Hate crimes are soaring in India and oppressed castes are the prime targets
According to Amnesty International’s Halt the Hate website, 181 hate crimes were recorded in the first six months of the year. In 121 of these instances, Dalits (the formerly untouchable castes) were targets
Hearings begin on petitions against Trump’s permit for Keystone XL pipeline
The presidential permit was issue earlier this year after a district court in Montana ruled against an earlier permit for the project which has grave environmental implications
No end in sight to suffering of Rohingyas in Myanmar
21 Rohingyas were sentenced to two years in jail after they were detained while trying to escape the Rakhine State where the community has been confined to camps
Workers’ Party calls for boycott of second round of Tunisian presidential elections
The elections being held on October 13 will see a contest between Kais Saied, a 61-year-old-law professor, and Nabil Karoui, a 56-year-old media mogul and founder of the Nessma TV channel
LGBT groups condemn conferring of Lithuanian award on Polish right-wing leader
The Lithuanian government conferred the Grand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great on Jarosław Kaczyński, leader of Poland’s conservative Law and Justice, whose homophobic comments have influenced anti-LGBT groups in the country
Attack on Iranian oil tanker raises fresh concerns of conflict
The Sabiti that belongs to the National Iranian Tanker Company was attacked with missiles on Friday. It is the first instance of a tanker being attacked in the Red Sea
Protests break out in Bangladesh over death of 21-year-old student
Abrar Fahad was found dead in Dhaka university, a few days after posting comments critical of the government. The protesting students said activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League were responsible
Environmentalists fighting against felling of forest win reprieve in India’s Mumbai
On October 7, the Supreme Court of India temporarily halted the felling of trees in the Aarey neighborhood of Mumbai for the purpose of constructing a train shed