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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
Don’t need Miya Muslim vote: Himanta Biswa Sarma
Assam’s Health, Education and Finance Minister calls Muslims “very communal” and says they aspire to distort Assamese culture
Have planted Godse on every street: Hindutva activist’s online threats
Hindutva activists are celebrating “Gandhi Vadh Divas”, threatening to kill any individual who follows the Gandhian principles
Anti-farmer group issues ultimatum to protesters at Singhu border
Chanting slogans, group claiming to be locals, marched near Singhu Border demanding protesters vacate the area in 24 hours
Facebook refuses to take action against Ragini Tiwari’s hate speech
CJP had filed two complaints against her, but the company said they are not in a position to take any action
Communalisation of COVID-19: A Bebaak Collective report
Human rights defender Teesta Setalvad and feminist historian Uma Chakravarti applaud the initiative and discuss the rampant communalism observed during the coronavirus pandemic.
Tandav Controversy: Deepak Sharma demands ‘anti-blasphemy’ law
Threatens makers of web series with "dance of destruction" by devotees of Shiva over the web series he claims has hurt religious sentiments
The interplay between social media and hate speech in India
Now that Donald Trump’s Facebook, Twitter accounts have been banned after his abusive tweets as his supporters stormed the US Capitol, what is in store for India?
Take action against ‘Swami’ for hate speech: Subhashini Ali to UP Police
In the video surfacing on social media, Swami Anand Swaroop has made objectionable remarks against Quran and calls for forming a Hindu Sena
Hate speech quadrupled, cattle vigilantism doubled in Karnataka in 2020!
Report compiled by local activist shows a huge spike in communal incidents pertaining to hate speech as compared to last year
Pick up arms, take revenge before going to cops: Dilip Ghosh to Hindu youth
Bengal BJP chief claims the Constitution of India permitted use of weapons to ‘protect religion, women’s honour’
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