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Pandemic Unleashing ‘Tsunami of Hate, Scapegoating’, Says UN Head
08 May 2020
Anti-foreigner sentiment has surged online and in streets, anti-Semitic conspiracy theories have spread, and COVID-19-related anti-Muslim attacks have occurred, said Antonio Guterres.
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Retd Civil Servants’ Group Write Open Letter to Media Defending Harsh Mander
23 Mar 2020
The Solicitor General misled the SC by distorting Harsh Mander’s speech at Jamia Millia Islamia on December 16, 2019, allege the former civil servants, under the Constitutional Conduct Group.
Neelambaran A
Pro-CAA Programmes in Tamil Nadu: Platform for Provocation and Hate
19 Mar 2020
A leader of a Right-wing fringe group allegedly even ‘staged’ an attack and injured himself to create tension in Tiruppur district.
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Women’s Groups Demand Action Against Those Conducting Hate Campaigns
14 Mar 2020
“What we are witnessing is a concerted misinformation campaign that criminalises the protestors, spins conspiracy theories and targets all those who supported the protests,” said the statement…
Subodh Varma
Amit Shah’s Epitaph for Delhi Communal Carnage
14 Mar 2020
The home minister buried the truth and constructed an alternative narrative using selected facts, and distorting others.
Sumedha Pal
‘Ray of hope’: FIR to be Registered in Lal Kuan Hate Speech Case
13 Mar 2020
Nine months after communal tension in Old Delhi, Tis Hazari Court has ordered the registration of FIR’s against Alok Kumar the president of Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Swamiji from Kashi for inciting…
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FIRs on Hate Speech: ‘10-12 People Dying Everyday’, Pleads Gonsalves, but HC Puts Off Hearing till April 13
27 Feb 2020
On Wednesday, an HC bench, headed by Justice S Muralidhar (whose transfer was ‘suddenly’ notified late last night) had pulled up the Delhi Police and directed it to file FIRs against ‘hate speeches’…
Mohd. Imran Khan
Bihar: BJP Allies -- LJP and JD-U—Express Discomfort with Giriraj Hate Speech
21 Feb 2020
BJP leader Giriraj Singh should learn from Delhi elections and avoid saying anything that hurts others, says LJP’s Chirag Paswan.
Sumedha Pal
Delhi Elections: At Shaheen Bagh, Youths Erect ‘Unemployment Mirror of India’
04 Feb 2020
“While the BJP is trying its best to fight this election by polarisation and using Shaheen Bagh as a plank, we want to bring the attention back to the state of our economy.”
Tarique Anwar
2 Bullets Fired in Shaheen Bagh: Second Attack on Anti-CAA Protesters in Delhi
01 Feb 2020
The incident happened two days after a student was injured following a gun fired by a minor boy at a peaceful march to Raj Ghat in front of Jamia Millia Islamia.