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“Sambhal: Anatomy of an Engineered Crisis”- How a peaceful Muslim-majority town was turned into a site of manufactured communal conflict
Released six months after the violence, this fact-finding report of the APCR exposes how state agencies, institutions, and communal actors colluded to construct a crisis in Sambhal through illegal mosque surveys, police firing, mass detentions, and myth-driven temple claims; turning religious faith into a weapon and justice into a spectacle
‘Ethnic cleansing by State?’ HC stops Haryana’s Nuh & Gurugram demolitions
Taking suo motu notice of the highly publicised demolitions by the Haryana government over the past one week’s of escalated communal tensions at Nuh, and Gurugram earlier, the high court, quotes the Constitution and due process of law
Encroachment or rioting, what was the offence of the ones whose houses were bulldozed in Haryana?
Haryana Home minister says homes of “rioters” being demolished while officials present at the scene provide illegal encroachments as the reason, 250 shanties demolished under “bulldozer justice”
Mobsters target Muslim trade in Gurugram
Looting and vandalism cripples’ their financial condition in violence hit areas
CJP petitions NCM and DGP, Haryana as anti-minority violence spreads takes grip in the state
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Complaint highlights violations of provisions of IPC and Arms Act, provides videos showing members of Bajrang Dal taking out rallies, raising offensive and genocidal slogans while police stands nearby
Majoritarian agenda & Indian Muslims
In the recent announcement of BJP’s new National executive,...
Assam Citizenship Crisis: Family forced to prove deceased member’s citizenship
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Deceased individual receives suspected foreigner notice; unattended court hearing poses potential legal complications for family
Hindutva Vigilantism: A Terrifying Menace for Muslims
Alleged Bajrang Dal Vigilante accused of Muslim driver's murder in Nagar, Rajasthan
Unshackling Education: High Court Unravels Madrasa Order in Jammu and Kashmir
In a significant development, the Jammu and Kashmir High...
Communal violence erupts in Nuh, Mewat, five killed, provocations by VHP-Bajrang Dal continue
Gurgaon’s Sector 57 mosque was vandalised, set on fire...
RPF constables kills 3 Muslims, one senior, reports suggest killer picked victims from passengers
Video shows uniformed constable standing near bleeding body, says “If you want to vote, if you want to live in Hindustan, then I am saying, Modi and Yogi”
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