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Coventina

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Thu Aug-13-09 01:36 PM
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India hit over religious violence

Source: BBC

A US congressional body has put India on a list of countries which have failed to protect its religious minorities adequately.

The US Commission on International Religious Freedom says India was added to the list because of a "disturbing increase" in religious violence.

It mentioned the anti-Christian and anti-Muslim riots in Orissa and Gujarat in 2008 and 2002 respectively.

India has not yet commented on its inclusion on the "watch list".

Other countries on the list include Afghanistan, Somalia and Cuba.

Leonard Leo, the chair of USCIRF, said that it was "extremely disappointing" that India has done "so little to protect and bring justice to its religious minorities under siege."

"India's democratic institutions charged with upholding the rule of law, most notably state and central judiciaries and police, have emerged as unwilling or unable to seek redress for victims of the violence," he said.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8198770.stm

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BOG PERSON

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Thu Aug-13-09 01:39 PM
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1. Can't wait for DU's Khaki Shorts Brigade to sweep in

and explain how Christian and Muslim Indians are creating unnecessary social tensions by merely existing.

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TheCoxwain

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Thu Aug-13-09 02:16 PM
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2. everyone needs apologists

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TheCoxwain

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Thu Aug-13-09 02:24 PM
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3. Why do so many India related stories get posted on the LBN forum...

Edited on Thu Aug-13-09 02:25 PM by TheCoxwain

I can understand if the story is of international importance -- lots of times folks just throw in some random local news

Admin - please start a new forum for India ....

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BOG PERSON

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Thu Aug-13-09 02:35 PM
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4. I don't think there are enough Asians here

or even people interested in Asian-related news (aside from your usual "Damn-Asians-underselling-us-with-their-labor-and-wares!" news) to justify a separate forum. It would probably just be full of obnoxious jingoists anyway.

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Coventina

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Thu Aug-13-09 02:51 PM
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5. The world's largest democracy is not of "international importance"?

The story is about a US Congressional report, BTW.

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TheCoxwain

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Thu Aug-13-09 02:53 PM
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6. I wasnt talking about your specific thread .. but was making a general observation

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Duppers

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Thu Aug-13-09 03:19 PM
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7. Mods, why has the R function been disabled on this thread?

Just curious.

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