Mainstream News Channels Ran Programs With Anti-Muslim Prejudice While Reporting CAA Protests: Citizen's Committee Report
2 years, 5 months ago

Mainstream News Channels Ran Programs With Anti-Muslim Prejudice While Reporting CAA Protests: Citizen's Committee Report

Live Law  

A Citizen's Committee report on the North East Delhi Violence 2020 gave its findings on media's role in fueling polarisation between communities and anti-Muslim hate before and after the violence. The analysis revealed that the channels' reportage of events surrounding the CAA framed the issues as "Hindus versus Muslims" with prejudice and suspicion against the Muslim community. It stated that– "There was a concerted attempt to frame the issues around the CAA as Hindus versus Muslims with Muslims being portrayed as "troublemakers" or "ungrateful citizens", or people whose actions were "antithetical to national interest". A Citizen's Committee report on Delhi riots 2020 referred to Republic TV,Times Now @TimesNow, Aaj Tak, Zee News, India TV & Republic Bharat and stated that these channels ran programs with anti-Muslim prejudice and communal hatred while reporting CAA protests.

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Big Tech’s Role in Spreading Hate Speech in India Is a Lesson for the World
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Big Tech’s Role in Spreading Hate Speech in India Is a Lesson for the World

The Quint  

In several of these instances, the people being targeted were Muslims, as evidenced by their responses to being asked their names on camera in the videos posted by the vigilantes. For instance, Instagram’s community guidelines claim that the platform removes content that “contains credible threats or hateful conduct” or “targets private individuals to degrade or shame them”. The guidelines also …

Police downplay Islamist attack against Lord Ayyappa devotees in Rayachoti: How hate crime against Hindus is brushed aside in the name of 'protecting secularism'
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Police downplay Islamist attack against Lord Ayyappa devotees in Rayachoti: How hate crime against Hindus is brushed aside in the name of 'protecting secularism'

Op India  

A bus carrying devotees of Lord Ayyappa was allegedly attacked by extremists in Andhra Pradesh’s Rayachoti town. It is not good for this country.” However, the police were quick to respond to the statement and termed the condemning of the attack on Hindus as “material that may aggravate communal tensions between different religious groups.” Instead of keeping an eye on …

Civil society organisations protest in Karnataka against Election Commission for ‘inaction’ against MCC violations, hate speeches
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Civil society organisations protest in Karnataka against Election Commission for ‘inaction’ against MCC violations, hate speeches

The Hindu  

Demanding that Prime Minister Narendra Modi be barred from campaigning for 96 hours and an FIR be lodged against him for his alleged hate speeches, several civil society groups undertook a nationwide joint campaign on May 11, including in Karnataka, with the slogan “Grow a Spine or Resign.” The activists in Bengaluru submitted a memorandum to the office of the …

CNN wants India to be a Sharia state, its latest oped shows the Western media's antipathy for Hindus
10 months, 3 weeks ago

CNN wants India to be a Sharia state, its latest oped shows the Western media's antipathy for Hindus

Op India  

As India is in the midst of general elections, the Western media has gone all out to influence the Indian voters against the incumbent Modi government. On the 1st of May, US-based media house CNN published an article titled: “Rising Hindu nationalism leaves Muslims fearful in India’s holy city”. PM Modi called Indian Muslims ‘infiltrators’: CNN parrots the lies peddled …

How dubious YouTube ‘news’ channels are boosting Modi in India’s election
11 months, 3 weeks ago

How dubious YouTube ‘news’ channels are boosting Modi in India’s election

Al Jazeera  

Mumbai, India – On one channel, a male journalist chastises an Indian Muslim man sympathetic with Palestinians, asking him: “Did you stand with Hindus when they suffered atrocities in Pakistan and Afghanistan?” On another channel, a journalist gleefully asks a Muslim resident of the city of Ayodhya whether Muslims were happy that a Ram temple had come up on the …

CAA rules: Foreign media is again peddling a false narrative to incite Indian Muslims against a law that doesn't concern them at all
1 year ago

CAA rules: Foreign media is again peddling a false narrative to incite Indian Muslims against a law that doesn't concern them at all

Op India  

“India implements citizenship amendment law excluding Muslims”, this, with some changes here and there, has been the headline of several international media houses. Ever since the Modi government notified CAA on 11th of March 2024, a section of local and international media has resorted to labeling the much-needed law as “discriminatory” since it ‘excludes Muslims’. “India implements ‘anti-Muslim’ 2019 citizenship …

NBDSA takes action against three TV news channels for violating guidelines on communal issues
1 year ago

