CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING: India’s Democratic Crisis
Indian American Muslim Council invites you to a CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING on India’s Democratic Crisis
The Briefing will cover Indian government’s state-sponsored ethnic cleansing of Bengali-origin Muslims in the state of Assam. Backed by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Hindu nationalist vigilante groups, authorities have bulldozed thousands of homes, displacing tens of thousands of people in just the last two months.
WHEN: Wednesday, August 20, 2025 | 12:00 Noon ET
WHERE: Virtual (Zoom)
REGISTER: Click here to register
SPEAKERS:
Manoj Jha, Member of Parliament, Rashtriya Janata Dal
Sanjay Hegde, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India
Ria Chakrabarty, Senior Policy Advisor, Hindus for Human Rights
Safa Ahmed, Associate Director, Indian American Muslim Council
The Briefing’s co-sponsors are:
Genocide Watch, Indian American Muslim Council, Hindus for Human Rights, New York State Council of Churches, The Religious Nationalism Project, World Without Genocide, The Humanism Project (Australia), South Asian Diaspora Action Collective (Canada), American Muslim Institution, Association of Indian Muslims of America (Washington DC), and Center for Pluralism
Date
- Aug 20 2025
Local Time
- Timezone: America/New_York
- Date: Aug 20 2025
