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On Friday, a US Congressional delegation visited some of the sites of major carnage during the Gujarat pogroms against Muslims in early 2002: The four-member US delegation — led by Joseph Pitts, vice-chairman of the Congress sub-committee on terrorism, rights and non-proliferation — also visited the massacre site in the Gulbarg Society where former MP […]

Bilkis Yakub Rasool told the Gujarat police that, during the Gujarat pogroms of 2002, she and her three-sisters were gang-raped, and over 13 family members—including her daughter, two sisters, mother, and two brothers—were murdered.  Despite a forensic report that confirmed rape, the Gujarat police closed her case.  Bilkis appealed to the Supreme Court who directed […]

Yesterday’s Indian Express carried a story about the conviction of one man for his role in the murder and attack on a Muslim couple during the Gujarat pogroms against Muslims.  The article briefly touches on how all of the witnesses turned hostile, but the existence of a forensic report led to the conviction of one […]

The Confederation of Human Rights Organisations has issued a press release detailing threats it has received because of its role in organizing a panel on peace in Kashmir for the upcoming World Social Forum (Bombay).  The panel, titled “Moving Towards Peace in Kashmir,” will feature speakers such as Ved Bhasin, Human Rights Activist and Chairman […]

The Sunday Express reports that the team investigating the Godhra fire of late February 2002, that preceded the massacre of Muslims in Gujarat, told the special POTA court that it had named the wrong person as an accused.  The investigation team moved the court to change the name of the accused.  The court, however, rejected […]

Zubair Ahmed of BBC speaks to orphans of the Gujarat pogroms, describing their ambitions, their education, and the deep psychological scars that persist.  The children are currently enrolled at a special school where they can continue their education while also undergo rehabilitation: The organisers of the school, run by the non-governmental organisation the Royal Education […]

The Telegraph reports today about the completed report of the Asian Centre for Human Rights on education in India for the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.  The alternate report discusses the promotion of hatred against minority religious communities  through history textbooks, focusing on textbooks prepared by both the Gujarat State Board and […]

The Telegraph reported yesterday on a forensic documentary that demonstrated that the fire on the Sabarmati Express at Godhra, on February 25, 2002, was not a conspiracy, as alleged by the BJP in its justifications of the subsequent carnage against Muslims.  Dr V. Sehgal, former director, Central Forensic Science Laboratory, and a member of Interpol, […]

Following a pattern of dismissal similar to the cases against the perpetrators of the 1984 pogroms against the Sikhs, the Gujarat High Court has dismissed the case against the accused in the Best Bakery case: The accused in the Best Bakery case have reason to rejoice again. The Gujarat High Court has dismissed a reluctant […]

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