UN body raises alarm over alleged racial discrimination against Bengali-speaking Muslims in Assam

Post-Pahalgam crackdown raises alarming questions about targeting of Muslims in India

By Syed Khalique Ahmed NEW DELHI: The terror attack in Pahalgam, which claimed the lives of 26 innocent tourists and shocked the nation, provoked a series of actions targeting the Muslim community and their institutions in BJP-ruled states.  While the armed forces hit terror targets inside Pakistan, actions of some of the state governments during […]

UN body raises alarm over alleged racial discrimination against Bengali-speaking Muslims in Assam

A Bengali ethnic man languishing in Tezpur Central Jail after being declared a ‘foreigner’. (Assam, 2018) Photo: Shaheen Abdulla/Maktoob The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has formally raised concerns with India regarding allegations of racial discrimination against Bengali-speaking Muslims in Assam. In a letter dated May 12, 2025, addressed to India’s Ambassador to the UN Office in Geneva, the Commit…