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From Outrage to Acquittal: The Raja Singh hate speech case comes to a close

Mass protests, preventive detention, political fallout and four years of criminal proceedings culminated in the acquittal of Telangana MLA T. Raja Singh

Despite legal promises, hate speech prosecutions in Maharashtra remain paralysed

With over 19 hate speech FIRs stuck in limbo, no reports of further investigations nor arrests, the Mahayuti state government faces criticism for slow (or no) action as communal tensions rise; CJP intensifies legal action and monitoring to curb growing communal violence in Maharashtra; details of the complaints filed by CJP may be read here.

Religious hate finds a stage at Dehradun Press Club, event on “how to save women from jihadis” organised

Incendiary calls for arming Hindus and vilifying Muslims echo from a press club stage, Yati Ramswaroopanand Giri brazenly urged Hindus to arm themselves to "protect the women in their families"

Nationwide surge in Anti-Muslim violence: September 15-17 sees unprecedented attacks and discrimination

A detailed look at the events intensifying communal divides, rising islamophobia and state complicity from Jharkhand to Himachal

Assam CM call to expel ‘Miya Muslims,’ leads to violence against Bengali speaking Muslim Labourers

FIR registered against BJP leader for assault on Bengali speaking Muslim labourers and threatens them to leave Assam and Assamese Muslim singer arrested for protest song “Miya Bihu”

CJP sent three complaints to Maharahtra Police against right-wing outfits

In complaints, CJP asked Maharashtra Police to deny permission of the proposed events of right-wing extremist organizations SHS and HJS, CJP also highlighted the recent violence that erupted in Maharashtra during the “Morchas” called by the extremist right-wing outfits

BJP MP Kangana’s foul mouthed slip against farmers, again, compels saffron party to a hurried public apology

Issuing a public statement on X, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) distances itself from another foul mouthed faux pas by its elected MP from Mandi, HP, after she says “dead bodies were hanging from trees,” rapes happened during farmers protests!

Human Rights Watch reports that Modi made at least 110 Islamophobic remarks during 2024 election campaign

HRW also found notable increase in violence against minority communities in India during the decade long BJP rule

Kalicharan’s inflammatory rhetoric promoting division and inciting violence in Maharashtra, CJP calls for urgent intervention

In his speech delivered in Nashik, Kalicharan has made strange and offensive claims against the Muslims to spread his divisive ideology, attempted to encourage violence against the Muslim community by distorting India’s past as well as the history of the beloved leaders of Maharashtra.

Punjab MP seeks curb over communal hatred posts on social media

In Parliament, Punjab MP Vikramjit Singh Sahney asked the Centre to furnish details of the steps & actions taken by the government to control religious and communal hate posts on the social media, Sahney also submitted the private member bill against online hate

Assam CM compares districts of Assam with Bangladesh; calls some of the districts ‘tiny Bangladesh’

Himanta Biswa Sarma once again delivers hate speech targeting Muslims; says fear in some people that government might use police and military is keeping Hindus safe

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Karnataka launches SIR with 5.5 crore voters, State Govt voices transparency concerns

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