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Arrests and attacks on journalists cloud press freedom in India

Critics accuse the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of attempting to silence media through violence and coercion, while the recent arrests of three journalists for "defaming" a monk-turned-chief minister triggered public outrage.

Modi’s victory is a gun pointed at India's minorities

The BJP's re-election leaves India divided and gives an even broader mandate to a party accused of tearing apart India's founding principles.

India marches towards a saffron republic

Another five years of the BJP spells disaster for the soul of Indian democracy.

Spooked Indian Muslims okay with temple at mosque site after Modi's win

Major victory of India's right-wing PM Narendra Modi in national elections instills a sense of resignation among Muslims, some of whom appear willing to concede the majority Hindus' demand of temple at the site of razed Babri mosque in Ayodhya city.

India’s tilt to the Hindu-right will not be easy to reverse

If Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party, the BJP, doesn't win the election, there are still no guarantees that society will be able to moderate itself.

India's ruling party's road to votes is paved with dangerous communalism

Senior figures from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party are using alarming election campaign rhetoric that alienates and endangers Muslims.

Marginalised Indian Muslims rally around 'secular' parties

Battered by decades of communal violence and now the rise of right-wing Hindu supremacy, the 2019 general election offers some hope to India's largest religious minority.

Indian PM makes election vow to remove disputed Kashmir's special rights

"Nationalism is our inspiration," Prime Minister Modi says at the release of the BJP's election manifesto. Modi's BJP consistently advocates ending disputed Kashmir's special status, which prevents outsiders from buying property in the region.

Cows come home to haunt India's Modi

Protecting cows and banning beef consumption was one of the measures by India's ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party to shore up support across the country. Instead, it is creating a backlash, even among Hindu farmers.

How India and Israel collaborate as oppressors-in-arms

The 'world's largest democracy' and the Middle East's 'only' democracy have a lot more in common than you'd think.

The Hindu Republic: Seven decades of Muslim exclusion in India

India is often portrayed as the world largest democracy yet for its minorities life can seem very different.

Indian politician jailed over Modi Facebook post

The latest example of what critics say is a clampdown on free speech follows more than a dozen similar arrests last year in a clampdown on those attacking the Hindu nationalist premier's policies or ideology.