The Straits Time: Move by India’s Assam state to allow arms for ‘indigenous’ people stirs fears of worsening violence
NEW DELHI – A decision by the Assam government to introduce a liberal arms policy for “indigenous” civilians to defend themselves against “unlawful threats” could worsen the north-eastern Indian state’s long and bloody record of ethnic and religious violence, critics say. That could have a far-reaching impact, including for India’s “Act East” policy. Assam’s stability […]
The Wire: ‘You’re Bangladeshi’: ‘Nationalist’ Groups Target Miya Muslims, Give Ultimatum to Leave Upper Assam
Barpeta, Assam: Shahin Alam is a carpenter, a muazzin at a mosque and as well as a teacher at a maktab in Tinsukia district of Assam. He has been living in Lohari Kochari village, which is about 600 kilometre from his hometown in Silchar. On August 10, a group of people arrived near his maktab […]
New Internationalist: A TIME OF MONSTERS
We’re already seeing the damage, ranging from migrant communities terrorized by Trump’s anti-immigration raids to Muslims targeted by vicious pogroms in India. The harm which leaders peddling this politics can cause even in a short space of time is immense. During his four-year tenure, Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro inflicted immeasurable and perhaps irreversible harm to the […]
East Mojo: Assam: India Hate Lab tracks 18 rallies and 5 evictions targeting Bengali Muslims
Guwahati: According to new findings by India Hate Lab (IHL), Assam has seen a sharp escalation in hate speech, harassment, and state-led violence against Bengali-speaking Muslims since early June 2025. The report links this intensification to a broader campaign allegedly aimed at removing so-called “illegal Bangladeshi immigrants.” Between July 9 and July 30, IHL documented […]
The Siasat Daily: Concerning rise of hate, large-scale evictions against minorities in Assam
India Hate Lab recently released a report under its Early Warning, Early Response (EWER) initiative, highlighting a worrying rise in hate speech, harassment, violence and forced evictions targeting Bengali-origin Muslims who are being branded as “illegal Bangladeshi immigrants” in Assam. Its chief minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, is known to have openly led a hate campaign fuelled […]
Maktoob Media: Data reveals rising hate and violence against Bengali-speaking Muslims in Assam
Washington-based advocacy and research group India Hate Lab on Thursday released a new data brief under its Early Warning, Early Response (EWER) initiative on “sharp and deeply concerning” escalation in hate speech, targeted harassment and violence against Bengali-speaking Muslims in Assam state. Between July 9 and July 30, India Hate Lab (IHL) has documented 18 […]
ZeeNews: Assam में बंगाली मुसलमानों के खिलाफ बढ़ रही नफरत, इस रिपोर्ट से हुआ बड़ा खुलासा
Assam News: असम में बांगलाभाषी मुसलमानों को बांग्लादेशी होने के शक पर प्रताड़ित करने और उनके खिलाफ नफरत में बढ़ौतरी से जुड़ी एक रिपोर्ट सामने आई है. इस रिपोर्ट में खुलासा किया गया है कि बंगाली भाषी मुसलमानों के खिलाफ नफरत फैलाने के अभियान को BJP नेता और असम के मुख्यमंत्री हिमंत बिस्वा शर्मा बढ़ावा […]