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CJP Files complaint with NCM over escalating Hate Speeches during Hindu Sanatan Ekta Padyatra
The organisation documents a 10-day trail of exclusionary, fearmongering and openly inflammatory statements across four states, urging urgent intervention to prevent further communal polarisation
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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
“Godman” who insulted Mahatma Gandhi arrested
Kalicharan was arrested by Raipur Police on December 30, however, many who called for genocide of Muslims in Haridwar continue to roam free
Hate Speech: The worst words of 2021, we hope do not spill over into 2022
Here are some examples of this year's worst hate offenders who spewed an unprecedented amount of hate with impunity, perhaps aiming to fuel violence and polarise people
Civil society speaks up against ‘Dharam Sansad’; protests planned, police complaints filed
Feminist organisations in Mumbai are amongst those who have filed complaints at police stations against the contentious event and a protest has also been planned in Mumbai
Poisoning people’s minds to ensure polarisation in the coming polls
With Uttar Pradesh going to poll soon, the ruling party wants to reignite its communal agenda
Why does the PM look the other way when BJP leaders give communal speeches?
BJP politicians are in the limelight for spewing communal speeches that sound like right-(BJP)wing chants
Activists counter call for genocide with a call for secularity
Human rights activists and experts talk about the dangers of increasing hate-speech in India during a press conference organized today
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