By Namta Gupta New Delhi, June 12, 2020: The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad has accused the Turkey-backed militants of ‘silently carrying out a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Yazidis in Afrin, Syria. Detailing the crimes of the Turkey-backed militants she said that they are ‘kidnapping women, killing civilians, and destroying houses and […]
Bangladesh’s Buddhist minority was left aghast after a mob of 40-50 people attacked a Buddhist Temple “Bibbili Shanti Bihar” in Bibbili area of Chittagong. The attack took place on May 3rd at around 3.30 am and the Buddhists say that Maulvi Helaluddin (40) and one Jamaluddin participated in the attack and that some police personnel […]
By Namta Gupta New Delhi, May 11, 2020: Pakistan has reconstituted National Commission for Minorities (NCM) but it is just old wine in a new bottle. Pakistan Minorities Teachers’ Association (PMTA) in a statement to CurrenTriggers noted that while there are 8 Muslim members, just 10 members are from 5 minority religions of Pakistan. It […]
New Delhi, May 8th, 2020: India spoke out for the protection of the rights of the Afghan Hindus and Sikhs when the US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad called on External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on May 7th, 2020. Zalmay was accompanied by Senior Director in the […]
By Namta Gupta Three Hindus lost their job in Gulf, over allegations of insult to Islam, after a campaign by Indian Muslims on social media. In March this year, first it was just chef Trilok Singh who was sacked for backing Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 after he ran into an argument with an anti-CAA activist. […]
By Namta Gupta Attacks on Hindu Temples are happening at an alarming pace in otherwise Hindu-majority Mauritius. On April 23rd, 2020, at Port Louis’ Valley Pitot, another Hindu Temple came under attack. The use of the Molotov cocktail to set fire to the Hindu Temple sets a dangerous precedent in the otherwise happy and picturesque […]
A minority group has shot of a letter dated 23rd April 2020, asking the Pakistani establishment why there are double standards when it comes to human and religious rights of minorities such as the Christians. The letter by Pakistan Minorities Teachers’ Association (PMTA) comes close on the heels of the current declaration that Mosques would […]
Coronavirus or COVID 19 has brought to light the racism in multicultural Singapore. A page named Tiagong posted a video titled “should send them back to India if they choose not to follow our measures” on April 16th detailing an ordeal faced by an Indian couple out for a run who were being chased by […]
Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago has accused a newspaper of fueling racial bias when there was none, he claims and is using Guyana’s Indian origin Prime Minister Moses Verasammy Nagamootoo’s decision to not open Guyanese airspace as it could lead to 5,000 Guyanese diaspora to returning home which may overwhelm Guyana’s healthcare system. In […]
