Pride is part of our communities, our histories, and our movements. LGBTQ+ people have always been here — in our families, faiths, diasporas, organizing, grief, and joy. Inspired by Marsha P. Johnson, we affirm: liberation must reach all of us.

June is National Caribbean American Heritage Month. These histories are part of our story too — through Indo-Caribbean, Afro-Caribbean, migrant, mixed, and diasporic communities whose lives have shaped movements for freedom, identity, labor, faith, art, and justice. Independence. Identity. Unity.

While Mumbai sells a future of glass towers and “world-class” development, Bharat Nagar residents are watching their homes fall—even as the Supreme Court hears their case. Urban development cannot mean eviction first and rights review later. thewire.in/rights/as-th...

The Dalit Panthers were founded because constitutional promises do not enforce themselves. Our new blog reflects on their Ambedkarite, anti-caste, literary, and human rights legacy. Read: www.hindusforhumanrights.org/en/blog/when... #DalitPanthers #AntiCaste

Bakrid/Eid al-Adha is a sacred observance of prayer, sacrifice, and community. But as The Wire warns, Hindutva fear-mongering is turning it into another target for anti-Muslim hate. A holy day should not be made a weapon. thewire.in/communalism/...

#AANHPIMonth isn't just about pan-Asian solidarity -- it's about the broader fight for racial equality and justice for everyone, everywhere. This reading list for Black and Asian communities taps into this cross-cultural shared fight, with podcasts, interviews, books, and more.

The fear is clear: the Special Intensive Revision could let the Election Commission of India turn voter rolls into a backdoor citizenship test. Paired with the Citizenship Amendment Act’s path for non-Muslim migrants—but not Muslims—the danger is clear. thewire.in/law/supreme-...

ICE detention is killing people. AP reports an alarming spike in suicide deaths, with detainees isolated, denied timely mental health care, and left in systems built for cruelty. apnews.com/article/ice-...

Belchi demands more than remembrance. It asks whether a society can call itself democratic while caste still decides who is protected, who is punished, and whose suffering is ignored. Justice means refusing to let caste atrocity become history without consequence. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmF3...

@TusharG writes in @AllIndiansCount on political humour, satire, cartoons, and what it means when public life loses the ability to be laughed at. A thoughtful read on criticism, power, and democratic culture. www.allindiansmatter.in/a-loss-of-hu...

On Ganatantra Diwas, Nepal’s Republic Day, this year’s celebration comes after the Gen Z protests and a renewed demand for democracy, secularism, and accountability. Read more on the unfinished and ongoing promise of the republic. www.hindusforhumanrights.org/en/blog/gana... #GanatantraDiwas

We were proud to sponsor & organize this powerful conversation with Joe Sacco at @PeoplesForumNYC, alongside @JewishCurrents. From Muzaffarnagar to Gaza, Sacco’s work asks what power wants hidden: who was harmed, who profited, and who gets to call violence truth. prismreports.org/2026/05/26/s...

As Eid al-Adha is observed, fear is reshaping life and livelihood in West Bengal. When cattle traders are too afraid to speak, and Muslim families face ruin under majoritarian politics, we are seeing the human cost of Hindutva in power. www.karvaanindia.com/post/an-anal...

Three years after Manipur was torn apart by ethnic violence, the crisis remains dangerously unresolved - treated as a forgotten war zone. The people of Manipur deserve safety, accountability, justice & a political response rooted in human dignity. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/w...

Eid Mubarak Wishing peace, abundance, and renewed strength to all who are celebrating Eid al-Adha. May this sacred day of devotion, sacrifice, and sharing deepen our commitment to dignity, justice, and care for one another. Shorter graphic text

Scroll reports that in Rajarhat New Town, TMC led by 316 votes until one skipped booth was counted last. That mostly Muslim booth gave BJP 637 of 656 votes, flipping the seat by 316. The Election Commission still hasn’t explained why it was set aside. scroll.in/article/1092...

Another medieval mosque has been declared a temple, this time the Kamal Maula mosque in Dhar. When courts turn Muslim sacred spaces into sites of majoritarian conquest, they endanger both religious freedom and India’s constitutional promise. www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

On Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day, memory becomes resistance. This piece reflects on what the 2009 killing of Tamil civilians teaches oppressed peoples everywhere: justice requires truth, solidarity, and the refusal to let states erase history. buff.ly/QvjTlHT

This is how shared histories are narrowed into majoritarian possession. The MP High Court’s Bhojshala ruling—declaring the site a temple and ending Muslim namaz there—risks deepening communal wounds. Justice should protect plural histories, not erase them. www.livelaw.in/high-court/m...

Whose India gets platformed on elite campuses? This Stanford Daily piece asks why SIPEC’s India conference gives so much space to Hindutva-aligned and technocratic voices while excluding the broader, plural, democratic India students deserve to hear. stanforddaily.com/2026/05/11/w...

What was the Ghadar Party? This revolutionary group was founded in San Francisco in the early 1900s but quickly spread around the world. Party members were united by an anti-colonial consciousness that fuelled their fight for independence from the British.

Harsh Mander is right: hate speech in India is not just a legal problem. It is a political poison. New laws mean little when existing ones are ignored—or weaponized by a partisan state. What India needs is justice, accountability, and moral courage. scroll.in/article/1092...

Calls for “unity” mean little without accountability. In this important piece, HfHR co-founder Raju Rajagopal challenges HAF’s attempt to speak of healing while refusing to confront its role in polarizing Indian American communities. americankahani.com/perspectives...

