India

India: Stop police brutality against Hijras and Kothis in Bangalore

Activists for the rights of sexuality minorities in Bangalore are concerned about a recent pattern of alleged police harassment and abuse against hijra and kothi communities in the city.

India: Harassment of women engaged in prostitution in Karnataka

Protest against the threats and intimidation unleashed on women activists of the social work organisation SANGRAM and the prostitutes collective VAMP (Veshya AIDS Mukabla Parishad) by the Nippani Circle Inspector of Police Satish Khot and the Shiv Sena corporator of Nippani.

India: Gujarat riot kills six

Fresh religious violence between Hindus and Muslims has claimed six more lives in the western Indian state of Gujarat.

India: Indian troops try to stop bloodshed

Soldiers deploy across the Indian state of Gujarat in an attempt to quell the worst sectarian violence in 10 years.

India: Harassment of women engaged in prostitution in Karnataka

Protest against the threats and intimidation unleashed on women activists of SANGRAM and VAMP (Veshya AIDS Mukabla Parishad).

India: Sodomy, obscenity charges formally filed in trial of 'Lucknow Four'

Call for letters of protest renewed.

India: Sodomy and obscenity charges formally filed in trial of 'Lucknow Four'

Following their release on bail in August 2001, the HIV/AIDS prevention workers now face charges from the Lucknow police.

India: Sodomy and obscenity charges formally filed in trial of 'Lucknow Four'

On July 7, 2001, police in Lucknow raided the offices of Bharosa Trust and the Naz Foundation, seizing HIV/AIDS prevention material, including educational brochures, videos, and condoms. The Senior Superintendent of Police concluded that both agencies were running "gay clubs" and spreading gay culture throughout Lucknow.

Occasional Paper 7: Islamic Law and the Colonial Encounter in British India

In contemporary debates regarding Muslim identity in South Asia no issue is as prominent or as hotly contested as the character and social role of Islamic law. Though the controversies are directly relevant to present day concerns the questions themselves are neither new nor innocent of colonial influence. The existing corpus of Islamic law in the subcontinent owes a great deal to the legacy of colonial jurists who systematised and gave shape to Anglo-Muhammadan law over many decades.

Resources Against Communalism and Religious Fundamentalism in India

Part of a series which seeks to systematically list and document information on the worldwide rise of political movements known as ‘religious fundamentalist’ and their consequences for women, it also lists initiatives and writings which counter such movements. The term communalism is widely used across South Asia to describe the systematic misuse of religion for political purposes.