THE HAGUE, Netherlands (MNTV) – The International Court of Justice on Monday opened public hearings in a landmark genocide case concerning atrocities committed against the Rohingya Muslim minority in Burma, marking a critical phase in one of the most closely watched international legal proceedings of the past decade. The hearings, held at the ...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Amnesty International India has criticized the Indian Supreme Court’s decision to deny bail to Muslim activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, saying the ruling entrenches a dangerous pattern in which prolonged pre-trial detention is becoming normalized in India. Reacting to the order, Amnesty said it welcomed the cou...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A human rights organization has petitioned India’s National Human Rights Commission over the continued detention of a 20-year-old Rohingya refugee and her five-month-old infant, weeks after she completed a court-mandated prison sentence for immigration-related offenses. The appeal was filed by Banglar Manabadhikar Sur...
BEIJING, China (MNTV) — A traditional Uyghur folk song once performed at weddings and family celebrations has become grounds for imprisonment, highlighting a renewed campaign to suppress cultural and religious identity in East Turkistan, the Uyghur homeland administered by China as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Details of the crackdow...
By Shabana Ayaz The world must take urgent note of what is unfolding in India today, where a senior, mainstream political leader recently publicly invoked the destruction of Gaza as a “lesson” to be applied not only to Bangladesh but, by clear implication, to Muslims within India itself. This is not a stray provocation from […]
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A senior leader of India’s ruling Hindu nationalist party has triggered widespread condemnation after publicly calling for violence against Bangladesh and invoking the devastation of Gaza as a model, raising alarm over genocidal rhetoric, regional stability, and the mainstreaming of mass-violence language in Indian po...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A series of attacks on Kashmiri shawl vendors in multiple Indian states has renewed concern over the safety of migrant workers from Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, with student groups warning of an expanding pattern of ideological targeting linked to Hindu right-wing activism. In recent days, Kashmiri vendors s...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A mosque in India’s northeastern state of Tripura was desecrated last week in an incident that has intensified concerns over religious intimidation and the targeting of Muslim communities amid rising Hindu nationalist activism. The attack occurred on December 24 at Mainama Jame Masjid, located in a rural area of Tripu...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (MNTV) — Bangladesh has voiced strong concern over mob violence targeting religious minorities in India, including Muslims and Christians, and called on Indian authorities to ensure accountability of those responsible. Speaking at a media briefing on Sunday, S.M. Mahbubul Alam, spokesperson for Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreig...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV)— A 19-year-old Bengali-speaking Muslim laborer from eastern India was beaten to death by a group of men in the state of Odisha, in what activists describe as a lynching driven by suspicion and ethnic profiling of migrant workers. According to the local media, the victim, Juyel Rana, was attacked on Wednesday […]...
