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Politics of Humiliation: Mahua Moitra, mob intimidation and the Calcutta High Court’s warning
The alleged attack on Mahua Moitra came just a day after the Calcutta High Court warned against the growing culture of mob justice, public humiliation and egg pelting in West Bengal
Planned genocide camouflaged as communal riot in Delhi: Mamata Banerjee
WB CM hits back at Amit Shah a day after he accused her of “triggering riots” and “burning trains”
AAP sets up relief camps, committee to monitor hate speech
Makes arrangements for survivors to file compensation claims with ease
Losing the plot – How AAP failed its Muslim citizens in the Delhi riots
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Delhi violence update: 40 nabbed for spreading rumours, death toll touches 47
Panic spread across Delhi on Sunday as rumour mills worked over time, but on Monday truth came to light
Crisis medical help & health care wanting: Delhi Violence
A report by volunteers –Role of Health Systems in Responding to Communal Violence in Delhi-- involved in facilitating access to healthcare for victims of violence between February 25 to March 1, 2020
Legal help a priority as Police turned Perpetrator instead of Protector: Delhi
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Non-Partisan Judicial Inquiry into wilful police inaction in Delhi: 358+ Academics
Statement on the anti-Muslim pogrom in the capital demands accountability
Marooned by Hate: Muslims and the Delhi Pogrom
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Govt(s) Centre & State absent from relief operations: Delhi Carnage
In the aftermath of communal violence in Delhi, a team of rights and political activists have examined the role of the government in ongoing relief operations and have found an abdication of responsibility. The activists have demanded that the chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, ministers of the Central and Delhi government, MPs and MLAs must meet with all affected persons and immediately initiate confidence building measures. This Status report is based on visits to Bhajanpura, Chaman Park and Shiv Vihar on February 29, 2020
Turmoil in the North East: Ethnic divide widens in Meghalaya
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