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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

Zakia Jafri Case back in the Spotlight

Zakia Jafri’s Special Leave Petition (SLP) against the order...

Fear grips minority areas in Sitamarhi district after 3 lynchings that resulted in one death: Bihar

Report on Sitamarhi violence shows pre-planned conspiracy reportedly lead...

Never Again: Horrors of the Start of the genocidal Pogrom against Jews, 80 Yrs Ago

When Will We Ever Learn…that hatred generates violence ?...

Press Freedom Under Severe Attack in Bastar

A few days ago, the South Asia correspondent for...

With press freedom under attack, are elections in Bastar truly democratic?

Chhattisgarh is in the final stages of electioneering preparing...

The graves unseen by History: The Malabar Struggle and the history of the silent

This is the second in the two-part series on...

NewsCentral Exclusive: “Give Us One Hour, We Will Finish Muslims…”

These were the words of the Mob that lynched...

Brinda Karat protests NHRC’s decision to close Latehar lynching case

The CPI (M) politbureau member wrote to the Chairperson...

No end to communal violence in Bihar: A report on Sitamarhi

Without communal polarization, anti-Muslim hate, and Hindu consolidation behind...

34 years and counting: No justice for victims of 1984 Sikh genocide

For the last 34 years, Indian political outfits have...

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