The police had to intervene to prevent an escalation, a Dalit resident tells Al Jazeera. The primary defendant in the murder ...

The bodies of two Dalit teens found hanging from a tree in India triggered an outcry at a time when women in the country have ...

Warning: some readers may find this story distressing. The girl's parents are Dalits - formerly untouchables - who make a living by begging outside a Sufi Muslim shrine located just across from ...

There is growing anger in India against harassment of women Bodies of two Dalit girls, aged 13 and 16, have been found on their family farm in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

They also shared that they had arrested Rai and four men from the Dalit community for murder and conspiracy to murder. The girl’s killing and the authorities’ handling of the case have sparked ...