NBDSA takes action against three TV news channels for violating guidelines on communal issues

The Hindu  

March 02, 2024 04:38 am | Updated 04:38 am IST - NEW DELHI The News Broadcasting & Digital Standards Authority has directed three TV news channels to remove videos of certain programmes on communal issues as they violated the Code of Ethics and other guidelines. With respect to a programme broadcast by Times Now Navbharat on May 31, 2023, the …

Hate crime tracker Hindutva Watch blocked in India ahead of national vote
1 year, 1 month ago

Hate crime tracker Hindutva Watch blocked in India ahead of national vote

Al Jazeera  

After its X account was blocked, the website too has become inaccessible, two months before national elections and amid growing censorship concerns. “We received communication from MEITY under the IT Act last week regarding the potential blocking of India Hate Lab and Hindutva Watch,” Raqib Hameed Naik, the founder of both projects, told Al Jazeera, referring to India’s Information Technology …

We take the threat seriously, but terrorists have tendency to want media coverage: MEA on Pannun
1 year, 3 months ago

We take the threat seriously, but terrorists have tendency to want media coverage: MEA on Pannun

Firstpost  

Earlier this week, SFJ chief Gurpatwant Singh Pannu released a video message in which he threatened to ‘shake the very foundation of Parliament’ on 13 December — the anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attack on Parliament The Ministry of External Affairs Thursday reacted to US-based Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun’s threat to attack the Indian parliament on or before 13 …

Hate crimes and hate speech are on the rise in India. Meet the trackers
1 year, 4 months ago

Hate crimes and hate speech are on the rise in India. Meet the trackers

LA Times  

Demonstrators hold placards as they shout slogans during a protest against hate speech in New Delhi on Dec. 27, 2021. The demonstrators became aggressive and a mob entered Muslim-dominated localities, resorting to stone-pelting, destroying shop facades and overturning handcarts.” The report came from Hindutva Watch, a Washington-based project that monitors hate speech and hate crimes against India’s religious minorities, including …

Anti-Muslim hate speech in India spikes around elections, report says
1 year, 6 months ago

Anti-Muslim hate speech in India spikes around elections, report says

Al Jazeera  

Hindutva Watch report says the ruling BJP is linked to an ‘escalating trend’ of anti-Muslim hate speech in the country. It added that 80 percent of the hate speech events took place in states governed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party. Abu Asim Azmi, a Muslim legislator from Mumbai, capital of Maharashtra, told Al Jazeera the …

Media Boycott by INDIA Bloc Exposes Unsettled Priorities and Insecurity - News18
1 year, 6 months ago

Media Boycott by INDIA Bloc Exposes Unsettled Priorities and Insecurity - News18

News 18  

In a surprising move, the Opposition alliance, aptly named INDIA, has declared one of its initial decisions: a boycott of approximately 14 prominent TV anchors. There are tactful ways to address concerns, and it’s essential to acknowledge that various political parties, both past and present, have, at times, chosen to boycott media organisations, anchors, or newspapers. The Opposition alliance’s unequivocal …

India’s opposition alliance to boycott ‘hate-filled’ TV news anchors
1 year, 6 months ago

India’s opposition alliance to boycott ‘hate-filled’ TV news anchors

Al Jazeera  

Indian opposition parties have pledged to boycott several television news anchors they accuse of spreading hate and of partisanship towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government. The opposition politicians have accused India’s clamorous cable news shows of being in thrall to the BJP’s agenda, including polarising segments on Muslim and Christian minorities. The opposition bloc said its members would …

Complaint file against Twitter handle Hindutva Watch in Kolhapur
1 year, 9 months ago

Complaint file against Twitter handle Hindutva Watch in Kolhapur

Op India  

On 7th June 2023, a complaint was filed in the Kolhapur Cyber police station against the Twitter handle Hindutva Watch for spreading fake news and inciting riots. The Twitter handle Hindutva Watch allegedly made an attempt to insinuate that it was Sambhaji Salunkhe’s speech on 6th June 2023, that incited violence on the next day. As of now, Kholapur Police …

2 malicious letters: Analysis of 16 orgs & 24 lawmakers, with links to Jihadis, Khalistanis and more, campaigning against State Dinner for PM Modi in USA
1 year, 9 months ago

2 malicious letters: Analysis of 16 orgs & 24 lawmakers, with links to Jihadis, Khalistanis and more, campaigning against State Dinner for PM Modi in USA

