Worldwide media coverage of the Dawood Family and events in Gujarat
Hope of justice for Gujarat riot victims
The Supreme Court's order on the establishment of a Special Investigating Team to probe Gujarat riot cases is a step in the right direction.
The Gulf Times 2/04/2008
[local copy]
Are India's lower courts failing to deliver justice?
The outbreak of 2002 continues to return to the headlines to haunt Narendra Modi.
Thaindian News 29/3/2008
[local copy]
India Orders New Inquiry Into 2002 Clashes
The Indian Supreme Court has ordered fresh investigations into several high-profile cases of Hindu-Muslim violence in 2002 in Gujarat State.
The New York Times 27/03/2008
[local copy]
Probe afresh 14 Gujarat cases: court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said a five-member special investigation team (SIT) would conduct a fresh probe or further investigations into 14 post-Godhra communal riots cases to enable a free and fair trial.
The Hindu 26/3/2008
[local copy]
Indian court orders fresh probe into Gujarat riots
The Supreme Court ordered a fresh probe on Tuesday into one of India's bloodiest Hindu-Muslim riots in 2002.
Reuters 25/3/2008
[local copy]
A Gujarati Perspective
"To understand why Modi is so popular in Gujarat, it helps to be a Gujarati."
Hindustani Times 26/01/2008
[local copy]
Court convicts 12 in Gujarat riots case
A court convicted 12 Hindu men on Friday in connection with the gang-rape of a pregnant Muslim woman and the murder of her family in a trial seen as key to winning justice for victims of one of India's worst religious riots.
Reuters India 18/01/2008
[local copy]
Rampant tourist murders in India
Are certain parts of India more receptive to Muslims tourists than others?
eTurboNews 29/05/07
[local copy]
Murder of British Tourists in India: Early Day Motion
Black Information Link 25/5/2007
[local copy]
News from the Dawood Campaign
Awaaz 15/05/2007
[local copy]
Dawood Family calls on Indians to 'Do the Right Thing' 18/05/2007
Full press release [pdf]
Full text of the Early Day Motion [parliament website]
Family's five year battle for justice
Batley News 01/02/2007
[local copy]
Family's heartbreak quest for justice
Batley News 01/02/2007
[local copy]
Plea for transfer of suits against Narendra Modi turned down
Court says it cannot assume that petitioners will not get justice in Gujarat.
The Hindu, 09/01/2007
[local copy]
SC declines to transfer cases outside Gujarat
The Supreme Court has declined to transfer three civil suits outside Gujarat.
indlaw.com, 08/01/2007
[local copy]
Former MP’s widow wants action against Gujarat CM
Widow of former MP Ehsan Jaffrey, killed in Gujarat’s sectarian riots of 2002, files a police complaint against Modi.
Gulf Times, 9/7/2006
[local copy]
Ex-MP's widow seeks action against Modi
summary
Monsters and Critics, 8/7/2006
[local copy]
Gujarat on fire again
Baroda has witnessed riots on a scale reminiscent of the Gujarat carnage in 2002.
Milli Gazette, 18/5/2006
[local copy]
'Mass grave' unearthed in Gujarat
Remains of what are said to be Muslim victims of 2002's religious riots are found in Gujarat.
BBC, 27/12/2005
[local copy]
61,000 persons still missing in Gujarat
Three years after the massacre of humanity about 61,000 persons are still missing in the state, most of whom are people belonging to the minority community.
Milli Gazette Online, 16/5/2005
[local copy]
Move On And Get Modi Tried
The formation of the 'Coalition against Genocide' and efforts in Britain have brought back into focus the anti-human weltanshaaung of the communal fascists in general and Narendra Modi in particular.
