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Kaouther Ben Hania reacts on CBFC blocking The Voice of Hind Rajab’s release: ‘Is India-Israel honeymoon so fragile?’

Kaouther Ben Hania reacts on CBFC blocking The Voice of Hind Rajab’s release: ‘Is India-Israel honeymoon so fragile?’

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Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania has questioned the decision to stall the theatrical release of her Oscar-nominated docudrama The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025). According to the film’s distributor, the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has not cleared the film for release in India, reportedly due to concerns about India–Israel relations. The CBFC has not provided an official statement on the matter. (Also read: The Voice of Hind Rajab review: Devastating and audacious docudrama might be the most essential film of the year) Director Kaouther Ben Hania opened up about her film The Voice of Hind Rajab, which faces a release blockade in India due to concerns over its impact on India-Israel relations. Ben Hania questions talling of her film In a post shared on Instagram, Kaouther Ben Hania wrote: “I grew up loving India. Bollywood was part of my childhood. At some point, I even imagined I had Indian roots just to feel special. Is the honeymoon between the ‘world’s largest democracy’ and the ‘only democracy in the Middle East’ so fragile that …

Labelling Kashmiri Pandits’ Exodus ‘Propaganda’ Was Second Genocide: LG Manoj Sinha | India News

Labelling Kashmiri Pandits’ Exodus ‘Propaganda’ Was Second Genocide: LG Manoj Sinha | India News

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Last Updated:February 19, 2026, 20:50 IST Describing exodus of Kashmiri Pandits as one of the world’s most heartbreaking tragedies, J&K LG Manoj Sinha said society must ensure it is not buried under political noise. Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. Image/News18 Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday lashed out over the alleged efforts to reframe the narrative around Kashmiri Pandits’ exodus of 1990, saying that the truth about the tragedy was not just suppressed but “systematically distorted” for decades. While speaking at the launch of Professor Ashok Kaul’s book ‘Kashmir: Nativity Regained’, the Lieutenant Governor said that attempts to term the suffering of Kashmiri Pandits as “propaganda” amounted to a second genocide – “the genocide of truth, memory and justice.” “When the genocide of Kashmiri Pandits was exposed, some elements linked to a particular ecosystem dared to call it propaganda. By doing so, they carried out a second genocide — an attempt to murder truth itself,” he said. A Deep Civilisational Wound Sinha said that the events of 1989–90, when Kashmiri …

Winter Olympics: Swiss broadcaster accuses Israeli athlete of ‘supporting Gaza genocide’ on air; US ambassador condemns his ‘bigotry’ | Sport-others News

Winter Olympics: Swiss broadcaster accuses Israeli athlete of ‘supporting Gaza genocide’ on air; US ambassador condemns his ‘bigotry’ | Sport-others News

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3 min readFeb 18, 2026 10:44 AM IST The Winter Olympics was mired in another controversy after a Swiss commentator used a Winter Games broadcast to accuse an Israeli athlete of backing “genocide in Gaza” — triggering outrage from the athlete himself and the U.S. ambassador to Israel. During live coverage on Radio Télévision Suisse, commentator Stefan Renna zeroed in on Israeli bobsleigh pilot Adam Edelman as the two-man team completed their second qualifying run. Renna declared: “Adam Edelman, first-time Olympian and self-defined Zionist to the core, who has posted several messages on social networks in support of genocide in Gaza. Genocide is the term used by the UN Commission of Inquiry into the region. Edelman described the Israeli military intervention as, and I quote, ‘The most morally just war in history’.” He then invoked the case of Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych, disqualified over his “helmet of memory” tribute to athletes killed since Russia’s invasion, adding: “Just goes to show sport is obviously eminently political.” The backlash was immediate. Edelman blasted what he called …

After Backlash, Assam BJP Deletes Himanta Sarma’s AI Video; Congress Alleges ‘Genocide Call’ | India News

