asking her to take decisive action to end the ongoing wave of violent attacks and brutality against Muslims in India.
India lifts ban on coverage of anti-Muslim violence amid intl. pressure

Mar 07, 2020 16:27

India has been forced to lift a ban on media coverage of a recent wave of sectarian violence against Muslims in the Hindu-majority country.
Thousands protest Indian PM Modi’s upcoming visit in Bangladesh

Mar 07, 2020 04:02

Thousands protested against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's upcoming visit in Bangladesh's capital of Dhaka on Friday.
Leader: India must stop killing Muslims to avoid isolation in Muslim world

Mar 05, 2020 11:01

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has warned the government of India against continued massacre of Muslims, saying that the current pogrom going on against Muslim people in the South Asian country will lead to isolation of New Delhi in the Islamic world.
Iranians launch social media campaign against India's anti-Muslim approach

Mar 05, 2020 09:48

Iranian social media users have launched a campaign against India’s discriminatory measures targeting Muslims and the deadly acts of violence perpetrated by pro-government extremist mobs towards the country’s largest religious minority.
Amid anti-Muslim violence, India sees more protests

Mar 04, 2020 14:23

In India, latest reports are of more protests amid a recent wave of sectarian riot which has left several dozen Muslims dead and hundreds more injured in the capital New Delhi over a time span of one week.
Iran: Protest near India Embassy condemns deadly violence against Muslims

Mar 04, 2020 04:38

Iranian people, university and seminary students hold a protest in front of the Indian Embassy in the capital Tehran against the recent massacre of scores of Muslims by Hindu mobs amid New Delhi’s discriminatory measures targeting subscribers of Islam.
Investment requests pile up for Iran’s only oceanic port

Mar 03, 2020 12:49

As many as 53 companies have requested to invest in Chabahar, Iran’s only oceanic port, a senior official says.
Iran's FM condemns organized violence against Muslims in India

Mar 03, 2020 04:31

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has condemned the recent wave of violence against Muslims in India, noting dialogue is the best solution to the problem plaguing the South Asian country.
Indian police arrest 100s after deadly anti-Muslim violence by Hindu mobs

Feb 29, 2020 09:00

Police authorities in India have announced the arrest of hundreds following the worst anti-Muslim violence by Hindu nationalists that began on the eve of a state visit by US President Donald Trump, infamous for his anti-Muslim rhetoric and policies.