Non-state actors like the Disinfo Lab are aiding and abetting in transnational repression by the Modi government and its proxies in the diaspora.

The organisers of the Chicago event said the Parliament, with the theme of defending 'freedom and human rights', should have no place on its stage for anyone from the RSS family, whose caustic anti-minority ideology has created an unprecedented human rights crisis in India.

The response of the IITs to such a critical issue is often seen as formulaic – more akin to solving an engineering problem, without considering the psychological dimensions of historically oppressed communities.

It is high time for the community to repay its debt to the Civil Rights Movement and to show solidarity with the continuing struggle of Black America for equality.