Dalits (so-called “outcastes”) who convert to Christianity or Islam will lose the privileges and prerogatives granted by law to the “scheduled castes,” the official definition of various historically disadvantaged social …
INDIA: Christian and Muslim Dalits excluded from benefits granted by the state of Maharashtra Read More
Dalit women continue to experience systematic exclusion from decision-making roles at all levels of government, despite the constitutional guarantee of inclusion. Although the constitution guarantees their economic, social and political …
NEPAL. Enhance Dalit Women’s Roles In Public Life Read More
The Dalit rights activists and political leaders have urged the government to bring an integrated law relating to Dalit rights. The law should be brought to enforce the fundamental right …
NEPAL: ‘Bring integrated law on Dalit’s rights’ Read More
Mx. Yashika’s story begins not with triumph, but with a tremor. One that cuts through the tattered jacket of solidarity in India’s trans rights movement. A Dalit trans scholar from …
INDIA: What Happens When The Margins Are Marginalised? Mx. Yashika, Caste, And The Crisis Within India’s Trans Movement Read More
On July 26, 2025, two Catholic nuns – Sister Preeti Mary and Sister Vandana Francis of the Assisi Sisters of Mary Immaculate (ASMI) – were arrested at Durg Railway Station …
INDIA: Persecuted for Faith: The Growing Hostility Toward Christians in India Read More
On July 15, 2025, the final round of a caste-based beauty pageant called “Mr and Miss Bishwakarma” took place in Kathmandu. It was the fourth annual event organised by a …
NEPAL: Dangers of ethnicising Dalits Read More
The Persecution of the Hindu minorities continue in the Muslim-majority Bangladesh. A fresh case has been reported from the Khagracherri district of Bangladesh where Islamists abducted and gang-raped a Janajatiya …
BANGLADESH: 6 Islamists abducted and gang-raped a Janajatiya Hindu girl in Khagracherri Read More
“Bhool gayi thi kya hum Dalit hai? Table-kursi ka sirf khaana milega; table-kursi ka kaam nahi” (“Have you forgotten we are Dalits? They will allow us to eat at a table …
Geeli Puchchi: A Messy Tale of Caste and Desire Read More
More than 30 Christians who had gathered for a prayer meeting were injured in an attack by a large mob in eastern India’s Odisha state on the morning of June …
INDIA: 30 Christians injured in attack by Hindu nationalists in Odisha Read More
On 25 May 2020, George Floyd was murdered in the US city of Minneapolis by a white police office Derek Chauvin. Witness and security camera videos showing Chauvin kneeling on …
NEPAL: Digital discrimination Read More
