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CJP’s 2025 Hate Watch: leading the fight for accountability in the digital media
In 2025, CJP emerged as India’s leading voice confronting digital hate on television, spearheading sustained NBDSA interventions that challenged communal broadcasts/debate, secured corrective orders, and strengthened accountability frameworks to restrain the spread of hateful and polarising content across news media
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Rectify this horrendously wrong decision: Ex-bureaucrats to SC on remission to convicts in Bilkis Bano case
134 former civil servants under the aegis of Constitutional Conduct Group urge Supreme Court to revoke remission of sentence granted to convicts
VHP meet stresses blanket ban on conversion
Chief Guest Jagatguru Swami Vasudevanand Saraswati asked saints to awaken Hindu society for promotion and protection of Hindus
Bilkis Bano: Hundreds Gather at Jantar Mantar Against Remission of Sentence to 11 Convicts
Protests were held across cities by rights groups, academicians and students.
We will win the day: Teesta Setalvad on the battle for the idea of India
As journalist and human rights defender Teesta Setalvad spends...
Corporal Punishment for Blasphemy or Apostasy not in line with Quranic Ethos?
The present concept of blasphemy as an offence has been developed by Muslim jurists in the post Prophetic period.
Remission to Bilkis Bano’s Rapists Offends Gandhi’s Ideas of Swaraj
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There are many reasons why the remission in the Bilkis Bano rape-murder cases stand apart. Not least is the need to bring consistency in the State’s words and deeds, and correct arbitary actions.
Jahangirpuri Communal Violence: Delhi High Court grants bail to ragpicker accused in the riots
The accused teenager was in custody for four months!
Gyanvapi case: Judgment with respect to maintainability of suit expected on September 12
Hearings have concluded before the district court
Prophet row: Hyderabad cops arrest youth from homes after protests intensify
The angry youth at Shalibanda were demanding the arrest of Raja Singh after he passed derogatory comments against Prophet Muhammad in a video released on August 22
Prophet remarks: 4 hurt in protests against BJP MLA Raja Singh
Among the injured was also a sub-inspector of police. The now-suspended BJP MLA got bail after getting arrested for passing derogatory remarks against Prophet Muhammad in a Youtube video on August 22.
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