Op India  

On June 21, Prime Minister Narendra Modi started his five-day visit to the United States and Egypt. We call on the @USCIRF and the US government to declare Gujarat 2002 as genocide: Dr. Rehan Khan, President, International Society for Peace and Justice — Indian American Muslim Council February 28, 2023 The organisation’s website actively talks about CAA/NRC and claims “Minorities …

NBDSA Finds News18 India & Zee News Guilty For Communally Charged Programs; Slams TimesNow For Wrong 'Pro-Pak' Slogan Report
2 years ago

NBDSA Finds News18 India & Zee News Guilty For Communally Charged Programs; Slams TimesNow For Wrong 'Pro-Pak' Slogan Report

Live Law  

The News Broadcasting & Digital Standards Authority on Monday found news channels News18India and Zee News guilty of airing communally charged programs.The body found Zee News liable for depicting the issue of over-population by targeting the Muslim community and selectively sharing statistics.The complainant had alleged that the channel broadcasted visuals of large Muslim crowds. The News Broadcasting & Digital Standards …

Security outside BBC's Delhi office beefed up as Hindu Sena holds protest
2 years, 1 month ago

Security outside BBC's Delhi office beefed up as Hindu Sena holds protest

India Today  

Security was beefed up outside the BBC office in New Delhi's Kasturba Gandhi Road after a group of Hindu Sena members protested outside the media house on Wednesday. Several jawans of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police were deployed outside HT House where the BBC India office is located and sleuths of the Income Tax department are conducting a survey for the …

Indian diaspora in UK protests outside BBC headquarters over the Gujarat Riots documentary, says it endangers the Hindu community
2 years, 1 month ago

Indian diaspora in UK protests outside BBC headquarters over the Gujarat Riots documentary, says it endangers the Hindu community

Op India  

On January 29 members of the Indian diaspora in London staged a protest against BBC outside the media house’s headquarters over the documentary it released accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the Gujarat Riots 2002 when he was Chief Minister of the state. This video is of the protest at BBC headquarters Broadcast House in London.https://t.co/qBEq6VrHTJ — Kanchan Gupta 🇮🇳 …

PM Modi documentary row | Hindu Sena puts up anti-BBC placards outside BBC’s Delhi office
2 years, 1 month ago

PM Modi documentary row | Hindu Sena puts up anti-BBC placards outside BBC’s Delhi office

The Hindu  

Members of the Hindu Sena on Sunday, allegedly put up anti-BBC placards outside the UK-headquartered broadcaster's office on Kasturba Gandhi Marg here, over its controversial documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots. The Hindu Sena members also accused the media organisation of conspiring to tarnish and malign the image of both India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BBC was a …

OPINION | BBC documentary: Know the real motive of those trying to defame India
2 years, 2 months ago

OPINION | BBC documentary: Know the real motive of those trying to defame India

India TV News  

BBC documentary: The attempts by pro-Left activists to screen the BBC documentary on Gujarat riots titled 'The Modi Question' in Jamia Millia and JNU campuses are nothing but reflective of their mindset to bring infamy to our country on the eve of 74th Republic Day. In CPI-ruled Kerala, the BBC documentary was extensively screened by pro-Left groups in several districts …

Govt blocks access to BBC documentary on Gujarat riots
2 years, 2 months ago

Govt blocks access to BBC documentary on Gujarat riots

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The Union government on Saturday ordered video sharing service YouTube to take down copies of a BBC documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots, and asked Twitter to remove posts in connection with the film that the administration believes poses a threat to the sovereignty of the country, its relationships with other nations, and public order, people aware of …

India says BBC film on Modi’s role in Gujarat riots ‘propaganda’
2 years, 2 months ago

India says BBC film on Modi’s role in Gujarat riots ‘propaganda’

Al Jazeera  

The BBC documentary features the findings of a UK inquiry into the 2002 deadly riots, which reveals PM Modi failed to stop the violence. India’s foreign ministry has dismissed as “propaganda” a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi that questions his leadership during the deadly 2002 Gujarat riots. The report of a United Kingdom inquiry showcased in the documentary …

British Indians to launch vigorous 'BBC Protest' in London over Hinduphobia and Indiaphobia
2 years, 4 months ago

British Indians to launch vigorous 'BBC Protest' in London over Hinduphobia and Indiaphobia

India TV News  

Dozens of British Hindu organisations are protesting against the BBC for what they call the international broadcaster's "anti-Hindu and anti-India bias" running nonstop for many years. It is similar to the one organised by the British Hindus against The Guardian newspaper in September, where the community said the newspaper's coverage of Leicester was based on "biased and fake news." In …

