Communalism

Dhandhuka violence: Gujarat minority group seeks judicial action, cites targeted arson

The Minority Coordination Committee (MCC) Gujarat has written to the Director General of Police seeking judicial action in connection with recent violence in Dhandhuka town of Ahmedabad district, alleging...

Delhi violence fueled by hate spread on Whatsapp groups

Many groups created on Feb 23-24 to spread hate

Planned genocide camouflaged as communal riot in Delhi: Mamata Banerjee

WB CM hits back at Amit Shah a day after he accused her of “triggering riots” and “burning trains”

AAP sets up relief camps, committee to monitor hate speech

Makes arrangements for survivors to file compensation claims with ease

Delhi violence update: 40 nabbed for spreading rumours, death toll touches 47

Panic spread across Delhi on Sunday as rumour mills worked over time, but on Monday truth came to light

Crisis medical help & health care wanting: Delhi Violence

A report by volunteers –Role of Health Systems in Responding to Communal Violence in Delhi--  involved in facilitating access to healthcare for victims of violence between February 25 to March 1, 2020

Non-Partisan Judicial Inquiry into wilful police inaction in Delhi: 358+ Academics

Statement on the anti-Muslim pogrom in the capital demands accountability

Marooned by Hate: Muslims and the Delhi Pogrom

Arshad Alam for BeyondHeadlinesThe colonial usage of ‘riots’ denoted...

Govt(s) Centre & State absent from relief operations: Delhi Carnage

In the aftermath of communal violence in Delhi, a team of rights and political activists have examined the role of the government in ongoing relief operations and have found an abdication of responsibility. The activists have demanded that the chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, ministers of the Central and Delhi government, MPs and MLAs must meet with all affected persons and immediately initiate confidence building measures. This Status report is based on visits to Bhajanpura, Chaman Park and Shiv Vihar on February 29, 2020

Post riots, groups of men chant ‘shoot the traitors’ at Rajiv chowk metro and Connaught Place

Six men have been detained from the Rajiv Chowk metro station and are currently being questioned

Delhi riots carefully orchestrated using social media?

Hundreds of anti-minority videos and posts surfaced during the Delhi violence, yet no individual was caught

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