Hate Speech

‘Free the Temple’, ‘Protect the Faith’, ‘Take Up Weapons’: How September’s festivals became stages for anti-Muslim hate

From contested places of worship to demographic fearmongering, a series of speeches used Hindu religious identity to construct Muslims as an existential threat and recast exclusion as religious defence

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.

Delhi HC adjourns all riot related cases till March 20

Court also issues notice in cases of hate speech allegations against Sonia Gandhi, Waris Pathan, Anurag Thakur, Kapil Mishra, and others.

Chennai court deems Rajnikanth speech against Periyar defamatory, at best

The Chennai district court said the speech did not amount to promoting enmity or intentional insult to disturb peace

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