Communal Organisations

On the 50th anniversary of India’s formal ‘Emergency’, how the RSS betrayed the anti-emergency struggle

How the authoritarian proto-fascist RSS not only in a sense supported India’s formal Emergency (1975-77), filed mercy petitions for early release from prison but also –in sharp contrast—played no part in the fierce and challenging struggle for India’s freedom against colonial rule

Right-wing group attacks Christian stall at World Book Fair, stoking communal tensions

The Hindu mob circled the stall, accused Christians of forcing poor Hindus into religious conversions

Uttarakhand: Mazar demolished by far right extremists

Radha Semwal, reputed for her anti-minority stance, purportedly headed the group of men.

From the margins to the Centre, more and more hate speeches against Muslims are made, deafening silence from the authorities continues

Videos of hate speech by religious leaders, sloganeering in police presence, offensive statements against Prophet surface online

Urging preventive action against hate offenders, Gandhiji’s grandson, Tushar urges Navi Mumbai police to act

The Mahatma Gandhi Foundation has urged preventive action from the Navi Mumbai Police that has now stated it will vido-graph the event

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Citizens’ attempts to prevent hate speech event ignored, Hate Event allowed by Ratnagiri Police

At the event, Hate speech was given, calls for establishment of Hindu Rashtra were made, bogey issues of Love-Jihad, conversions and Halal boycott brought in to incite audience

Monu Manesar not an accused in Junaid Nasir murder

The Rajasthan Police released a list of the accused which does not feature Bajrang Dal leader and leader of the gang of cow vigilantes or Gau Rashaks who terrorise people over cow protection

Gau Rakshak Dal issues open threats to Rajasthan Police for investigating Junaid-Nasir murder

When the police were doing their job, VHP-bajrang Dal briefly jammed the Highway to obstruct them

Maharashtra: The new breeding ground for hate, oaths of allegiance to the Constitution brutally violated

Apart from criminal law, such hate speech violates the oath under the Constitution under which MPs & MLAs hold their power and clout; in constituencies where hate is spawned their mute inaction is a violation of this sworn Oath

No action taken by authorities as BJP MLA Raja Singh engages in communal hate speech again in Maharashtra

Known for inciting hate, he was still allowed to addresses a large gathering on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's birth anniversary in Latur district of the state

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