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Hanan Zaffar
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Hanan Zaffar is a journalist and documentary filmmaker based in South Asia. His work has appeared in VICE, Al Jazeera, DW News, Newsweek, TRT World, Channel 4, Middle East Eye, The Diplomat, and more. 

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Editors' Pick
December 10, 2022
India is witnessing a Human Rights emergency
topic:Human Rights
editor:Hanan Zaffar
On Human Rights Day, India stands out as a country where human rights are continually threatened by the Hindu-nationalist government.
Editors' Pick
November 26, 2022
What is behind the rise in India's youth's drug abuse?
topic:Health and Sanitation
editor:Hanan Zaffar
What conditions are driving millions of people in India to turn towards substance abuse?
Editors' Pick
November 12, 2022
Why India continues to slide down the Global Hunger Index
topic:Food Security
editor:Hanan Zaffar
India's hunger ranking has once again slipped, pointing to the serious underlying economic and political issues.
Editors' Pick
October 28, 2022
Diwali festival pollution worsens Delhi’s winter smog
topic:Air Pollution
editor:Hanan Zaffar
The combination of excess pollution from Diwali and Delhi's already dangerous levels of smog have increased hospitalisations in the Indian capital.
Editors' Pick
October 14, 2022
India’s pharmaceutical industry marred by substandard drugs
topic:Health and Sanitation
editor:Hanan Zaffar
Following deaths in Gambia from sub-par cough syrup, fraudulent activity in India's pharmaceutical industry draws concern.
Editors' Pick
September 30, 2022
Extinct Cheetahs return to India after 7 decades
topic:Conservation
editor:Hanan Zaffar
After Indian cheetahs went extinct from poaching 70 years ago, the government has planned to reintroduce the species to the country.
Editors' Pick
September 18, 2022
Violence against marginalised castes increases in India
topic:Discrimination
editor:Hanan Zaffar
Although the caste-based hierarchy system in India is thousands of years old, it is still a motivator for discrimination and hate crimes.
Editors' Pick
September 03, 2022
Outrage as India frees convicted rapists for political gain
topic:Political violence
editor:Hanan Zaffar
In another attempt to spur Islamophobia in India, the government has freed convicted rapists of Muslim women.
Editors' Pick
August 20, 2022
Press freedom is in crisis in the world's largest democracy
topic:Freedom of Expression
editor:Hanan Zaffar
Recent crackdowns on dissident journalists has raised alarms about freedom of expression in India.
Editors' Pick
August 06, 2022
Ensuring consistent affordable treatment for India's HIV patients
topic:Health and Sanitation
editor:Hanan Zaffar
Despite the many free treatment facilities in India, HIV patients are facing drug shortages that make treatment unaffordable.
Editors' Pick
July 23, 2022
India’s soaring population faces increasing poverty and malnutrition
topic:Food Security
editor:Hanan Zaffar
As India's population approaches China's, it grapples with increasing poverty and reduced food security.
Editors' Pick
July 09, 2022
India bans single-use plastics, but provides no alternatives
topic:Pollution
editor:Hanan Zaffar
While India's move to ban single-used is laudatory for environmental reasons, it has failed to address the limitations to its prohibition.
Story
June 29, 2022
What's behind Hindus' renewed exodus from Kashmir
topic:Discrimination
by:Hanan Zaffar
Pandits, a Hindu minority group, are being hunted down across Kashmir. As dozens of families flee the valley, some fear a repeat of 1990 is underway.
Editors' Pick
June 25, 2022
Bulldozing Justice: Muslim home demolitions in India
topic:Islamophobia
editor:Hanan Zaffar
As a new tool to oppress Muslim-minorities, the Indian government has taken to demolishing their homes, leaving them in penury.
Story
June 21, 2022
Neglected by India, Hindu refugees return to danger
topic:Refugees and Asylum
by:Hanan Zaffar, Shaheen Abdullah
India's BJP portrays itself as a 'saviour party' for Hindus in the region. Its treatment of migrants on the ground proves otherwise.
Editors' Pick
June 11, 2022
India apologises for islamophobia, but only to save economy
topic:Islamophobia
editor:Hanan Zaffar
Following islamophobic remarks about the prophet Muhammad, BJP suspends politicians, but only to save face.
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