A new report exposes the impacts of the systematic surveillance of Muslim communities in New York City by the NYPD. Since 2001, the NYPD has been operating a surveillance program arguing that it's an essential tool...
Afghan American author Tamim Ansary is no idealist, but he’s hopeful about his homeland as Afghanistan struggles to heal after decades of war and occupation. In his new book, Games without Rules, Ansary takes a...
In recent years, the US has been quietly increasing its reliance on unmanned drones for military strikes in other countries, including Pakistan and Somalia, the rationale being that drones minimize “collateral damage”...
Poet Syed Talha Ahsan, a British citizen, has been behind bars in the United Kingdom for the past six years, although he has never been charged with a crime in a British court of law. He was arrested at the behest of...
APF speaks with Tejpreet Kaur of the Sikh Coalition on the recent shootings at a Gurdwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, which left 7 people dead and several wounded. We discuss the political climate that leads to the...
Last week, the US State Department announced that it was shutting down a Pakistani-produced, USAID-funded version of "Sesame Street" amid allegations of fraud and corruption. The show featured an Urdu-speaking Elmo and...
Why did Indian Americans, wearing turbans and carrying the Indian republic flag, march in New York’s St Patrick’s Day parade in 1920? What’s the connection between the Israel lobby in the US and the rise of the Hindu...
Last week, Europe's highest human rights court upheld the transfer of five men to the U.S. despite the risk they would be held in long-term solitary confinement at ADX Florence, a "supermax" prison in Colorado. The...
As revelations continue to surface about the extent of NYPD surveillance of Muslim communities in the New York area, a group of South Asian organizations has released a report documenting the chilling effects of over a...
