Articles by Sameer Yasir
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Amnesty International Shutters Offices in India, Citing Government Attacks
Sameer Yasir and Hari Kumar | The New York Times - TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Oct 2020
29 Sep 2020 – The human rights organization said today that it had ceased its operations in India and laid off its entire staff in response to a series of government reprisals including the freezing of its bank accounts. The actions, it says, are retaliations for criticizing the country’s human rights record.
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Gandhi’s Killer Evokes Admiration as Never Before
Sameer Yasir – The New York Times,
2 Mar 2020
4 Feb 2020 – As Hindu nationalism continues its march across India, a cult of personality is rising around Nathuram Godse, the Hindu extremist who killed Gandhi. “Our hero stopped Gandhi’s poison from spreading in this pure land,” Ms. Pandey, who runs the Meerut chapter of Hindu Mahasabha said. “If I was born before Godse, I would have shot Gandhi myself.”
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