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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 Speech by BJP’s Top Brass fuelled Build Up to Delhi Violence: Minorities Commission
As in all bouts of mass targeted violence all over the country for decades, Delhi 2020 was no different. A systemic build up of bloody eyed cadres on the streets was readied through the provocative speeches of top leaders of the ruling BJP including union minister of state, Anurag Thakur and BJP MP, ParveshVerma who were both actually banned from electioneering on January 29, 2020 by the Election Commission
Why social media sites must exercise social responsibility and nip hate speech in the bud
Even as police arrest the likes of Shubham Mishra for issuing rape threats to a comedian, the offensive posts must be culled from social media in the first place
Hatemonger and Shiv Sena Taksali leader Sudhir Suri allegedly enjoys the protection of 15 cops
He was recently pulled up for his alleged objectionable remarks for women from the Sikh community
Sambit Patra slammed for insensitive tweet on Sopore encounter
A 60-year-old man, who was in the area with his 3-yo grandson, died after he was reportedly caught in a crossfire between the CRPF and militants
All non-Muslim minorities are Hindus: Puri Shankaracharya wants amendments to Article 25 of Indian Constitution
He says doing so will make Hindus the second largest religious group in the world
Media, right-wing spew venom over Sushant Singh Rajput’s death
The Maharashtra Cyber police also warned social media users of circulating ‘disturbing’ photos of the deceased actors
Hate crimes in India: What makes lynching special?
India has seen a rigorous rise in the hate crimes towards minority communities in the last five years. Muslims and Dalits constituted a significant share of the victims of religious hate crimes. Being a Secular, Democratic, Republic, the responses from the state administration and machinery are contradicting these constitutional safeguards. Apart from that, leaders of the ruling political party and their affiliated organisations have played a crucial role in polarizing the country and further accelerating the hatred and violence. Later on, the fairness and credibility of state apparatuses have been questioned due to its partial interventions in the hate crime cases. This article intends to analyse the religious hate crimes in India, further focusing on the mob lynchings in the last five years. The paper brings into limelight the discourse of hate and power in the context of communalism in India.
Abhijit Iyer-Mitra makes offensive remark against AltNews co-founder Mohd Zubair
Iyer-Mitra is associated with The Print and several Twitter users have demanded that the publication drop his columns
CJP writes to NBSA over Zee News’ deeply communal broadcast on “Zameen Jihad”
CJP Team -
The channel has submitted its response and the hearing will commence once NBSA resumes functioning
Why does the Adityanath gov’t continue to ignore Dr Aarti Lalchandani’s anti-Muslim hate speech?
Outraged, CPI(M) leader Subhashini Ali demands an investigation, and says the doctor must be dismissed from her post.
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