Topic: Indian American Muslim Council
India’s allegations against IAMC “Islamophobic,” say orgs from 11 countries
Over 60 civil society organizations from 11 countries and nearly a dozen prominent individuals have released a statement in support of the India American Muslim Council (IAMC), terming "the baseless and false allegations" leveled by the Indian Government against the organization as "Islamophobic."
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.
‘Stop enabling genocide of Indian Muslims’: Protests in US against Facebook
Hundreds of people of different faiths, professions, and backgrounds gathered in eight major cities of the United States, Saturday and Sunday to protest Facebook allowing hate speech to be freely posted in India
“We came for myriad reasons to protest Modi today”: Protesters outside UN
Hundreds of Indian Americans and rights activists have gathered outside United Nations on Saturday to protest fascism, hate campaigns, weaponized rape, apartheid, lynchings, unlawful arrests, attacks on the media, and other abuses in India as Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed UN General Assembly.
India uses anti-terror law UAPA to imprison activists and critics: US, UK legal experts
Legal experts from the US, the UK and India have said India is abusing its anti-terrorism law to imprison human rights defenders and civil activists for years on false charges, without bail or even a trial.
Probe Hindu supremacist orgs co-opting US COVID-19 funding, say Indian Americans
The “Coalition to Stop Genocide in India,” a broad coalition of Indian Americans and US-based civil rights organizations and activists, Tuesday called on the US Small Business Administration (SBA) to probe how US-based Hindu supremacist organizations received hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal Covid-19 relief funding.
