Right-wing Indian media is attacking an educator for expressing support for Palestinians.
Public displays of solidarity with Palestine often lead to Indian police targeting demonstrators. / Photo: Reuters
Shaikh is the latest victim of the online harassment led by Hindu nationalists linked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party . “My social media interactions, including tweets, likes and comments align with our nation’s constitutional principles of secularism and free speech, and they reflect India’s long standing support for the Palestinian cause,” Shaikh said in an
At the same time, India also chose to abstain from backing a UN resolution on October 27, 2023, which called for a"humanitarian truce" in Gaza.In 1947, India voted against the partition of Palestine at the United Nations General Assembly and it was the first non-Arab state to recognise the Palestinian Liberation Organization as the sole and legitimate representative of the Palestinian people in 1974.
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