Hindus For Human Rights
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We advocate for pluralism, civil and human rights in South Asia and North America, rooted in the values of shanti (peace), nyaya (justice) and satya (truth).
This weekend marked 33 years since the Babri Masjid demolition—a day that reshaped India’s politics and paved the way for today’s Hindutva project. Our latest blog reflects on why December 6th remains a turning point for all of us.
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Babri Masjid Demolition Anniversary: The Forgotten Turning Point That Made Modi’s India — Hindus for Human Rights
Babri Masjid Demolition Anniversary: The Forgotten Turning Point That Made Modi’s India
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December 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This weekend marked 33 years since the Babri Masjid demolition—a day that reshaped India’s politics and paved the way for today’s Hindutva project. Our latest blog reflects on why December 6th remains a turning point for all of us.
Read more: www.hindusforhumanrights.org/news/33-year...
Read more: www.hindusforhumanrights.org/news/33-year...
As global right-wing movements align with authoritarian governments, the ground is shifting. More Hindu Americans are rejecting fear-based politics and choosing pluralism.
In a cogent new piece, HfHR co-founder Raju Rajagopal breaks down what this moment means.
🔗 americankahani.com/perspectives...
In a cogent new piece, HfHR co-founder Raju Rajagopal breaks down what this moment means.
🔗 americankahani.com/perspectives...
Hindutva’s Strategy in the U.S. of Pitting Hindus Against Indian Americans of Other Faiths is Stalling - American Kahani
I have lived in America for over five decades and have always identified myself as part of the diverse, vibrant, multi-faith “Indian American” community. I don’t recall ever having to wear my Hindu…
americankahani.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:16 AM
As global right-wing movements align with authoritarian governments, the ground is shifting. More Hindu Americans are rejecting fear-based politics and choosing pluralism.
In a cogent new piece, HfHR co-founder Raju Rajagopal breaks down what this moment means.
🔗 americankahani.com/perspectives...
In a cogent new piece, HfHR co-founder Raju Rajagopal breaks down what this moment means.
🔗 americankahani.com/perspectives...
Sunita & Vrinda represented HfHR at the unveiling of a statue of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar at Guru Ravidas Temple in Woodside, Queens.
A strong tribute to Ambedkar’s legacy & the ongoing fight for equality, dignity, & the annihilation of caste—across the diaspora and beyond.
Jai Bhim.
Jai Bhim. ✊🏽📚✨
A strong tribute to Ambedkar’s legacy & the ongoing fight for equality, dignity, & the annihilation of caste—across the diaspora and beyond.
Jai Bhim.
Jai Bhim. ✊🏽📚✨
December 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Sunita & Vrinda represented HfHR at the unveiling of a statue of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar at Guru Ravidas Temple in Woodside, Queens.
A strong tribute to Ambedkar’s legacy & the ongoing fight for equality, dignity, & the annihilation of caste—across the diaspora and beyond.
Jai Bhim.
Jai Bhim. ✊🏽📚✨
A strong tribute to Ambedkar’s legacy & the ongoing fight for equality, dignity, & the annihilation of caste—across the diaspora and beyond.
Jai Bhim.
Jai Bhim. ✊🏽📚✨
Singling out Afghan refugees after the D.C. shooting is immoral and dangerous.
Rolling back protections, ending pathways to safety, and stoking anti-Afghan hatred betrays decades of U.S. promises to people who already survived war and displacement.
www.hindusforhumanrights.org/en/blog/hind...
Rolling back protections, ending pathways to safety, and stoking anti-Afghan hatred betrays decades of U.S. promises to people who already survived war and displacement.
www.hindusforhumanrights.org/en/blog/hind...
Hindus for Human Rights Warns Against Politicizing D.C. Shooting to Target Afghan Americans<br/> — Hindus for Human Rights
Hindus for Human Rights (HfHR) condemns the Trump administration’s attacks on Afghan Americans in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard soldiers in Washington, DC. While we utterly reject…
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December 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Singling out Afghan refugees after the D.C. shooting is immoral and dangerous.
Rolling back protections, ending pathways to safety, and stoking anti-Afghan hatred betrays decades of U.S. promises to people who already survived war and displacement.
www.hindusforhumanrights.org/en/blog/hind...
