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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
Young students recuperating from deadly pellet gun injuries as Manipur once again witnessed brutal unrest
Crackdown on protests rock Manipur as death of two students missing since July is confirmed by authorities. Reports of pellet guns being used also surfaced.
Tragic Incidents Unfold: Fatal attack over ‘Prasad’ consumption and brutal college assault in UP, Police deny ‘communal angle’
A disabled Muslim man was beaten by a mob and reached his fatal end in Delhi’s Sunder Nagri on Tuesday morning, another Muslim was beaten when he had gone to pay his sister’s college fees in Meerat’s NAS College.
From Ayodhya to Trivandrum, are Dalits still unsafe in India?
CJP Team -
Murder, violence, discrimination and humiliation is what Dalits continue to face today, from the rural lands of UP to the hallowed land of Ayodhya to cities of Kerala even known for more progressive values; the violence against Dalits continues, unabated through the first half of September 2023.
One dead, over 8 injured after violence over alleged social media post in Maharashtra
Section 144 imposed, and internet suspended as authorities try dispel communal tension in Maharashtra's Satara district.
Dalit youth hung upside down and tortured for alleged goat theft in Telangana
CJP Team -
Another instance of Dalit youth being beaten and tortured comes to light. Four people have been arrested in this case.
UN human rights experts express alarm at Manipur violence, India disagrees
The eighteen experts, almost all of whom are special rapporteurs working with the UN Human Rights Council, have made note of the fact-finding missions to Manipur are being harassed for their work documenting rights violations
2 Meitei lawyers representing Kuki Professor Hausing targeted by mob, houses and chambers vandalised in retaliation attack
A day before the attack, 4 lawyers assisting in case against Professor Huasing had withdrawn their names from the case citing “personal difficulties”, they told Hindustan Times that they withdrew names to protect the feelings of the members of the Meitei community
Continued Surge of Violence against Dalits Spans Maharashtra to Tamil Nadu
CJP Team -
Dalit boy and grandmother assaulted in Nanguneveli, Karur, Dalit women attacked in Satara, two more Dalits dead in Rajasthan, as violence against Dalits continues.
Violence against Dalits refuses to curb, the families of the victims protest
Unrelenting violence against Dalits continues as justice remains difficult, highlights urgent need for change
Stark abdication by an absent state, paucity of basic necessities & poor, unhygienic conditions in relief camps: Manipur
A team of Karwan-e-Mohabbat visited five relief camps to assess the humanitarian crisis and highlight the suffering and demands of the internally displaced in Manipur; report makes recommendations for state and union governments and citizens groups to step forward to heal the wounds inflicted
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