Hindus for Human Rights in the Press

2026 Press Mentions

Fighting the Growing Tide of Hindutva in the US: Sunita Viswanath on VIGILANT Episode 2 | The Quint

Hindutva in America: A Threat to Equality & Religious Pluralism with Vivek Kembaiyan, Western Regional Organizer for Hindus for Human Rights

The Wire Talks podcast on ICE, Immigration, and Indian Americans with Sravya Tadepalli, Deputy Executive Director

Malaysian Reserve, Interfaith America Works to Promote Free, Fair and Peaceful Elections, April 18th, 2026

Yahoo Finance, Interfaith America Works to Promote Free, Fair and Peaceful Elections, April 17th, 2026

Morningstar, Interfaith America Works to Promote Free, Fair and Peaceful Elections, April 17th, 2026

Baptist News Global, Dan Patrick says separation of church and state is a lie, April 15th, 2026

Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, Tlaib Leads Lawmakers Demanding Trump Administration Redesignate and Extend TPS for Yemen, April 14th, 2026

Christian Post, Trump's Religious Liberty Commission gathers for final hearing: 'No such thing as separation of church and state', April 14th, 2026

NRI Affairs, Religious and secular groups take Trump to court, April 12th, 2026

The American Bazaar, Montgomery County library cancels Hindi book event amid controversy over VHPA link, April 12th, 2026

Bethesda Today, After backlash, MoCo cancels library event with controversial Hindu group, April 11th, 2026

New India Abroad, Community groups call to cancel Hindi Germantown library event over VHPA, April 9th, 2026

People’s World, Religious and secular groups take Trump to court, April 9th, 2026

NRI Affairs, Workers who built New Jersey’s largest Hindu temple allege lung disease as rights groups demand accountability, April 5th, 2026

Baptist News Global, Coalition wants to block Religious Liberty Commission report, April 3rd, 2026

NRI Affairs, Holi in an unholy time: Reverend Manas Ghosh calls for compassion, courage and justice in moving interfaith address, March 31st, 2026

Christian Daily International, U.S. panel calls for sanctions on Hindu nationalist group in India, March 30th, 2026

Religion News Service, Faith leaders' activism shows organized religion can still be a force for good, March 27th, 2026

The New Feminist, India’s new changes to transgender laws threaten the community and its safety, March 27th, 2026

The Goan Everyday, The intolerance of others... and ours, March 25th, 2026

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CounterCurrents, India: Freedom of Religion undermined by Sectarian Politics, March 21st, 2026

Counterview, Concerns over minority rights in India resurface after USCIRF report, March 20th, 2026

NJ Spotlight News, NJ Desis take action against ICE raids, March 20th, 2026

NewsClick, Freedom of Religion Undermined by Sectarian Politics in India, March 19th, 2026

IndianLink, Multifaith Holi: MOSAIC by Hindus for Human Rights Aus & NZ, March 19th, 2026

NRI Affairs, USCIRF urges sanctions, CPC designation for India amid “deteriorating” religious freedom conditions, March 17th, 2026

Freedom House, Request to Mark Up the Transnational Repression Policy Act, March 16th, 2026

Sabrang, USCIRF’s Call for Sanctions on the RSS Is a Major Moral and Political Marker, March 16th, 2026

Muslim Network, Hindus for Human Rights backs USCIRF call for sanctions on RSS, calls it a turning point, March 15th, 2026

CounterCurrents, SIR to be rejected: Civilisational tradition of this land to be respected, March 15th, 2026

American Kahani, Raja Krishnamoorthi Leads Tight Illinois Senate Primary Amid Fundraising Controversies and Hindu Nationalist Ties, March 10th, 2026

News India Times, Two Indian Americans among Vote is Sacred Fellows 2026, March 1st, 2026

KPFA 94.1, The KPFA Evening News (Saturday), February 28, 2026

Leicester Gazette, Here’s what the inquiry into the 2022 Leicester unrest tells us, February 27th, 2026

Union Theological Seminary, Announcing Samadarshini: A Project for Justice, Dignity, and Radical Inclusion, February 26th, 2026

Interfaith America, Announcing the 2026 Vote is Sacred Fellows, February 25th, 2026

The Friday Times, Beyond Model Minority: How Southasians Are Resisting The Far-Right In The US And UK, February 25th, 2026

Madhyamam Online, US Hindutva leader ridiculing India’s ineptitude appears to assume Indndian Link to Overseas Killing, February 25th, 2025

The Wire, Nikhil Gupta Guilty Plea: Right-Wing Hindu American Foundation Mocks India’s Intelligence Agencies, Condemned, February 25th, 2026

Bay Area Reporter, LGBTQ Agenda: LGBTQ-friendly, right-wing religious groups at odds over anti-gay marriage campaign, Trump commission, February 24th, 2026

The Indian Eye, NYC Announces 12 Community Project Grant Winners to Combat Hate and Bias at Grass-Roots Level, February 23rd, 2026

Scroll India, Probe links of Indian officials, say Indian-American groups after guilty plea in Pannun murder plot, February 23rd, 2026

Counterview, Hindu diaspora group joins multifaith lawsuit, challenges the Trump-Vance religious panel, February 21st, 2026

International Federation for Human Rights, India: The international community must call for the immediate release of Umar Khalid, February 19th, 2026

