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Did Indian Democracy fail Father Stan Swamy?
Five years after Father Stan Swamy's death, his life continues to ask difficult questions of India's democracy.Speaking at a memorial meeting in Bandra, Mumbai, Teesta Setalvad reflects on the...
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
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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
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‘Seva’, the Sikh langar, from Bhai Kanhaiya to Delhi Violence, 2020
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Delhi riots carefully orchestrated using social media?
Hundreds of anti-minority videos and posts surfaced during the Delhi violence, yet no individual was caught
Youth assaulted by cops in viral ‘national anthem’ video dies
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Enormous emotional, psychological and economic impact on survivors: Report on Delhi violence
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