Hate & Harmony

Beyond mere Recognition: The Jane Kaushik judgment and the next frontier of transgender equality

In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court acknowledged the dignity and rights of employment of transgender individuals, ordered monetary compensation for a transwoman teacher who had been terminated from her position, and ordered that a model Equal Opportunity Policy be made mandatory in all institutions, going further than the Constitution's promise of equality in private employment

Hate Watch: State looking the other way as Hindu Jagran Manch Himachal goes on rampage?

One Kamal Gautam of the group borrows Shivaji Vs Aurangzeb analogy from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, when posting anti-Muslim videos 

Ensure safety of the survivor, companions, witnesses in the Franco Mulakkal case: Activists

Sisters In Solidarity, group of feminist lawyers, and activists write to the Church leadership to stand with the survivor in her quest for justice

KEM Hospital accused of atrocities against SC students

Activists planning protest; condemn hospital and Mumbai Police for poor track record against caste-based crimes

Communal Violence in 2021

Part – 1 Promoting Hindu Heritage through higher state expenditure

Haridwar ashram joins Faisal Khan to decry Hate

Peace activist Faisal Khan fasts to protest the spread of communal hate, draw support from Matra Sadan ashram Mahant Swami Shivanand Maharaj

Your silence is deeply worrying: IIT alumni write to PM

Letter reminds PM that on top of rising unemployment, the country is now faced with the grave danger from rising calls for genocide of one community

Narsinghanand arrested: Is it for Hate Speech or misogyny?

Accused of spewing venom at minorities during the Haridwar Dharma Sansad, he was arrested for objectionable remarks against women; some publications report it was for Hate Speech also

PM Modi not speaking up against calls for genocide of Muslims: Amnesty International, Genocide Watch

Experts say that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, “as the leader of India”, has an obligation to denounce this genocidal speech, and has not spoken against it yet

Meet Ali Sohrab, an Islamist radical creating communal divide online

Sohrab specialises in making social media comments against secular Muslims and Hindus, to add fuel to the communal fires

Odisha: 3 activists arrested for speaking truth to power in fact-finding report

Civil society and human rights groups detailed the continued oppression in Jagatsinghpur’s Dhinkia region during 2021

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