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Waquar Hasan

Waquar Hasan

Waquar Hasan is a Delhi-based journalist. He covers hate crimes and human rights abuses in India

In-depth: Israel has suspended work permits for Palestinians amid the war on Gaza, with workers from India being touted to fill the gap. Indian trade unions and opposition parties, however, have strongly criticised the plan.

20 November, 2023

Facebook and other social media platforms have long been an incubator for intolerance. But with India's Islamophobia crisis now reaching epidemic proportions, Meta's failure to prevent the spread of these pages is an increasing source of concern.

05 September, 2022

This weekend marks the 75th anniversary of Partition when India was divided in two. For one elderly Indian lady, the pain of not returning to her childhood home was immense, until she returned to Pakistan for the first time this year.

12 August, 2022

Hindu nationalists backed by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party are running worrying campaigns to convert historical mosques and monuments, including the Taj Mahal and Qutub Minar built by Muslim rulers in the medieval era in India, into temples.

15 June, 2022

In-depth: The surge of violence carried out during Hindu festivals is the latest in a long line of attacks against Muslims in India, who have become second class citizens under Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist rule.

26 April, 2022