After Backlash, Assam BJP Deletes Himanta Sarma’s AI Video; Congress Alleges ‘Genocide Call’ | India News

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Last Updated:February 08, 2026, 22:18 IST A deleted Assam BJP video showing CM Himanta shooting at photos sparked outrage, with Congress, TMC, and CPI(M) accusing BJP of promoting hatred. Screengrab from the viral video. (Image: X) A video posted by the Assam BJP showing  Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma appearing to shoot at framed photographs of men in skullcaps, one resembling Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi, has triggered a political storm, with Opposition parties accusing the ruling party of promoting hatred and calling it a “call to genocide”. The video, uploaded on Saturday on the Assam BJP’s official social media handle on X with the caption “Point blank shot”, showed Sarma aiming a rifle at photographs pinned to a wall bearing the words “No mercy”. It ended with an image of the chief minister styled as a gunman, alongside phrases such as “No mercy to Bangladeshis”, “Why did you go to Pakistan?” and “Foreigner-free Assam”. Following widespread backlash, the post was deleted. The Congress was among the first to react, with party general secretary K C …

Donald Trump Confronts South Africa’s Ramaphosa Over Claims Of A ‘White Genocide’

Donald Trump Confronts South Africa’s Ramaphosa Over Claims Of A ‘White Genocide’

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Quick Read Summary is AI generated, newsroom reviewed. Trump confronts South African President over alleged white farmer killings. Ramaphosa denies claims, stating allegations of genocide are false. Meeting started positively, discussing golf and trade before tensions rose. Washington DC: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday confronted his South African counterpart at the White House over an inflammatory speech made by the latter’s colleague, calling for the death of white farmers in the African nation. This is President Trump’s second confrontation at the White House in full media glare – the first being a verbal duel with Ukraine’s President Zelensky, who he blamed for prolonging the war. Hosting the African leader at the Oval Office in the White House, President Trump decided to play out an audio-visual clip, which the US President has linked to a “White genocide” in South Africa. President Ramaphosa, who looked visibly displeased about the sudden attack by Donald Trump, has denied such allegations. A FRIENDLY START South Africa has maintained that the allegations about White people being targeted and killed in …

Hundreds of Rwandans who fled to Congo after 1994 genocide return in UN repatriation | World News

Hundreds of Rwandans who fled to Congo after 1994 genocide return in UN repatriation | World News

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Hundreds of Rwandan refugees who were living in eastern Congo since the 1994 genocide in Rwanda were repatriated on Saturday, the UN refugee agency said, after Rwandan-backed rebels seized key parts of the region. Most of the refugees were women and children, and 360 of them crossed the border in buses provided by Rwandan authorities and were escorted by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, and aid group Save the Children, local authorities said. The goal is to repatriate 2,000 people, UNHCR said. “We are happy to welcome our compatriots. They are a valuable workforce for the country’s development,” said Prosper Mulindwa, the Rwandan mayor of Rubavu, during a brief ceremony at the border. Story continues below this ad They were among the hundreds of thousands of Hutus who fled Rwanda after the state-sponsored 1994 genocide that left up to a million minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus dead. (AP) The returnees were transported to a transit centre where they will receive emergency assistance and support for reintegration. They were among the hundreds of thousands of …

Grok’s white genocide fixation caused by ‘unauthorized modification’

Grok’s white genocide fixation caused by ‘unauthorized modification’

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After xAI’s chatbot Grok spent a few hours on Wednesday telling every X user that would listen that the claim of white genocide in South Africa is highly contentious, the company has blamed the behavior on an “unauthorized modification” to Grok’s code. Wednesday’s hours-long outburst saw Grok insert discussion of alleged white genocide in South Africa into various responses on X, no matter the topic. Grok discussed white farmers’ deaths in reply to a video of a cat drinking water, related the song “Kill the Boer” to a question about Spongebob Squarepants, and broke down the issue in full patois. Even OpenAI CEO Sam Altman got in on the action, poking fun at the rival chatbot’s public breakdown. In a statement on X the company said that someone had modified the AI bot’s system prompt, “which directed Grok to provide a specific response on a political topic.” That modification “violated xAI’s internal policies and core values,” and the company says it has “conducted a thorough investigation” and is implementing new measures to improve “transparency and …

