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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

SC: Notice issued to 4 states over Sharjeel Imam plea for clubbing of FIRs

Imam, who has been booked for hate speech, sedition and anti-terror law, has asked the SC to let a single agency investigate the case.

Karnataka’s ‘Hindutva lab’ churns out fresh bout of hate messaging, communal clashes

59 new cases of communally charged incidents including 37 instances of hate speech

Muslim traders barred entry to Madhya Pradesh village

Yet another instance of Muslim vendors being targeted by religious bigots as apart of a larger economic boycott plan

Secular Hindus, Muslims on my target: VHP District Security Chief Suraj Tiwari

The repeat hate offender communalized the Palghar lynching incident and has asked Hindu brothers to come to the streets post the lockdown to stage a protest

It took influential Arab anger to make India notice hate speech

Threat of a diplomatic crisis draws a few words of wisdom, that were missing when anti-Muslim hate spread faster than the Coronavirus, in India.

Letter from joint memorandum of organizations condemning hate and communalization amid Covid-19

The representatives of the organizations have recorded testimonies of various Muslims who have been allegedly racially attacked in Jaipur and Jodhpur

Covid-19: No escape for cyber crooks as police tightens net to control fake news

Police from various states are acting quickly to curb fake news, hate speech and misinformation on social media

Maharashtra Cyber Police issues advisory for WhatsApp users and admins to curb fake news

The advisory issued in a bid to curtail hate speech and other misinformation says that whoever violates rules will be punished under relevant sections of the law

Hate video calls for banning Muslims from Delhi colonies

Delhi Minorities Commission chairman, Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan seeks action from Police Commissioner

FIR Against VHP Leader For Hate Speech in Lal Kuan Communal Violence Case: Delhi

This order by a lower court in Delhi in a hate speech case where the complainant in this case was Harsh Mander, comes as a boost to the campaign against hate speech.

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