Violence

Reading Violence: Gender injustice in India and its dimensions

As is visible in the data analysed in this analysis, the three worst offending states were Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan.

Youth assaulted by cops in viral ‘national anthem’ video dies

Family alleges further custodial torture

Enormous emotional, psychological and economic impact on survivors: Report on Delhi violence

Fact finding team compiles eye witness accounts, finds clear signs of targetted violence

Delhi violence: WGHR calls on NHRC to assert statutory mandate

Image: PTI New Delhi, Feb 28 -- A coalition of...

​​​​​​​Delhi riots transferred to SITs headed by controversial officers including one barred by EC

The SITs will be headed by Rajesh Deo and Joy Tirkey who have been investigating the Shaheen Bagh shooting and JNU violence and made no headway in the matter

Deeply concerned about impact of communal violence in Delhi: Bob Menendez

US Senator urges Indian government to protect all citizens, criticizes Trump for remaining mum on the subject

Delhi School of Social Work Students’ Union demands alumni Kapil Mishra’s arrest

“We are ashamed of Kapil Mishra”, they say in their statement

Hopeful in surreal, dystopian Delhi?

As Gurudwaras, standing as a pillar of solidarity, embrace all the affected, and Dalits lend a helping hand to the co-oppressed, a young girl, still full of hope, asks me, “What kind of action should an individual take to stop the genocide?”

As protest sites in Delhi were ‘cleared’ on Wed, activists have been detained on serious charges

Image Courtesy: thewire.inActivist Khalid Saifi, who was detained on...

Video to retaliate against Shaheen Bagh; asking Hindus to awaken post Delhi violence surfaces

In the video, a man can be heard saying that if Hindus don’t awaken in large numbers, we will become their (Muslims’) slaves again

Silent protests against violence in Khambhat, Delhi, Aligarh: Gujarat

More than 50 people assembled in a demonstration which was allowed without any written police permission and only an oral assurance from the police

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