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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

Murder charge dropped from mob lynching victim Tabrez Ansari’s charge-sheet

Lawyer files protest petition to add sectionCharges of ...

Bihar Mob Beats 4 Over Child-Lifting Suspicions, Intensifies Attack After Learning Muslim Identity

Gaya, Bihar: Five Muslims, including an eight-year-old boy, were...

New POCSO Act retains clause “sexual assault on child in course of communal and sectarian violence”

Hate crimes against marginalised communities have seen a steady...

Remembering another era of lynchings and listening to “Strange Fruit”

Billie Holiday's 1959 performance of "Strange Fruit." was recorded...

No one killed Pehlu Khan?

In a shocking turn of events in the Pehlu...

Whose Kashmir is it anyway?

In May 1998, Communalism Combat, a monthly magazine published...

How Green is my Valley?

In May 1998, Communalism Combat looked closely at the...

Jharkhand, Mob Lynching and Marginalization of Adivasis

A fact finding report of Mob LynchingIntroduction: Tabrez Ansari, a...

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