Rolling back protections, ending pathways to safety, and stoking anti-Afghan hatred betrays decades of U.S. promises to people who already survived war and displacement.
www.hindusforhumanrights.org/en/blog/hind...
After 5+ years in UAPA jail, DU professor #HanyBabu steps out on bail. A democracy that cages scholars without trial is in deep crisis. Free the #BhimaKoregaon prisoners.
indianexpress.com/article/citi...
indianexpress.com/article/citi...
Bombay HC grants bail to Elgaar Parishad case accused Hany Babu, cites prolonged incarceration without trial
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) sought a stay on the operation of the Hany Babu bail order to appeal before the Supreme Court.
indianexpress.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
After 5+ years in UAPA jail, DU professor #HanyBabu steps out on bail. A democracy that cages scholars without trial is in deep crisis. Free the #BhimaKoregaon prisoners.
indianexpress.com/article/citi...
indianexpress.com/article/citi...
On the far side of Thanksgiving, this conversation with Nishant Upadhyay is essential.
How do South Asian communities fit into settler systems on Indigenous lands?
The South Asian Diaspora on Indigenous Lands
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How do South Asian communities fit into settler systems on Indigenous lands?
The South Asian Diaspora on Indigenous Lands
🔗 brownhistory.substack.com/p/ep-76-the-...
EP 76: The South Asian Diaspora on Indigenous Lands
We discuss how South Asian communities became part of the social, economic, and political systems built on Indigenous land, how race and caste shape our relationships with Indigenous peoples, and…
brownhistory.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
On the far side of Thanksgiving, this conversation with Nishant Upadhyay is essential.
How do South Asian communities fit into settler systems on Indigenous lands?
The South Asian Diaspora on Indigenous Lands
🔗 brownhistory.substack.com/p/ep-76-the-...
How do South Asian communities fit into settler systems on Indigenous lands?
The South Asian Diaspora on Indigenous Lands
🔗 brownhistory.substack.com/p/ep-76-the-...
Scapegoating Somali Americans is dangerous and unacceptable. We reject racism, Islamophobia, and fear-mongering in all forms.
Read our full statement: www.hindusforhumanrights.org/en/blog/hind...
Read our full statement: www.hindusforhumanrights.org/en/blog/hind...
December 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Scapegoating Somali Americans is dangerous and unacceptable. We reject racism, Islamophobia, and fear-mongering in all forms.
Read our full statement: www.hindusforhumanrights.org/en/blog/hind...
Read our full statement: www.hindusforhumanrights.org/en/blog/hind...
Pura Langgar in Bali is a Hindu temple with a langgar and even an ablution area for Muslim worshippers — a living reminder that Hindu–Islam harmony here is centuries old, woven into ritual and architecture: timesindonesia.co.id/english/5673...
Pura Langgar, a Living Trace of Hindu–Islam Harmony in Bali
Discover Pura Langgar in Bali, where Hindu and Muslim communities coexist in harmony. This sacred space reflects centuries of collaboration, tolerance, and shared traditions that continue to thrive…
timesindonesia.co.id
December 5, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Pura Langgar in Bali is a Hindu temple with a langgar and even an ablution area for Muslim worshippers — a living reminder that Hindu–Islam harmony here is centuries old, woven into ritual and architecture: timesindonesia.co.id/english/5673...
In Jammu, a Hindu family has donated land to the Muslim journalist whose house was demolished — a direct rebuke to the politics of fear and division. Communities keep choosing unity.
🔗 kashmirlife.net/hindu-family...
🔗 kashmirlife.net/hindu-family...
Hindu Family Donates Land to Muslim Journalist After JDA Demolition
SRINAGAR: A Hindu family from Jammu has gifted a five marla plot of land to a Muslim journalist whose house was demolished a day earlier by the Jammu Development Authority. Follow Us On G-Ne w s |…
kashmirlife.net
December 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
In Jammu, a Hindu family has donated land to the Muslim journalist whose house was demolished — a direct rebuke to the politics of fear and division. Communities keep choosing unity.
🔗 kashmirlife.net/hindu-family...
🔗 kashmirlife.net/hindu-family...
Two months after the arrest of Ladakhi climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, his wife Gitanjali J Angmo sits down with The Quint to discuss the emotions, trials, and tribulations of life following Sonam's arrest and the fight for his freedom.
