Saturday, April 27, 2024

Afra Abubacker

Afra Abubacker is an independent journalist from Kerala.

In India, Muslim UAPA prisoners persecuted for their faith: Families tell US congressional briefing

Briefing on the increasing human rights violations in India, several rights organisations based in America including Amnesty International conferenced a session with the families of Muslim political prisoners charged with draconian UAPA on Wednesday.  

IRCTC’s “vegetarian-friendly” trains; India’s version of apartheid trains? asks social media

"Love how they are calling it ‘vegetarian-friendly' as if every public space in this country hasn’t been designed to suit their bigotry for decades”
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‘100 years of patriarchy’: University topper refuses award at centenary celebration in Kerala

While Union Christian College Aluva in Kerala's Ernakulam district celebrated its centenary, Mileena Saju, the first rank holder of Mahatma Gandhi University in BA History boycotted the program, protesting the misogynistic practices of the college.

13 Tamil families “survive” on bus depot pavement for four generations

For 13 Tamil families, the bus depot is home for the last four generations.
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I was made to stand for 4 hours with hands folded during mahapanchayat: Dalit woman whose son married Gujjar woman

"I was made to stand for four hours with my hands folded during the mahapanchayat and threatened that my child would be killed if he returned to the village," Bala Devi, the Dalit woman told a fact-finding team of the National Confederation of Human Rights Orgnisations (NCHRO).

Delhi police humiliated us, kicked our private parts: Women student activists

lifted my clothes and stared, stomped, and pinched our private parts," shared the 20-year-old, Delhi state vice president of AISA.
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