This despicable move by the Trump Administration will disrupt workers' lives & tear apart families. DHS must abandon this reckless policy and continue to allow workers applying for green cards to remain with their families & communities while waiting for permanent residency status. buff.ly/6EgkCZJ

West Bengal’s election result cannot be separated from serious allegations of voter suppression. Last-minute changes to voter rolls must be investigated transparently. Democracy is not only about who wins—it is about whether every voter was allowed to be heard. foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/14/i...

An election shadowed by last-minute voter-roll changes is not a clean mandate. In West Bengal, allegations of mass disenfranchisement must be investigated—not buried under victory speeches. Democracy begins with the right to vote. foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/14/i...

Bhagya Reddy Varma’s Adi-Hindu movement rejected the degrading language of untouchability and insisted on dignity, history, education, and self-definition. Read: www.hindusforhumanrights.org/en/blog/bhagya-reddy-varma-anti-caste-leader-adi-hindu-organizer-and-pioneer-of-dalit-education

When one hears about Asian American activism and heritage, the term 'Yellow Power' is often brought up. But what is the Yellow Power Movement? Inspired by the Black Liberation Movement, Yellow Power sought to organize around a pan-Asian identity against racism and imperialism.

Even under UAPA, the Supreme Court’s reminder matters: bail is the rule, jail the exception. Years of pre-trial incarceration cannot become punishment by another name. Umar Khalid and others jailed without trial deserve liberty and justice. www.livelaw.in/top-stories/...

People of all faiths are invited to gather in solidarity with the San Diego Muslim community and honor the victims and families of the Islamic Center of San Diego shooting. Interfaith Vigil Thurs, May 21, 6 PM Islamic Society of Orange County 1 Al Rahman Plaza, Garden Grove

India’s CAA is not “humanitarian” when it sorts migrants by religion and pushes Muslims outside the promise of equal citizenship. Listen to this discussion on how the CAA threatens secularism, equality, and constitutional rights.

After touting India as the world’s largest democracy in Oslo, PM Modi walked away from the press. Free media is not a threat to democracy. It is democracy.

To remember Iyothee Thass is not to place him safely in the past. It is to ask what caste still hides, what history still erases, and what it would mean to build communities where dignity is not conditional on birth. Read more: buff.ly/Ho11uNr

HfHR condemns the deadly shooting at the San Diego Islamic Center and stands in grief and solidarity with Muslim communities. Islamophobia is not abstract. It is rhetoric, policy, surveillance, and violence. Our leaders must confront it now. Read more:

In a functioning democracy, people are not charged with terrorism for criticizing the government. And the government would not try to cancel the bail of those individuals scroll.in/latest/10928...

“From untruth, lead us to truth. From darkness, lead us to light. From death, lead us to immortality.” —Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad May every child, every worshipper, every mosque be held in safety. x.com/AP/status/20...

A new report by India Persecution Track details that in the first four months of 2026, at least 13 Muslims were killed by Hindu extremist non-state actors in religiously motivated, hate-fueled attacks across eight states in India. Read more:

After the extensive Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process that took place in West Bengal ahead of their state elections, resulting in over 9 million voters being deleted from the rolls, the Election Commission has now announced SIR processes in 16 states and 3 union territories.

In Uttarakhand, a Muslim elder was attacked; Hindu Deepak Kumar protected him. When confronted by the violent mob, he said his name was Mohammed Deepak. Why? His act questions religious exclusivity and boundaries in India.

Akaar Patel, chair of Amnesty International India and a dear friend of HfHR, writes for the Deccan Chronicle on rising violence against Christians in Odisha. Read now:

Najeeb Jung warns Indian Muslims are “knocking on the doors of being second-class citizens.” This is what majoritarianism does: shrinks citizenship, erases representation, and makes equality conditional. Watch The Wire interview: youtu.be/Je6dvjKWrnA?...

Koovagam offers a glimpse of what trans joy can look like when fear loosens its grip: devotion, beauty, chosen family, and the right to exist without explanation. As India rolls back gender self-ID, this sacred space matters even more. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

The RSS is on a global propaganda tour to make the world forget what it is: a far-right Hindu nationalist paramilitary with a long record of anti-minority politics. From Babri to Gujarat, Delhi 2020 & Manipur: violence, denial, impunity, rebranding. www.reuters.com/world/india/...

90 years ago today, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar published Annihilation of Caste after the speech he was invited to deliver was deemed too dangerous. Its demand still echoes: caste must not be reformed, but annihilated. Read more: caravanmagazine.in/essay/doctor...

There is a narrative of 'faith vs. gender' emerging. Here at Hindus for Human Rights, we're proudly woman-run, progressive, and faith-based. For us, the fight for gender equality, human rights, and inclusive religion are of equal and utmost importance.

On Nakba Day, HfHR joins people worldwide in remembering 78 years of Palestinian displacement — and the ongoing struggle for return, freedom, and dignity. Justice is the path to peace. UN commemoration: www.un.org/unispal/even...

Senior Advocate Prashant Bhushan says there's "no semblance left in any of the constitutional bodies" of India, following the Modi government's Special Intensive Review of electoral voter rolls to exclude Muslims and Christians.

No one should be denied dignity, safety, housing, work, or opportunity because of birth or inherited status. This Prism report highlights New York’s fight to add caste to civil rights law. HfHR supports A6920/S6531. prismreports.org/2026/05/11/n...

Hundreds marched in Oakland for peace in Gaza and an end to U.S. military support for Israel’s war. HfHR was there. Our organizer Vivek Kembaiyan told NBC Bay Area why Oakland must stop arms shipments. www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/d...

Our Advisory Board Member Anand Teltumbde writes for The Wire on the interconnected nature of the Indian electoral system and the #BJP's political project in light of recent election results, particularly the victory of the BJP in #WestBengal.