Watch now:
Watch now:
December 4, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Two months after the arrest of Ladakhi climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, his wife Gitanjali J Angmo sits down with The Quint to discuss the emotions, trials, and tribulations of life following Sonam's arrest and the fight for his freedom.
Watch now:
Watch now:
Those who attack journalists must be named and held accountable. RSF’s 2025 “Press Freedom Predators” list is a chilling roll call of impunity: rsf.org/en/2025-pres...
2025 Press Freedom Predators
For International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, celebrated on 2 November, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is unveiling the profiles of 34 press freedom predators who attacked…
rsf.org
December 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Those who attack journalists must be named and held accountable. RSF’s 2025 “Press Freedom Predators” list is a chilling roll call of impunity: rsf.org/en/2025-pres...
Progressive International dives into the colonial roots behind India's current #Hindutva movement.
The discriminatory bias against Muslims that exists in the Hindu nationalist imagination today can be traced to colonial era prejudices used to divide and conquer.
Learn more:
The discriminatory bias against Muslims that exists in the Hindu nationalist imagination today can be traced to colonial era prejudices used to divide and conquer.
Learn more:
Hindu nationalism’s debt to colonialism
Hindu nationalism's ideology is built on a colonial-era history that falsely framed India's past as a perpetual Hindu-Muslim conflict, a distorted narrative now weaponised to fuel majoritarian…
buff.ly
December 3, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Progressive International dives into the colonial roots behind India's current #Hindutva movement.
The discriminatory bias against Muslims that exists in the Hindu nationalist imagination today can be traced to colonial era prejudices used to divide and conquer.
Learn more:
The discriminatory bias against Muslims that exists in the Hindu nationalist imagination today can be traced to colonial era prejudices used to divide and conquer.
Learn more:
Make a difference this #GivingTuesday! 💫
As anti-Indian and anti-South Asian hate continues to climb as an extension of the white nationalist project, we need your help now more than ever.
Your gift keeps us in the fight at this pivotal moment. 🕊️
Donate today at HindusforHumanRights.org/Donate
As anti-Indian and anti-South Asian hate continues to climb as an extension of the white nationalist project, we need your help now more than ever.
Your gift keeps us in the fight at this pivotal moment. 🕊️
Donate today at HindusforHumanRights.org/Donate
December 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Make a difference this #GivingTuesday! 💫
As anti-Indian and anti-South Asian hate continues to climb as an extension of the white nationalist project, we need your help now more than ever.
Your gift keeps us in the fight at this pivotal moment. 🕊️
Donate today at HindusforHumanRights.org/Donate
As anti-Indian and anti-South Asian hate continues to climb as an extension of the white nationalist project, we need your help now more than ever.
Your gift keeps us in the fight at this pivotal moment. 🕊️
Donate today at HindusforHumanRights.org/Donate
Two months after Sonam Wangchuk’s arrest, his wife Gitanjali J Angmo speaks out.
She exposes detention irregularities, fake videos, media trials & the machinery used to brand him “anti-national.”
A must-watch interview from @TheQuint: youtu.be/Msoen1GHwrw?...
She exposes detention irregularities, fake videos, media trials & the machinery used to brand him “anti-national.”
A must-watch interview from @TheQuint: youtu.be/Msoen1GHwrw?...
Sonam Wangchuk's Arrest: Wife Gitanjali Angmo Talks 2 Months of Court Battles, Trolls, Media Trials
Two months after climate activist Sonam Wangchuk’s arrest, his wife Gitanjali J Angmo breaks her silence in this powerful, emotional, and deeply personal interview. From locking horns with the…
youtu.be
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Two months after Sonam Wangchuk’s arrest, his wife Gitanjali J Angmo speaks out.
She exposes detention irregularities, fake videos, media trials & the machinery used to brand him “anti-national.”
A must-watch interview from @TheQuint: youtu.be/Msoen1GHwrw?...
She exposes detention irregularities, fake videos, media trials & the machinery used to brand him “anti-national.”
A must-watch interview from @TheQuint: youtu.be/Msoen1GHwrw?...
On #NativeAmericanHeritageDay, we honor the first peoples of this land—their cultures, sovereignty, and ongoing struggles for justice. As South Asians and Hindus in diaspora, we stand in solidarity with Indigenous nations and commit to learning, listening, and showing up.
