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Hanan Zaffar

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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November 26, 2022
What is behind the rise in India's youth's drug abuse?
topic: Health and Sanitation
by: Hanan Zaffar
What conditions are driving millions of people in India to turn towards substance abuse?
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November 12, 2022
Why India continues to slide down the Global Hunger Index
topic: Food Security
by: Hanan Zaffar
India's hunger ranking has once again slipped, pointing to the serious underlying economic and political issues.
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October 28, 2022
Diwali festival pollution worsens Delhi’s winter smog
topic: Air Pollution
by: Hanan Zaffar
The combination of excess pollution from Diwali and Delhi's already dangerous levels of smog have increased hospitalisations in the Indian capital.
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October 14, 2022
India’s pharmaceutical industry marred by substandard drugs
topic: Health and Sanitation
by: Hanan Zaffar
Following deaths in Gambia from sub-par cough syrup, fraudulent activity in India's pharmaceutical industry draws concern.
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September 30, 2022
Extinct Cheetahs return to India after 7 decades
topic: Conservation
by: Hanan Zaffar
After Indian cheetahs went extinct from poaching 70 years ago, the government has planned to reintroduce the species to the country.
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September 18, 2022
Violence against marginalised castes increases in India
topic: Discrimination
by: 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.
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September 03, 2022
Outrage as India frees convicted rapists for political gain
topic: Political violence
by: Hanan Zaffar
In another attempt to spur Islamophobia in India, the government has freed convicted rapists of Muslim women.
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August 20, 2022
Press freedom is in crisis in the world's largest democracy
topic: Freedom of Expression
by: Hanan Zaffar
Recent crackdowns on dissident journalists has raised alarms about freedom of expression in India.
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August 06, 2022
Ensuring consistent affordable treatment for India's HIV patients
topic: Health and Sanitation
by: Hanan Zaffar
Despite the many free treatment facilities in India, HIV patients are facing drug shortages that make treatment unaffordable.
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July 23, 2022
India’s soaring population faces increasing poverty and malnutrition
topic: Food Security
by: Hanan Zaffar
As India's population approaches China's, it grapples with increasing poverty and reduced food security.
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July 09, 2022
India bans single-use plastics, but provides no alternatives
topic: Pollution
by: 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.
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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.
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June 25, 2022
Bulldozing Justice: Muslim home demolitions in India
topic: Islamophobia
by: Hanan Zaffar
As a new tool to oppress Muslim-minorities, the Indian government has taken to demolishing their homes, leaving them in penury.
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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.
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June 11, 2022
India apologises for islamophobia, but only to save economy
topic: Islamophobia
by: Hanan Zaffar
Following islamophobic remarks about the prophet Muhammad, BJP suspends politicians, but only to save face.
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June 02, 2022
Delhi's landfill fires leave people gasping for air
topic: Health and Sanitation
by: Hanan Zaffar, Danish Pandit
“Our eyes are burning. We can’t breathe,” Delhi residents complain of a health catastrophe.
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