By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 4, 2019: Thousands of Christians and Muslims are expected to join the national protest on March 12 in New Delhi demanding the Scheduled Caste (SC) status for their Dalit brethren. The National Council of Dalit Christians (NCDC) is organizing the protest from 10Continue Reading
Ignoring Government of India taking strong exception to a United Nations (UN) special rapporteur (SR) report on caste-based discrimination, the United States (US) State Department’s “India 2015 Human Rights Report” has gone ahead and noted “significant discrimination against Dalits in access to services, such as health care, education, temple attendance,Continue Reading
New Delhi: Christians and Muslims joined a silent rally in New Delhi on March 10 to protest what they said was the government’s continued refusal to include their Dalit brethren for reservation. “We are seeking the scrapping of Para 3 of the Constitution (Scheduled Caste) Order, 1950, which excludes DalitsContinue Reading
Pathanamthitta: The Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) office for Scheduled Caste/Backward Classes will stage a march in New Delhi on March 10 seeking SC status to Christians and Muslims of SC origin, according to Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Catholicos, Major Archbishop of Thiruvananthapuram, and CBCI president. In a letter issuedContinue Reading