November 28, 2025 at 6:51 AM
On #NativeAmericanHeritageDay, we honor the first peoples of this land—their cultures, sovereignty, and ongoing struggles for justice. As South Asians and Hindus in diaspora, we stand in solidarity with Indigenous nations and commit to learning, listening, and showing up.
A young Baloch man survives 10 days of torture, returns home, and dies within hours.
This is the brutal reality of enforced disappearances in Pakistan — a system that turns reunions into funerals.
Read this devastating report:
🔗 thewire.in/south-asia/w...
We stand with the families
This is the brutal reality of enforced disappearances in Pakistan — a system that turns reunions into funerals.
Read this devastating report:
🔗 thewire.in/south-asia/w...
We stand with the families
The Wire: The Wire News India, Latest News,News from India, Politics, External Affairs, Science, Economics, Gender and Culture
The Wire: The Wire News India, Latest News,News from India, Politics, External Affairs, Science, Economics, Gender and Culture
thewire.in
November 27, 2025 at 9:16 AM
A young Baloch man survives 10 days of torture, returns home, and dies within hours.
This is the brutal reality of enforced disappearances in Pakistan — a system that turns reunions into funerals.
Read this devastating report:
🔗 thewire.in/south-asia/w...
We stand with the families
This is the brutal reality of enforced disappearances in Pakistan — a system that turns reunions into funerals.
Read this devastating report:
🔗 thewire.in/south-asia/w...
We stand with the families
HfHR Art Auction is LIVE!
w original pieces by our brilliant 2026 calendar artists— looking to brighten a wall, start (or grow!) an art collection, or find a special gift, these one-of-a-kind works are meant to be lived with and talked about ...
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w original pieces by our brilliant 2026 calendar artists— looking to brighten a wall, start (or grow!) an art collection, or find a special gift, these one-of-a-kind works are meant to be lived with and talked about ...
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November 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
HfHR Art Auction is LIVE!
w original pieces by our brilliant 2026 calendar artists— looking to brighten a wall, start (or grow!) an art collection, or find a special gift, these one-of-a-kind works are meant to be lived with and talked about ...
www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
w original pieces by our brilliant 2026 calendar artists— looking to brighten a wall, start (or grow!) an art collection, or find a special gift, these one-of-a-kind works are meant to be lived with and talked about ...
www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
On Constitution Day, we remember that India’s strength lies not in majoritarian power, but in a shared commitment to justice and dignity for all.
Ambedkar’s vision isn’t fully realized, but it still guides us.
Let's stand for a secular, equal, and inclusive India — in law and in life.
Ambedkar’s vision isn’t fully realized, but it still guides us.
Let's stand for a secular, equal, and inclusive India — in law and in life.
November 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
On Constitution Day, we remember that India’s strength lies not in majoritarian power, but in a shared commitment to justice and dignity for all.
Ambedkar’s vision isn’t fully realized, but it still guides us.
Let's stand for a secular, equal, and inclusive India — in law and in life.
Ambedkar’s vision isn’t fully realized, but it still guides us.
Let's stand for a secular, equal, and inclusive India — in law and in life.
Join @HindusForHR for our ninth #BaithaksForLiberation workshop:
🌱 Connecting the Self, Nature & Divinity in Hinduism
with HfHR member Raju Rajan
Explore how Hindu traditions shape ecological care, responsibility, and liberation from suffering.
🗓 Nov 30 • 12PM ET
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🌱 Connecting the Self, Nature & Divinity in Hinduism
with HfHR member Raju Rajan
Explore how Hindu traditions shape ecological care, responsibility, and liberation from suffering.
🗓 Nov 30 • 12PM ET
🔗 tinyurl.com/NovemberBait...
November 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Join @HindusForHR for our ninth #BaithaksForLiberation workshop:
🌱 Connecting the Self, Nature & Divinity in Hinduism
with HfHR member Raju Rajan
Explore how Hindu traditions shape ecological care, responsibility, and liberation from suffering.
🗓 Nov 30 • 12PM ET
🔗 tinyurl.com/NovemberBait...
🌱 Connecting the Self, Nature & Divinity in Hinduism
with HfHR member Raju Rajan
Explore how Hindu traditions shape ecological care, responsibility, and liberation from suffering.
