BY BENJAMIN OMOIKE WITH AGENCY REPORTS An Indian court on Thursday acquitted 69 Hindus, including a former minister from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), of the murder of 11 Muslims during communal riots in the western state of Gujarat in 2002. The killings occurred in Ahmedabad on
An Indian court on Friday ordered a state government to explain why police interrogated children who performed a play critical of a new law. A lawyer said, in a case that has raised questions about freedom of speech. Parliament in December passed a law, championed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Hindu-nationalist party, aimed at […]