Uncovering The Shocking Truth Behind Indonesia’s Forgotten Genocide

Uncovering The Shocking Truth Behind Indonesia’s Forgotten Genocide

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Netflix’s Most Chilling Docu Yet? The Look Of Silence Will Leave You Shaken(Photo Credit –Netflix) Joshua Oppenheimer’s 2014 documentary The Look of Silence on Netflix retells a chapter of Indonesia’s infamous history, and it pulls viewers into its haunting aftermath. The film, with an overwhelming Rotten Tomatoes score of 96 per cent, has left audiences shaken, not because of any dramatic embellishment, but because of its raw confrontation with a national wound that never really healed. The Genocide: A Legacy Of Blood, Unspoken But Unforgotten According to The Mirror, the film, which is set decades after the 1965–1966 mass killings in Indonesia, exposes the fallout from a campaign that targeted communists, union members, and supposed leftist sympathisers. What soon followed was the execution of hundreds of thousands, possibly up to a million, and a culture of silence and fear that gripped the nation for generations. The documentary revolves around Adi Rukun, an optometrist whose life has been shadowed by the murder of his brother. Through old footage and new confrontations, Adi meets the men who …

Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, 350 other Hollywood stars condemn Gaza ‘genocide’ on eve of Cannes Film Festival 2025 | Hollywood

Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, 350 other Hollywood stars condemn Gaza ‘genocide’ on eve of Cannes Film Festival 2025 | Hollywood

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More than 350 figures from the cinema world, including Hollywood stars Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon, condemned “genocide” in Gaza in an open letter published Monday on the eve of the Cannes Film Festival. Richard Gere was the most prominent name among 350+ signatories who condemned the violence in Gaza ahead of the Cannes Film Festival. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni(REUTERS) 350 signatories condemn the ‘genocide’ in Gaza “We cannot remain silent while genocide is taking place in Gaza,” read the letter initiated by several pro-Palestinian activist groups and published in the French newspaper Liberation and the US magazine Variety. The signatories, which include acclaimed Spanish director Pedro Almodovar and former Cannes winner Ruben Ostlund, decried the death of Gazan photojournalist Fatima Hassouna. Hassouna, 25, is the subject of a documentary which will premiere in Cannes on Thursday by Iranian director Sepideh Farsi, titled “Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk”. Hassouna was killed along with 10 relatives in an Israeli air strike on her family home in northern Gaza last month, the day after the documentary …

Akshay Kumar on the Jallianwala Bagh genocide: ‘I want the British Government, King Charles to watch Kesari 2’ | Bollywood News

Akshay Kumar on the Jallianwala Bagh genocide: ‘I want the British Government, King Charles to watch Kesari 2’ | Bollywood News

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The press conference for Akshay Kumar’s upcoming film Kesari 2 witnessed quite a strong patriotic rhythm. While the film’s producer, Karan Johar, strongly spoke about the film’s premise, Akshay Kumar also opened up about his own connection to the event and how his family passed on the story from generation to generation. He shared, “My grandfather witnessed the entire Jallianwala Bagh incident. He had told stories to my father about this, and my father told me. I have known a lot about the massacre since I was a child, so the film is very special to me. The event has been etched in my mind always.”   “When Karan Tyagi told me the story, I immediately decided to be a part of it. I thank Karan Johar for giving me a chance to be a part of this film,” he said, referring to how C. Sankaran Nair’s story is not well known. “The most surprising thing was history doesn’t tell us what we actually need to know,” he further added. Story continues below this ad READ …