Attacks on Hindus and Hindu Dharma, both in Bharat and overseas, are frequent and unrelenting. In many regions of the world, this persecution is like a genocide slowly unfolding before our eyes. For decades, the world has ignored the actual depth and breadth of these attacks, driven by disturbing anti-Hindu bigotry. From murders, forced conversions, land grabs, assault on festivals, desecration of temples and murtis, hate speech, and sexual violence to institutionalised & legal discrimination, Hindus are facing an increasing assault on their very existence along with an unprecedented Hindu hatred.
In this weekly summary for the period from 05 April to 11 April 2026, we hope to provide a snapshot of such crimes and hopefully awaken more people around the world to this human rights crisis:
Bharat
1) The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has, in its 2026 Annual Report, done something unprecedented – it has named the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Bharat’s largest and most respected cultural organization, as a target for U.S. sanctions. Every now and then the USCIRF publishes a ‘report’ defaming Bharat.
2) The special cell of the Delhi Police have arrested a man named Imran Sheikh from Bhubaneswar in connection to a case where a group of men were in contact with radical elements. Sheikh Imran, aged around 22 years, was arrested from his rented house in Unit-6 area of Odisha’s capital.
3) A covert operation by seven women cops reportedly led to the exposure of a sexual harassment and religious persecution scandal in a multinational IT firm in Maharashtra’s Nashik. The seven women cops entered the IT firm in disguise and witnessed the Hindu women employees facing sexual harassment and religious persecution. The operation by the women cops led to the culprits, including a team leader and a woman HR representative, being caught red-handed and taken into police custody. Nine cases have reportedly been lodged against six people working at the multinational company, and seven of the accused have been arrested.
4) Ashim Basu, the Trinamool Congress councillor from Ward No 70 of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, barged into a Hindu ashram in Bhawanipore and evicted several visiting Sadhus staying at the institution. The incident took place at the Bholananda Giri Ashram at Bhawanipore in Kolkata. The Sadhus had arrived from different places of West Bengal for a religious congregation, and alleged that the TMC councillor forced them to leave the Ashram, accusing them of visiting the place with political purposes. The saints said that he threatened to assault them, and also threatened to cut the power and water supply to the Ashram.
5) Tension arose in Delhi’s Trinagar area following a love jihad case involving a 15-year-old Hindu girl and a 34-year-old Muslim man, sparked protests outside a police station, with locals and family members raising serious questions over police handling of the situation. According to the girl’s family, the man, identified as Arbaaz from Darbhanga, hid his real identity as a Muslim and introduced himself to the girl as “Saurabh Rider”, who is already married and a father of two children. Arbaaz works as a dance trainer who teaches in schools. He had recently visited the girls’ school about a week ago, where he first came in contact with her and later influenced her.
Most hate crimes are driven by anti-Hindu bigotry encoded in certain religious teachings and political ideologies. While the anti-Hindu hate in Islamic countries is evident, there is another subtler form of anti-Hindu sentiment within institutions and the public sphere of ostensibly secular states (like India) that provides an enabling environment for Hinduphobia and hate crimes. This subtle, everyday discrimination can be missed unless one studies prevailing laws and patterns. The gradual ban on firecrackers during Diwali is a good example – it might seem pollution-related on the surface. Still, the double standards at play become apparent when one looks at the larger picture of restrictions on Hindu festivals and the lack of sound reasoning behind the ban.
We request all readers to share other anti-Hindu hate crimes that we might have missed in this period in the comments below or by emailing [email protected]. We also solicit support in maintaining the Hindu human rights tracker database.