🗓 Nov 30 • 12PM ET
🔗 tinyurl.com/NovemberBait...
Help us push back on anti-Indian racism, anti-immigrant hate, Hindutva, and bigotry in all its forms—and build a fearless, progressive Hindu voice for justice in 2026. Donate today: www.hindusforhumanrights.org/donate
November 25, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Help us push back on anti-Indian racism, anti-immigrant hate, Hindutva, and bigotry in all its forms—and build a fearless, progressive Hindu voice for justice in 2026. Donate today: www.hindusforhumanrights.org/donate
Honored to join the Shri Shakti Mariammaa Temple anniversary in Ozone Park and share Know Your Rights cards with the community.
Gratitude, protection, and love for all who gather in this space. Om Shakti! 🔱
Gratitude, protection, and love for all who gather in this space. Om Shakti! 🔱
November 24, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Honored to join the Shri Shakti Mariammaa Temple anniversary in Ozone Park and share Know Your Rights cards with the community.
Gratitude, protection, and love for all who gather in this space. Om Shakti! 🔱
Gratitude, protection, and love for all who gather in this space. Om Shakti! 🔱
Today, on Transgender Day of Remembrance, we honor the trans and gender-expansive people whose lives were taken by hate, neglect, and systems built to deny their dignity.
We remember them not as statistics, but as whole human beings—loved, brilliant, fierce, and deserving of safety and joy.
We remember them not as statistics, but as whole human beings—loved, brilliant, fierce, and deserving of safety and joy.
November 20, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Today, on Transgender Day of Remembrance, we honor the trans and gender-expansive people whose lives were taken by hate, neglect, and systems built to deny their dignity.
We remember them not as statistics, but as whole human beings—loved, brilliant, fierce, and deserving of safety and joy.
We remember them not as statistics, but as whole human beings—loved, brilliant, fierce, and deserving of safety and joy.
Texas Gov. Abbott’s move to label @CAIRNational a “terrorist organization” is defamatory, lawless, and Islamophobic
We stand w CAIR and Muslim communities in Texas. Using state power to punish dissent is an attack on democracy and the First Amendment.
More from CAIR: www.cair.com/press_releas...
We stand w CAIR and Muslim communities in Texas. Using state power to punish dissent is an attack on democracy and the First Amendment.
More from CAIR: www.cair.com/press_releas...
www.cair.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Texas Gov. Abbott’s move to label @CAIRNational a “terrorist organization” is defamatory, lawless, and Islamophobic
We stand w CAIR and Muslim communities in Texas. Using state power to punish dissent is an attack on democracy and the First Amendment.
More from CAIR: www.cair.com/press_releas...
We stand w CAIR and Muslim communities in Texas. Using state power to punish dissent is an attack on democracy and the First Amendment.
More from CAIR: www.cair.com/press_releas...
For the sixth year in a row, USCIRF has recommended India be designated a “Country of Particular Concern” for systematic religious freedom violations – from CAA and “love jihad” laws to bulldozer demolitions and open hate speech by those in power. www.uscirf.gov/sites/defaul...
www.uscirf.gov
November 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
For the sixth year in a row, USCIRF has recommended India be designated a “Country of Particular Concern” for systematic religious freedom violations – from CAA and “love jihad” laws to bulldozer demolitions and open hate speech by those in power. www.uscirf.gov/sites/defaul...
Our Hindus for Human Rights Gala Auction is live!
Bid on stunning original works created by our 2026 calendar artists — and support a more just, inclusive future.
Every bid fuels our advocacy.
🎨🕊️ Start bidding now: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Bid on stunning original works created by our 2026 calendar artists — and support a more just, inclusive future.
Every bid fuels our advocacy.
🎨🕊️ Start bidding now: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Hindus For Human Rights Gala Auction
Welcome to our online fundraising auction for Hindus for Human Rights.Each item up for bid has been created by our amazing 2026 calendar artists and donated for auction today. By participating in our…
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November 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Our Hindus for Human Rights Gala Auction is live!
Bid on stunning original works created by our 2026 calendar artists — and support a more just, inclusive future.
Every bid fuels our advocacy.
🎨🕊️ Start bidding now: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Bid on stunning original works created by our 2026 calendar artists — and support a more just, inclusive future.
Every bid fuels our advocacy.
🎨🕊️ Start bidding now: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...