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Condemning “the barbaric and brutal beheading of a person in Udaipur for a social media post defending an obnoxious and reprehensible statement against Prophet Mohammed”, the statement urges the government “immediately act to stop hate mongering by all sections in all forms.”
The Red Shirt rally, held on May 29, saw a coalition of Marxist, Dravidian and Ambedkarite groups unite against Hindutva for the third time in five years.
The apex court judgment on Zakia Jafri’s plea has made the victims of the alleged state-sponsered violence lonely, threatening them against seeking the help of human rights workers; Also: “Zakia Jafri’s Case is Reminder of How the Guilty of Gujarat Subverted Law” – by Teesta Setalvad
Uttar Pradesh has found a new weapon to deal with the violators who pose a challenge to the authority of the state namely, the Bulldozer! It is difficult to find an example anywhere in the world barring the sole exception of Israel where the government is in constant conflict with the Palestinian population.
‘We hope and trust the Supreme Court will rise to the occasion and not let the citizens and the Constitution down at this critical juncture,’ write 12 prominent former judges and senior advocates. Also: Bharat Dogra – “Bulldozing Structures or Demolishing Democracy?”
The recent decision by the UN General Assembly to declare 18 June as the International Day for Countering Hate Speech is significant. It comes at a special moment of world history, when hate speech in several parts of the globe, including India, seem to have become the order of the day.
Parliament was aware of the clamour to resurrect temples destroyed centuries ago by now destroying mosques in their stead. So, it made additional provisions to end all possible avenues for agitating real or perceived historical wrongs of that nature.
Historian DN Jha’s ‘Against the Grain’, gives a long list of religious sites that were appropriated or destroyed, making it clear that ancient India witnessed a level of religious violence that was certainly not insignificant.
The Hindu right wing has been trying to appropriate the legacy of Gandhi, Ambedkar and Subhas Chandra Bose in a bid to acquire legitimacy. All of them despised the Sangh Parivar.
A three month investigation by Scroll.in of Trad groups on Twitter, Clubhouse, Reddit and Instagram. It isn’t just fascist Italy from which they seek inspiration. They also draw upon the world of the American Alt-Right to give expression to their violent fantasies of subjugating Muslims, Dalits, women and sexual minorities.
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