{"id":196423,"date":"2026-03-10T10:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T05:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=196423"},"modified":"2026-03-10T13:28:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T08:28:01","slug":"muslims-face-persecution-in-assam-uttar-pradesh-amid-regime-of-impunity-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/03\/10\/muslims-face-persecution-in-assam-uttar-pradesh-amid-regime-of-impunity-in-india.html","title":{"rendered":"Muslims face persecution in Assam &#038; Uttar Pradesh amid regime of impunity in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-189113\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/11\/muslims-live-matter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/11\/muslims-live-matter.jpg 976w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/11\/muslims-live-matter-390x220.jpg 390w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/11\/muslims-live-matter-780x439.jpg 780w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/11\/muslims-live-matter-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 976px) 100vw, 976px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>London: A forthcoming report by the Transnational Law Clinic at King\u2019s College London alleges widespread persecution of Muslims in BJP-governed states of Uttar Pradesh and Assam, India.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, the report, prepared by a Panel of Independent International Experts, highlights crimes against humanity, including police &#8220;encounter killings&#8221;, arbitrary detentions, and discriminatory laws targeting Muslims.<\/p>\n<p>In Uttar Pradesh, at least six Muslims were killed in police encounters in 2025 alone. The report also documents &#8220;bulldozer justice&#8221;, where Muslim homes and businesses are demolished, despite being declared unconstitutional by India&#8217;s Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>In Assam, the National Register of Citizens process may leave up to two million Bengali-speaking Muslims at risk of losing citizenship. The report links alleged war crimes to large-scale forced evictions, with eight Muslims shot dead by state actors since 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The report cites a 74% rise in hate speech incidents in 2024, with 1,165 cases, 98.5% targeting Muslims. The US Commission on International Religious Freedom recommends India be designated a &#8220;Country of Particular Concern&#8221; for six consecutive years.<\/p>\n<p>The report references international laws, including the ICCPR, CAT, ICERD, and Rome Statute, calling for an independent UN investigation. India&#8217;s government has rejected such proposals, raising concerns about its democratic credibility and rising Islamophobia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London: A forthcoming report by the Transnational Law Clinic at King\u2019s College London alleges widespread persecution of Muslims in BJP-governed states of Uttar Pradesh and Assam, India. According to Kashmir Media Service, the report, prepared by a Panel of Independent International Experts, highlights crimes against humanity, including police &#8220;encounter killings&#8221;, arbitrary detentions, and discriminatory laws &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":189113,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196423","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\/11\/muslims-live-matter.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196423","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=196423"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":196437,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196423\/revisions\/196437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}