{"id":58104,"date":"2025-07-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/2025\/07\/28\/rising-discrimination-against-muslims-in-india-mass-deportation-of-bengalis-exposes-serious-human-rights-violations\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T00:00:00","slug":"rising-discrimination-against-muslims-in-india-mass-deportation-of-bengalis-exposes-serious-human-rights-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/2025\/07\/28\/rising-discrimination-against-muslims-in-india-mass-deportation-of-bengalis-exposes-serious-human-rights-violations\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising Discrimination Against Muslims in India: Mass Deportation of Bengalis Exposes Serious Human Rights Violations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><b><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\ncolor:#EE0000\">Rising Discrimination Against Muslims in India: Mass Deportation<br \/>\nof Bengalis Exposes Serious Human Rights Violations<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">Human<br \/>\nRights Watch has revealed that Indian authorities have forcibly deported<br \/>\nhundreds of Bengali Muslims to Bangladesh in recent weeks, in a blatant<br \/>\nviolation of legal safeguards and due process, under the pretext of<br \/>\n&#8220;combating irregular migration<span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span>.&#8221;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">The<br \/>\norganization noted that among those deported were Indian citizens from states<br \/>\nbordering Bangladesh \u2014 a dangerous indicator of escalating religious and ethnic<br \/>\ndiscrimination against the Muslim community within India<span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span>.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">Since<br \/>\nMay 2025, the Indian government, led by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata<br \/>\nParty (BJP), has intensified mass expulsions, targeting in particular poor<br \/>\nBengali-speaking migrant workers<span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span>.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">Human<br \/>\nRights Watch documented harrowing testimonies from deportees who reported being<br \/>\nbeaten and threatened while in custody, and being forcibly pushed across the<br \/>\nborder \u2014 despite some of them presenting documents proving their Indian<br \/>\ncitizenship<span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span>.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">According<br \/>\nto reports from the Bangladeshi Border Guard, more than 1,500 men, women, and<br \/>\nchildren were expelled between May 7 and June 15, including around 100 Rohingya<br \/>\nrefugees \u2014 a clear violation of the principle of non-refoulement, which<br \/>\nprohibits returning individuals to places where they may face danger<span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span>.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">The<br \/>\norganization stated that authorities in the states of Assam, Uttar Pradesh,<br \/>\nMaharashtra, Gujarat, Odisha, and Rajasthan have carried out intensive<br \/>\ncampaigns targeting Bengali Muslims \u2014 most of them impoverished migrant workers<br \/>\n\u2014 and expelled them without thorough investigations into their legal status.<span lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">Human<br \/>\nrights groups have condemned the lack of transparency and the blatant violation<br \/>\nof both domestic and international human rights standards. They warned that<br \/>\nsuch measures legitimize discrimination and exclusion under security and<br \/>\npolitical pretenses, putting thousands of lives at risk and undermining India\u2019s<br \/>\nhistoric reputation as a protector of refugees and persecuted minorities.<span lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">Human<br \/>\nRights Watch and other advocacy groups have called on Indian authorities to<br \/>\nimmediately halt forced deportations and to ensure the right to appeal and<br \/>\naccess to legal protections, especially for the most vulnerable groups \u2014<br \/>\nincluding women, children, the elderly, and refugees.<span lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:150%\"><span lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">(<\/span><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">Source:<br \/>\nAgencies<span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\"><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span><span dir=\"RTL\"><\/span>)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"line-height: 150%; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><span lang=\"IN\" dir=\"LTR\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;\nline-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;mso-ansi-language:IN\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><span lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"font-size:1.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-ansi-language:IN\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"line-height: 150%; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><span lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:\n150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;mso-ansi-language:IN\">\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"line-height: 150%; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><b><span lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:\n150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;color:#EE0000;mso-ansi-language:IN\">* \u0644\u0644\u0627\u0637\u0644\u0627\u0639<br \/>\n\u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0631\u062c\u0645\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0627\u0645\u0644\u0629 \u0644\u0644\u062e\u0628\u0631 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0644\u063a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\nmso-ansi-language:IN\">\u060c \u0627\u0636\u063a\u0637 (<b><span style=\"color:#EE0000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/ar\/ContentDetails.aspx?ID=39763\" target=\"_blank\">\u0647\u0646\u0627<\/a><\/span><\/b>).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rising Discrimination Against Muslims in India: Mass Deportation of Bengalis Exposes Serious Human Rights Violations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":58558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[414],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-our-news-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}