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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
Kolkata police file an FIR against fake news repeat offender Madhu Kishwar
Kishwar first issues issues apology, then back-peddles to say that though she mis-identified the location as Kolkata instead of Dhaka, the video itself wasn't fake
Deepak Chaurasia: Spewing communal hate on social media
Known for his growing anti-Muslim debates on National television, Deepak Chaurasia has now come up with Conversion Jihad!
Khadim Rizvi’s insensitive call for a nuclear attack on France
Leader of an extremist religious group, Rizvi demanded the declaration of a jihad against France for allowing caricatures of Prophet Mohammad.
Hate Speech by Zakir Naik: Painful punishment awaits those who abuse the Prophet
Controversial preacher issues a not-so-veiled threat of violent reprisals; endangers French Muslims further who are already facing suspicion and hate in wake of beheadings in Paris and Nice
Rethink advertising on channels that spread discord: Constitutional Conduct Group
Former All India and Central Services officers write open letter to corporates to rethink advertising policy that may indirectly be funding hate speech
Centre to publish order against Sudarshan news complaints, informs SG
During a brief hearing on October 26, in the hate speech related case. the Solicitor General told the Supreme Court that the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting was ready to publish its order against the broadcast of Bindas Bol show of Sudarshan News TV that was held to be prima facie communal in nature.
Brinda Karat moves Delhi HC, challenges order refusing hate speech FIR against Anurag Thakur, Pravesh Verma
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vishal Pahuja had dismissed Karat’s application stating respondents are Members of Parliament, and prior gov't sanction was required under Section 196 CrPC
SC: Sudarshan TV case adjourned as Centre seeks time
At the last hearing, the Centre had informed the court that a show cause notice had been issued and during yesterday’s hearing, the court was informed that another notice has been issued
Decoding the hate campaign unleashed by propaganda channel Best Hindi News
The channel has been sharing videos of self-proclaimed guardian of Hindu dharma, Deepak Sharma, in which he backs the 4 upper caste accused in the Hathras gangrape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit woman.
Where does the law stand on your “objectionable” posts on social media?
Analysing the sections 501 of the IPC that talks about printing or engraving any defamatory matter) and section 67 of the IT Act considering section 66A now stands unconstitutional.
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