PRESS RELEASE
RULE OF LAW IN INDIA IN SPOTLIGHT AT WORLD JUSTICE FORUM, 2025
4 July, 2025
At the World Justice Forum 2025 in Warsaw, Poland, ex-Supreme Court judge Madan B. Lokur—Chief of the UN’s Internal Justice Council—raised alarm over stalled appointments, selective inaction on corruption, and political interference in India’s judiciary. (Read the full statement)
JOINT STATEMENT
STATEMENT BY DIASPORA ORGANISATIONS ON THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE’S REVIEW OF INDIA
6 August, 2024
We welcome the findings of the Human Rights Committee (henceforth, Committee) following its long-awaited review of India. We note in particular the concerns of the Committee about discrimination and violence against religious minorities and marginalised groups, including Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Dalits and Adivasis. (Read the full statement)
JOINT STATEMENT
STATEMENT BY DIASPORA ORGANISATIONS ON THE INDIAN ELECTION RESULTS AND BEYOND
17 June, 2024
While we celebrate the possibility of the opening up of public space, freedom of speech, and an active Opposition, we are also aware and concerned that despite losing its majority, the BJP remains in power supported by its NDA allies. The signs of the shape of things to come are already ominous. (Read the full statement)
JOINT STATEMENT
THE RAM TEMPLE INAUGURATION SETS A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT FOR MINORITIES IN INDIA
22 January, 2024
We are extremely concerned about the dangerous precedent set by the inauguration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to mark the beginning of India’s general elections, taking place in April – May 2024. (Read the full statement)
PRESS RELEASE
A Rise in Hate in India
19 DECEMBER, 2023
In an annual review of human rights violations against minorities in India, SAJC has found disturbing evidence of increased anti-minority rhetoric, discrimination and acts of violence instigated by members of the ruling party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). (Read the full statement)
PRESS RELEASE
HALT HATE SPEECH AND HATE CRIMES AGAINST MINORITIES IN INDIA
16 NOVEMBER, 2023
The government of India must take immediate steps to address hate speech and hate crimes against religious minorities and other vulnerable groups in the country, the South Asia Justice Campaign (SAJC) said today. (Read the full statement)
PUBLIC STATEMENT
SAJC WELCOMES UN EXPERTS’ STATEMENT ON MANIPUR
8 september, 2023
India must defend the human rights of minorities in the country. We welcome the statement by 15 UN Experts expressing alarm at the continuing human rights abuses in Manipur state in northeastern India, and the “inadequate humanitarian response” by the government to end the community conflicts underway there. (Read the full statement)