{"id":190547,"date":"2025-12-17T21:14:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T16:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=190547"},"modified":"2025-12-17T21:14:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T16:14:07","slug":"amnesty-slams-bihar-cm-for-hijab-removal-calls-it-assault-on-muslim-doctors-dignity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/12\/17\/amnesty-slams-bihar-cm-for-hijab-removal-calls-it-assault-on-muslim-doctors-dignity.html","title":{"rendered":"Amnesty slams Bihar CM for Hijab removal, calls it assault on Muslim doctor&#8217;s dignity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-190548\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-17-211204.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-17-211204.png 740w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-17-211204-372x220.png 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/>New Delhi: Amnesty International has strongly condemned Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar\u2019s forcible removal of Muslim woman doctor Nusrat Parveen\u2019s hijab, describing it as a severe violation of her dignity, identity, and autonomy.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, Aakar Patel, Chair of Board at Amnesty International India, in a statement, said, \u201cThis act was an assault on this woman\u2019s dignity, autonomy, and identity. When a public official forcibly pulls down a woman\u2019s hijab, it sends a message to the general public that this behavior is acceptable. No one has the right to police a woman\u2019s faith or clothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/India-hijab-protest-1149x710.jpg\" \/>Patel further stressed, \u201cSuch actions deepen fear, normalize discrimination, and erode the very foundations of equality and freedom of religion. This violation demands unequivocal condemnation and accountability. Urgent steps must be taken to ensure that no woman is subjected to such degrading treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The incident, which occurred two days ago, has sparked widespread outrage, drawing condemnation from political leaders, civil society, and human rights advocates alike.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of the incident, a case has been filed against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for the forcible removal of the Muslim doctor\u2019s hijab during an official event. According to reports, the case was filed in Lucknow by Samajwadi Party leader Sumaiya Rana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: Amnesty International has strongly condemned Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar\u2019s forcible removal of Muslim woman doctor Nusrat Parveen\u2019s hijab, describing it as a severe violation of her dignity, identity, and autonomy. According to Kashmir Media Service, Aakar Patel, Chair of Board at Amnesty International India, in a statement, said, \u201cThis act was an &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":190548,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-17-211204.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190547"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":190550,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190547\/revisions\/190550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}