Countercurrents.org, 1/4/2005
[local copy]
Calls for Modi's resignation
Patna Daily
Nitish Suggests Removal of Modi as Gujarat Chief Minister 25/04/2005
People's Democracy
Prominent Personalities Demand Dismissal Of Modi 24/04/2005
The Times of India
Yet another jolt for Modi 24/04/2005
The Telegraph, Calcutta
Cop claims Modi diary was official 23/04/2005
Modi cancels UK visit
The Telegraph of India
Modi security cover leaks 27/03/2005
Sify.com
Modi cancelled trip after specific threat to his life 26/03/2005
Mangalorean.com This time Modi's 36 hrs in UK can be stormy 23/03/2005
BBC Gujarat leader calls off UK visit 25/03/2005
FT.com UK feels heat over Gujarat leader's visit 22/03/2005
Modi Denied US Visa
BBC US stands by India visa decision 21/03/2005
Sify.com Narendra Modi denied visa to visit US 18/03/2005
Hindustan Times US Congressmen commended for anti-Modi resolution 17/03/2005
Family's Fight For Justice Goes To The Top
The relatives of two Batley men believed to have been murdered during religious riots in Gujarat have taken their fight for justice to the Home Office.
Batley Today 03/03/2005
Remembering The Gujarat Genocide
Victims of post-Godhra riots have waited three years for truth to prevail.
Countercurrents.org, 1/3/2005
[local copy]
Godhra train fire enquiry
Keralanext.com
India, Panel says Godhra train fire accidental 18/01/2005
[local copy]
BBC
Gujarat train fire: The elusive truth 18/01/2005
[local copy]
rediff.com
Godhra train fire accidental: Report 17/01/2005
[local copy]
Best Bakery Case
The Times of India
Zaheera took Rs 18 lakh to flip-flop 22/12/2004
[local copy]
BBC
Key Gujarat witness 'saw nothing' 21/12/2004
[local copy]
Khaleej
Times
Key prosecution witness in Gujarat massacre trial retracts statements 21/12/2004
[local
copy]
Court orders Gujarat riot review
India's Supreme Court has ordered police in the state of Gujarat to review some 2,000 riot cases which were earlier dismissed as closed.
BBC 17/08/2004
[local
copy]
Modi sued for 5 million dollars
Web India 123
24/06/2004
[local copy]
Yahoo India
24/06/2004
[local copy]
Dawood Family file civil suit in Indian courts
Daily Telegraph
Murdered Britons' families seek damages, 07/05/2004
[local copy]
Navhind Times
Post-Godhra riots: Summons issued to Modi, 13 others, 07/05/2004
[local copy]
BBC
Court seeks response to riot suit, 6/5/2004
[local copy]
The Guardian
Family challenges Indian state over murders by mob, 6/5/2004
[local copy]
newindpress
NRIs demand Rs 22 crore compensation from Modi, 1/5/2004
[local copy]
The Hindu
Suit against Modi, 1/5/2004
[local copy]
The Times of India
NRIs seek Rs 22-cr damages, 1/5/2004
[local copy]
scotsman.com
Widows of UK Muslims Killed in Riot Launch £2.88M Lawsuit, 1/5/2004
[local copy]
Complete collusion between accused & prosecution in Gujarat riots
In the severest indictment of the justice system in the Gujarat riot cases so far, Chief Justice of India V N Khare said that there was 'complete collusion' between the accused and those whose job it was to get them justice.
The Indian Express 02/05/2004 [local
copy]
Gujarat murder mob suspects to face retrial
Leaders condemned for failing to stem bloodshed
The Guardian 14/4/2004 [local
copy]
Full text of judgement (pdf)
'In Bad Faith' - British Charity & Hindu Extremism
Violent hate politics against Muslim and Christian minorities has grown massively in India in recent years. The organization at the core of hate-driven 'Hindutva' activities is the extremist, paramilitary, Fascist-inspired Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)
Awaaz: South Asia Watch
Gujarat – Denial of Justice for Victims
On the second anniversary of the massacres in Gujarat, Amnesty International expresses its solidarity with all the victims of the Godhra and post-Godhra violence and with their families.
Amnesty International 26/2/2004 [local
copy]
Bilal's return to Gujarat
BBC Radio 4's Crossing Continents accompanied Bilal Dawood as he returned
to Gujarat to revisit the crime scene
BBC, 18/12/2003 [local copy]
Listen to the program (mp3, 28 mins, 1.59MB)
SC notice to Gujarat on death of British nationals
The Supreme Court on Friday
issued notice to the Gujarat government and the Centre on a petition alleging
shoddy investigation into killings of three British
nationals by a mob during the post-Godhra riots
rediff.com, 19/12/2003 [local
copy]
Jesuit Priest: Situation in Gujarat now worse than it was in 2002
Inter communal relations in the western Indian state of Gujarat are "worse' than they were in March 2002, Jesuit priest Father Cedric Prakash of Ahmedabad told a meeting in London.
