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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
Repeat hate offender Milind Ekbote once again rewarded with bail
He has been charged with rioting, disturbing peace, but was granted bail despite his previous track record of allegedly inciting hate and violence
SC issues notice in plea urging criminal prosecution in Dharam Sansad case
Spiritual leaders had called for genocide of minorities at the event, but little or no action has been taken against them so far
Minorities Commission forwards CJP’s complaint against Tejasvi Surya Bengaluru DGP
CJP Team -
In May 2021, the BJP MP had insinuated that only volunteers of minority community were responsible for an alleged "bed blocking scam" in the city to prevent majority community Covid-19 patients from getting medical care
SC to hear plea seeking SIT probe in ‘Dharam Sansad’ due to lack of substantive police inquiry
The petition filed by former Patna High Court judge and a journalist, states that the police have failed to fulfill constitutional ‘duty of care’ by not conducting fair investigation
Socio-economic boycott of Muslims underway in Chhattisgarh?
Hindutva groups urge people to take an oath saying, “We Hindus will not buy goods from any Muslim”
Meet CT ‘Desh ke gaddaron ko goli maro’ Ravi, a repeat hate offender
The BJP leader has targeted minorities and women in the past
Dalits and Adivasis suffered violence and discrimination even in 2021
Though most of these attacks emerge from societal prejudices and historic alienation, a dispensation that has encouraged a state of impunity to targeted crimes of the most marginalised has made matters more acute
Charting hate in India 2021
SabrangIndia presents a map to showcase the attacks on India's secular spirit
Dharma Sansad an attack on India’s Constitution: Open letter
Senior veteran officers and rights collectives ask the President and Prime Minister to curb communal violence in India
Mumbaikars condemn Dharma Sansad
Mumbaikars gathered just before the New Year to denounce the hate spewed during the Dharma Sansad
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