Topic: Gujarat genocide

Twenty-two years after the Muslim genocide in Gujarat, the Muslims of Gujarat still live in fear. The survivors of the Gujarat Muslim genocide told Maktoob that the BJP, which orchestrated the pogrom, neither wants their vote nor wants to see them, while the Congress understands that the Muslims have no other option. "We are voting for Congress out of necessity," say the survivors.

“Sanjiv Bhatt is a strong man,” says Shweta Bhatt, human rights defender and partner of whistleblower police officer Sanjiv Bhatt.

“How do you feel when your family members fall ill or catch some disease? 19 members of my family were brutally killed, my mother, my wife, my son, my brothers, my sister-in-law, my aunty, my nieces, and my nephews all of them had been slaughtered that day," says Rafiq Mansuri, a survivor of Gulberg Society massacre, part of 2002 Gujarat Muslim genocide.

The Supreme Court of India's decision to overturn the Gujarat government's remission order for 11 Hindutva men in Bilkis Bano gangrape case and murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 Gujarat Muslim genocide is met with acclaim from opposition leaders, while members of the ruling party stay silent.

Bilkis Bano, the survivor of one of the most horrific crimes during the 2002 Gujarat Muslim genocide, said today is "truly the New Year" for her as the 11 Hindutva men responsible for killing her family and gangraping her will soon be back behind the bars.

Bilkis Bano's petition challenging the early release of 11 convicts who raped her and killed her family during the 2002 Gujarat genocide is valid, the Supreme Court said today.