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Longwood faculty member is again principal author of Hindu American Foundation’s annual human rights report

By HRDI Admin February 21, 2012Documents

Dr. Ramesh Rao, professor and chair of the Department of Communication Studies and Theatre, was the principal author of the Hindu American Foundation's annual human rights report, the sixth time…

Quetta’s (Pakistan) Hindus demand govt to protect them from kidnappers, killers & persecutors

By HRDI Admin February 21, 2012Latest News, Pakistan

Hindu Sit-in outside Baloch Assembly against Hindu trader’s killing, ransom, torture. QUETTA, 23rd December, 2011 : Members of the Hindu community staged a protest demonstration in front of the Balochistan…

Hindus abandoned in Malaysia, Nepal, India and elsewhere

By HRDI Admin February 21, 2012Articles

They were fiercely angry and threw the slaughtered cow’s head at the temple gate to underline the seriousness of their threat — no temple in this locality. The leader of…

The Persistence of Caste and Anti-Caste Resistance in India and the Diaspora

By HRDI Admin February 21, 2012Articles, India2 Comments

Introduction There is currently a popularization of South Asian culture in the West. The "dot head" or bindi is no longer a mark of gender subordination and ethnic backwardness, but…

‘Hindus most discriminated in Pak, Bangladesh’

By HRDI Admin February 21, 2012Bangladesh, Latest News, Pakistan

An American Congressman has slammed the alleged ethnic cleansing of Hindus in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Bhutan and said that Hindus have been discriminated much more than any other ethnic group…

Hindu Human Rights Report

By HRDI Admin February 21, 2012Bangladesh, Documents, India, Pakistan1 Comment

The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) has released its first annual report on the status of Hindu human rights in Bangladesh, Pakistan and the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. Entitled…

Ensure Equal Rights for Minority Women in Pakistan

By HRDI Admin February 21, 2012Articles, Pakistan

Why This Is Important Article 16 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights promises all people, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, the right to marry and…

The Decline of the Hindu Population in Bangladesh

By HRDI Admin February 21, 2012Bangladesh, Documents

At the time of Partition in 1947, the Hindu population, in what is now Bangladesh, was about 31%.4 By 1961, Hindus comprised 19% of the population. By 1974, the Hindu…

People’s Republic of Bangladesh

By HRDI Admin February 21, 2012Bangladesh, Documents

Bangladesh was created after the India-Pakistan War of 1971, a conflict—elaborated in this report—that was preceded by the massacre of an estimated two million East Pakistani citizens and the ethnic…

Hindus human rights violations

By HRDI Admin February 21, 2012Documents, India

Hindus constitute an important minority in a number of countries around the world. These communities, especially in South Asia, have experienced a tumultuous history, often suffering severe human rights violations.…