SouthAsia Solidarity

☆London friends: join the emergency peace protest: Saturday 10 May, 3pm Parliament Square SW1A 2AA Stop the #IndiaPakistanWar! Stand Together for Peace Stand with the people of Kashmir We won't let our communities be divided!

Sarma’s blatantly communal comment,designed to encourage violence, had stemmed from his decision to issue from this August 1 gun licenses online to only “indigenous” residents. #Assam m.thewire.in/article/commun…

The poorest Indians—those with cancer, HIV, diabetes, or TB—are being quietly sacrificed by the UK-India trade deal which is likely to abolish access to cheap life-saving medicines to millions of Indians share.google/EhTDUPJTyR81Bn…

Beyond the three grounds designated for deletion - deceased, permanently migrated and multiple entries - the ECI has brought in a fourth category of 'untraceable' voters! The much touted foreign nationals are still 'missing' though in the EC affidavit. sabrangindia.in/bihars-untrace…

Massive vacancies in DGCA, AAI and BCAS amidst rising global concerns about aviation security in India, admits the Civil Aviation Ministry in response to a question by Com Rajaram Singh, @cpimlliberation floor leader in Lok Sabha & MP from Karakat, Bihar. thewire.in/politics/gover…

The community centres in certain sectors of #Gurugram are now makeshift detention centres, renamed holding centres, for migrant workers in the city. The Sector 10 Police Station just told us they have a standing order to keep a close watch on workers from West Bengal and Assam.

UP police openly enable Sanghi lawlessness. Protecting law and order, investigating crime, etc are not their concern.

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Nearly 37% children under five stunted, govt data shows thehindu.com/news/national/…

Indian Govt Sent British Families of Air India Crash Victims 'Wrong Bodies'; MEA Responds to Reports British PM Keir Starmer is expected to discuss the case with PM Narendra Modi when the latter makes a state visit to Britain this week. thewire.in/rights/air-ind…

In Poplar and Limehouse, we are clear: refugees are welcome here. In the face of relentless demonisation and targeting, we continue to stand with migrants for their rights to safety and dignity. It’s the far-right and their hateful ideology that are not welcome here.

Will #Starmer raise #Adani's war on climate or confront #Modi's latest drive of Demolitions, Disenfranchisement, Deportations of Muslims, Bengalis & the poor? Will Modi speak up for Indian migrant workers to UK labelled 'strangers'? Or will both bond over roles in #GazaGenocide?

so that they can b buried in Batley & family can have some form of closure. Previous & current UK govts have failed them. UK PM Spokesperson refused to respond whether Starmer will take this humanitarian issue w Modi. Seems human rights of #BritishMuslims don't matter. #Gujarat

India’s PM Modi is in London to sign free trade agreement w UK. Families of Saeed & Sakil Dawood who were murdered in Gujarat during massacre & rape of Muslims by Hindu mobs in 2002 when Modi was Chief Minister are asking for their remains to be returned ... 1/2

A coalition of 29 civil society and diasporic organisations has issued a joint statement condemning what they describe as the “enforced disappearance and custodial torture” of student and youth activists by Delhi Police in mid-July. maktoobmedia.com/india/29-right…

“It’s like my brain is boiling. I feel dazed and numb. I usually work fast, but the heat slows me down. I can’t concentrate. But we’re men, we’re expected to be strong."

#Adani Vs Dad - rule out this corporate bully! share.google/RagNO3kUa8CZug…

With just 3 days left before the July 25 deadline for its massive & controversial voter re-verification drive, the figures show that 8,37,262 voters were added to the "not found at their addresses" category in a single day. #SIR must be resisted! m.thewire.in/article/govern…

Indian Unemployment Data Inaccurate, Warn Independent Economists thewire.in/economy/indian… Of the 50 economists polled by Reuters last month, 17 estimated the unemployment rate in India to be between 7-35%.