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CJP flags ‘communal polarisation campaign’ in Bengal polls, seeks action against BJP leaders over election speeches
CJP has filed two separate complaints before election authorities and police in West Bengal, alleging that speeches by Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar and BJP candidate Jagannath Chattopadhyay sought to polarise voters through religious appeals, anti-minority rhetoric, and fear-based narratives, thereby violating the Model Code of Conduct, electoral laws, and constitutional principles
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News Channels causing rift in society, says SC while hearing hate speech cases
Supreme Court bench questioned the NBDSA for lack of action and urged regulation of anchors and news channels pushing agenda through hate speech
“Hindu scriptures offer no moral teachings,” says Bangladeshi hardliner
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Hardliners in Bangladesh have been making such disparaging comments in abid to unseat the government in next election
Karnataka: Hate speech increased four fold, moral policing by hindu vigilantes on the rise
A report showcasing communal incidents in Dakshin Kannada and Udupi district reveals a sharp increase in incidences of hate speech compared to the previous year
Times Now channel pulled up for communal report on “Zameen Jihad” in Haldwani
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The program gave a skewed account that portrayed Muslims who were protesting the eviction order as adversaries of the State
Following Pragya Thakur’s example, Sadhvi Aastha Maa justifies keeping weapons/knife at home
Shah Rukh Khan is the target of yet another Hindutva scam that incites hatred before the release of Pathaan
At a VHP event in MP, speaker terms religious minorities as “Be-Dharami”, urge’s violence
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Speaker spreads misinformation and hatred about conversions, says Christians are pitting Hindus against Hindus, castes against castes
Review of 2022: A year of discrimination & violence experienced by India’s religious minorities
Religious minorities, especially Muslims and Christians, have experienced persistent stigmatisation and attack, with governments and law enforcement complicit in a culture of impunity
Hate Speech in Rajasthan spirals, polls at year end
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A trishul distribution event sees targeted hate speech against Christians
CJP moves NCM, writes to DGP Maharashtra against notorious hate offender Kalicharan
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In his inflammatory speech, Kalicharan had asserted that "Love-Jihad" may be cured by ingesting water that has had a wild boar tooth left in it overnight.
Any Minister’s hate speech not the vicarious liability of the govt says SC, Justice Nagarathna dissents
Justice BV Nagarathna held that if such views are consistent with the views of the Government, then the same may be vicariously attributed to the State
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