The Milli Gazette, November 2003
[local copy only: PDF (83KB)]
Abuse of the law in Gujarat: Muslims detained illegally in Ahmedabad
Well-founded reports of the use of arbitrary and illegal detention by Crime Branch police in Ahmedabad in the past year.
Amnesty International 6/11/2003 [local
copy]
Justice in Gujarat
Eighteen months after communal violence in the Indian state of Gujarat left
up to 2,000 people - mostly Muslims - dead, the state government seems unable
to provide justice for the victims.
Channel 4 News 6/10/2003 [local
copy]
Protests meet Narendra Modi on his visit to Britain
The Guardian UK Muslim groups plan protests over Modi visit 15/08/2003
The
Guardian He is blamed for the death of 2,000 Muslims in India. So why
is Narendra Modi in Wembley? [local
copy]
BBC Indian minister
to face protests [local
copy]
The Times of India UK rights group seeks Modi's arrest [local
copy]
A confused community burdened with irresponsible leaders
London: The meeting of three Indian Muslims with Chief Minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi, in London has sparked controversy among Indian Muslims in the UK.
The Milli Gazette, July 2003
[local copy only: PDF (3MB)]
Protect Gujarat Activists Now
The Indian government must protect three activists harassed and intimidated for their efforts to protect witnesses to last year's massacres in Gujarat.
Human Rights Watch 5/09/2003 [local
copy]
Court raps Gujarat over riot case
India's Supreme Court has strongly censured the government in Gujarat state
for its handling of a controversial riot case.
BBC News [local
copy]
India: Gujarat Massacre Cases Sabotaged
The ringleaders of massacres committed in 2002 are still roaming free in Gujarat, Human Rights Watch charges in a new 70-page report, Compounding Injustice: The Government's Failure to Redress Massacres in Gujarat. The report examines the record of state authorities in holding perpetrators accountable and providing humanitarian relief to victims of state-supported massacres of Muslims in February and March 2002.
Human Rights Watch [local
copy]
Authorities slammed over Gujarat violence
Human Rights Watch accuses the Gujarat state government of failing to bring to justice those responsible for the deaths of 1,000 Muslims in violence last year.
BBC [local
copy]
Gujarat massacre cases sabotaged
The ringleaders of massacres committed in 2002 are still roaming free in Gujarat,
Human Rights Watch (HRW)charged in a new report released July.
The Muslim News [local
copy]
Gujarat Officials Took Part in Anti-Muslim Violence
State officials of Gujarat, India were directly involved in the killings of hundreds of Muslims since February 27 and are now engineering a massive cover-up of the state's role in the violence.
Human Rights Watch [local
copy]
Carnage in Gujarat Unpunished
One year after the beginning of communal violence in Gujarat that claimed over 2,000 lives, there have been no convictions of those responsible and little in the way of promised relief for victims, Human Rights Watch said today.
Human Rights Watch [local
copy]
Families' anguish over fate of men
An MP is urging the Foreign Office to do more to uncover the fate of four
West Yorkshire men caught up in last year's violence in the Indian state of
Gujarat.
BBC News [local
copy]
Family criticise search for missing men
Relatives of two Muslims from West Yorkshire who went missing after riots in India say "little" is being done to find them.
BBC News [local
copy]
Report damns Gujarat Government
A leading non-governmental organisation in India alleges police and state complicity in the recent violence in the state of Gujarat.
BBC News [local
copy]
Gujarat Muslim women 'rape victims'
Muslim women suffered "unimaginable inhuman and barbaric" sexual violence in recent communal riots in Gujarat, a women's team says.
BBC News [local
copy]
UK Muslim killed in riots
A man from Yorkshire is dead and two relatives are missing after being caught up in the violence in the Indian state of Gujarat.
BBC News [local
copy]
Family's hopes for missing Britons
Relatives of two British men missing after being caught up sectarian riots in India cling to the hope they will be found alive.
BBC News [local
copy]