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Hate crimes: Report documents 602 hate crimes, 345 hate speech incidents in 1st year of Modi’s third term
A staggering 947 hate-driven incidents have dotted the first year of the third term of the Modi (NDA) regime says a report jointly documented by the APCR and Quill Foundation and released recently
Hate Watch: ‘Swami’ Sanjay Prabhakaranand twists patriotic song into hate noise
The song, "Aao Bachcho Tumhen Dikhayen" is now worded to verbally abuse Mamata Banerjee and target Muslims
Only 8 election-time online hate speech complaints in 2022, only 130 instances since 2019: Centre
Although the ECI reported only eight online hate speeches in 2022, news coverage shows that social media still played a huge role in spread hate
Silence is not an option: Journalists to India’s Constitutional institutions
Senior journalists appeal for action against hate speech and open calls for genocide
Fake news about bombing in Bengal school, CJP moves NBDSA
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News 18 had aired a story that turned out ot be completely devoid of facts
Uttar Pradesh: Ex MLA holds post-defeat meeting with supporters, threatens opponents
Reeling under defeat, Sangeet Som claims “Baba's bulldozer and Som’s stick will both work” in his area of Sardhana, Meerut
Jitendra Tyagi’s Dharam Sansad hate speech intended to wage war: Uttarakhand High Court
The Court said that the freedom of speech is not an absolute right and is subject to limitations contained in Article 19(2) of the Constitution
Hate floods in the wake of ‘The Kashmir Files’
Right-wing makes the most of the movie’s impact and calls upon Indian Hindus to “open their eyes”
CJP Impact: Hate offender Deepak Sharma’s account suspended by Twitter
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CJP was one of the first to flag his profile to the NHRC in 2018; Sharma continues to have a Facebook page
Another MCC violation, no action yet against Raghvendra Singh of BJP
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CJP has written to SEC flagging second instance of hate speech by Singh during election campaign in UP
If Muslims don’t vote for me, they will get branded: Fateh Bahadur Singh, BJP MLA
Hate speech, communal threats have taken on many tones in the Uttar Pradesh elections, and Fateh Bahadur Singh, has his own ‘style’
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