Staten Island Live, Pride Center of Staten Island receives NYC grant to combat hate, February 19th, 2026

The Wild Hunt, Lawsuit Challenges Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission Over Alleged Legal Violations and ‘Judeo-Christian’ Focus, February 18th, 2026

Andalou Agency, US Religious Liberty Commission member removed for questioning if Israel criticism is antisemitism, February 18th, 2026

Religion News Service, 'We’re praying with our feet': a year of pro-democracy prayer vigils in New York, February 16th, 2026

Kashmir Media Service, Missing Indian student found dead in US, consulate confirms, February 15th, 2026

Religion News Service, Faith in Action: Bishop Dwayne Royster's Call to Justice, February 14th, 2026

Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, Religious Freedom for Some, February 12th, 2026

A Public Witness, White House Commission Caught in Ugly Dispute Over Antisemitism, February 12th, 2026

Charisma, Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission Sued for Aligning with Christian Values, February 12th, 2026

Religion News Service, Fetzer Institute launches $9 million cross-sector initiative to advance spiritually grounded transformation, February 12th, 2026

Friendly Atheist, Trump's "Religious Liberty Commission" just got sued for its pro-Christian bias, February 11th, 2026

The Christian Post, Trump's Religious Liberty Commission sued by interfaith coalition alleging bias toward Christianity, February 10th, 2026

Center for Law and Social Policy, 430+ Organizations Call on Congress to Pass Meaningful Protections for Families, including Sensitive Locations, February 10th, 2026

AsAm News, Sikhs, Muslims, & Hindus sue Trump over religious commission, February 9th, 2026

USA Today, Trump's Religious Liberty Commission sued over lack of diversity, February 9th, 2026

Democracy Forward, Diverse Faiths Leaders, Groups Unite to Challenge Administration’s Biased So-Called “Religious Liberty Commission” , February 9th, 2026

Interfaith America, ICE Raids Reignite Rituals of Resistance in Minneapolis, February 9th, 2026

Abna 24, UK Hindu Council’s Stance on Islamophobia Definition Draws Accusations of Anti-Muslim Rhetoric, February 8th, 2026

Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, Tlaib Introduces Resolution to Defend the Fourteenth Amendment, February 4th, 2026

The Mooknayak, 'From the Shadows to the Stars': New York Hosts Landmark Anti-Caste Tribute to Rohith Vemula, February 3rd, 2026

Religion News Service, Garrett Seminary launches bold new platform for theological education, February 3rd, 2026

The Wire, India, Globally: Violence Against Minorities, the Rights of the Poor, February 3rd, 2026

Middle East Monitor, London: Tower Hamlets faith communities stop UKIP again, January 30th, 2026

Religion News Service, Photo essay: Clergy demonstrate against ICE in Minneapolis, January 26th, 2026

AMNY, March for Minnesota: Thousands of NYC protesters demand end to ICE operations in Minneapolis and across America, January 24th, 2026

Religion Dispatches, Our Lady of the Upside Down, January 20th, 2026

The Wire, The Problems With Being Indian in the US, January 14th, 2026

FORSEA, Rejecting Hindu Council UK’s “Warning” to the Government about Islamophobia, January 13th, 2026

NRI Affairs, Sovereignty at Stake: Indian Diaspora Groups Slam US ‘Abduction’ of Maduro, January 9th, 2026

Religion News Service, Outside White House, faith leaders mourn Renee Good, call for accountability, January 9th, 2026

Money Control, 11 Hindus killed in 35 days: Understanding the disturbing pattern Bangladesh claims does not exist, January 6th, 2026

Deccan Chronicle, Bangladesh Sees Rising Mob Violence Amid Attacks on Hindu Minority, January 6th, 2026

2025 Press Mentions

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Addressing Islamophobia & Hindutva in the UK | Rajiv Sinha, Director of HfHR UK, on BBC

Hindutva in Diaspora, Scroll India, ft. Hindus for Human Rights Executive Director Sunita Viswanath and Director of Advocacy and Organizing Pranay Somayajula

2024 Press Mentions

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Cornel West speaking about caste, Hindus for Human Rights, and Gandhi on the Katie Halper show, March 6th, 2024


2023 Press Mentions

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HfHR Deputy Executive Director Nikhil Mandalaparthy interviewed by Karan Thapar for The Wire, April 27, 2023


2022 Press Mentions

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HfHR Cofounder and Executive Director Sunita Viswanath interviewed by Karan Thapar for The Wire, February 19, 2022

HfHR Cofounder and Executive Director Sunita Viswanath on TheWire.In, February 4, 2022


2021 Press Mentions

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HfHR among the 75 signers of this letter in the New York Times, February 16, 2021

HfHR Cofounder and Executive Director Sunita Viswanath on the Medhi Hasan Show, July 15, 2021


2020 Press Mentions

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On 12/21/20, HfHR’s Vijay and Sunita participated in a program on IslamChannel.tv called, “Islamophobia in India.”

Based on press conference on Dec 10, 2020 organized by HfHR, IAMC and AIUSA. Video and photos furnished by HfHR

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2019 Press Mentions

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Sunita is featured in this video from the Howdy Modi rally in Houston published by TheWire.IN

Sunita Viswanath Interviewed by The Hindu at the UNGA Modi Protest on Sep 27, 2019