A monthslong legal battle between online encyclopedia Wikipedia’s parent company and Asian News International (ANI) raises concerns about free access to credible online information in the country
Canceled and delayed flights, grumpy flyers and economic losses follow more than 400 false bomb threats in India during past two weeks
Tens of thousands of people accused of crimes have had their homes demolished without a court hearing
One Awami League leader told VOA he was among ‘thousands’ who escaped to India
More than 700 people disappeared under unexplained circumstances during Sheikh Hasina's 15 years in power; dozens are still missing
They say most violence following the fall of Sheikh Hasina was aimed at her Awami League, although many Hindus supported it
This time Rohingya are being killed, enslaved and driven from their homes by the Arakan Army, one of several ethnic groups fighting the nation’s ruling junta, as well as by their former military persecutors
Many of the hundreds of opposition members and dissidents who disappeared during Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year rule remain unaccounted for
The death toll mounts as the monthlong protests continue and gain popular support
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination called on India to end the arbitrary detention and forcible deportation of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar
Arundhati Roy is facing terrorism charges over a comment she made at a conference 14 years ago
Since his rise to power in 2014, Modi has promoted a Hindu nationalist vision that has left the nation’s more than 204 million Muslims complaining of persecution and discrimination by the society and the state
Since February, at least 1,500 Rohingya men and boys have been forcibly recruited by Myanmar’s military, according to human rights groups and Rohingya sources
As India holds phased elections until June 1, Modi and some BJP leaders have been accused of delivering “hate speeches” during the campaign
The Washington Post named an official of India’s spy agency for plotting the killing of a U.S.-based Sikh separatist leader
Under a recent court ruling, almost 2 million students will be required to switch to mainstream schools
A new Human Rights Watch report says academics, journalists and activists are among those who have been targeted by India's government
The Modi government maintains that the law is simply designed to protect religious minorities from neighboring countries
Several families have appealed to New Delhi for help in extracting loved ones from front lines of Russia’s war on Ukraine
Activists say keeping the lioness with the name of the Hindu goddess Sita in the same enclosure as Akbar the lion, named after a 16-century Muslim emperor, amounts to an assault on religious beliefs
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