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MPAC Delivers Testimony on Religious Freedom Violations at USCIRF Hearing

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On November 23, 2024 By MPAC

This week, our Vice President of Policy and Programming, Haris Tarin, testified before the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) about the egregious violations of religious freedom committed by non-state actors worldwide. In his testimony, Haris highlighted the alarming rise in transnational repression and the increasing collaboration…

A Call for Accountability: Redefining the US-India Relationship on the Basis of Human Rights

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On June 20, 2023 By MPAC

By: Noor Hasan, Isra Qadri, Sahir Muhammad, MPAC Policy Fellows Photo by MEAphotogallery on Flickr Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India — once proudly a pluralistic nation that now finds itself ethnically and religiously torn — is invited by President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Kevin…

Statement: The Modi Question, Democracy and Dissent in India

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On January 28, 2023 By nader

Washington, D.C. | www.mpac.org | January 28, 2023 — The Modi government’s blocking of BBC’s new documentary on the 2002 Anti-Muslim Gujarat Riots is another move in an increasingly troublesome pattern of stifling of dissent in India. The documentary, “India: The Modi Question,” revealed the previously undisclosed findings of a…