Delhi Police Invesigation Of 2020 Riots Cases Skewed, Role Of Those Who Made Hate Speeches Ignored : Citizens' Committee Report
2 years, 5 months ago

Delhi Police Invesigation Of 2020 Riots Cases Skewed, Role Of Those Who Made Hate Speeches Ignored : Citizens' Committee Report

Live Law  

A report released by a Citizens' Committee consisting of former judges and a retired civil servant has indicted the Delhi Police, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and the Delhi Government for their failures in handling the communal riots which took place in North East Delhi in February 2020.The report titled "Uncertain Justice: A Citizens Committee Report on the North …

Days after Leicester violence, Indian diaspora to stage protest against BBC for spreading Hinduphobia and peddling anti-India narrative
2 years, 5 months ago

Days after Leicester violence, Indian diaspora to stage protest against BBC for spreading Hinduphobia and peddling anti-India narrative

Op India  

Following violence and targeted misinformation campaign against Hindus in Leicester and Birmingham, the Indian diaspora is set to stage a protest against the UK’s state media, British Broadcasting Corporation for peddling anti-Hindu and anti-India narratives, particularly during Leicester violence. #Hinduphobia #Indiaphobia pic.twitter.com/7vW4gmrqmQ — Organiser Weekly October 7, 2022 A Twitter user by the username @/indicsociety tweeted, “Indian diaspora in Britain …

UK: Hindus protest outside Guardian office for anti-Hindu reporting
2 years, 5 months ago

UK: Hindus protest outside Guardian office for anti-Hindu reporting

Op India  

On 28th September 2022, Hindus in the United Kingdom gathered in front of the Guardian News office in London to protest against their biased reporting of the Leicester violence that painted the Hindu community in a bad light despite it being the victim of the incident in which a Hindu temple was vandalized. The protesters were seen holding placards saying …

Pause, take a critical look at what you have done: Editors Guild of India to news channels on Kanpur violence
2 years, 9 months ago

Pause, take a critical look at what you have done: Editors Guild of India to news channels on Kanpur violence

The Hindu  

Noting that the irresponsible conduct of some news channels has made the national discourse coarse and the gap between communities unbridgeable, the Editors Guild of India on June 8 asked them to pause and take a critical look at what they have done just to increase viewership and profit during the Kanpur violence. It also called for stricter vigilance by …

Delayed response: On govt.’s stern action against hate speech
2 years, 9 months ago

Delayed response: On govt.’s stern action against hate speech

The Hindu  

The Government’s decision to take a stern view of hate speech targeting religious beliefs, to distance itself from comments made by two spokespersons of the Bharatiya Janata Party, and to assert India’s traditional values of tolerance and respect for all religions is both welcome and reassuring for those within the country increasingly concerned about the increase in such speech. The …

Govt issues advisory to TV channels on coverage of Delhi riots, Ukraine conflict
2 years, 11 months ago

Govt issues advisory to TV channels on coverage of Delhi riots, Ukraine conflict

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Taking exception to television coverage of the Ukraine-Russia conflict and the Delhi riots, the government on Saturday issued a strong advisory to news channels asking them to abide by the programme code laid down by the relevant laws. The government cited specific instances of “hyberbolic” statements by news anchors and “scandalous headlines/taglines” while reporting on the Ukraine-Russia conflict …

'Avoid scandalous headlines, provocative claims': Govt to TV channels on Ukraine, Delhi riots coverage
2 years, 11 months ago

'Avoid scandalous headlines, provocative claims': Govt to TV channels on Ukraine, Delhi riots coverage

India TV News  

Highlights Centre issued a strong advisory to news channels asking them to abide by programme code by laws. Debates on TV channels on incidents in Delhi had provocative, socially unacceptable language: Govt Taking exception to television coverage of the Ukraine-Russia conflict and the Delhi riots, the government on Saturday issued a strong advisory to news channels asking them to abide …

Revealed: Connecting the dots between Jahangirpuri violence and 2020 Delhi riots
2 years, 11 months ago

Revealed: Connecting the dots between Jahangirpuri violence and 2020 Delhi riots

India TV News  

Highlights Special Cell likely to take over Jahangirpuri case C Block Kushal Chowk had a connection with the 2020 North-East riots of Delhi The protests against CAA/NRC had mainly illegal Bangladeshi women and children Jahangirpuri Violence: The Special Cell or the Crime Branch of Delhi Police is likely to take over the Jahangirpuri violence case in which eight police personnel …

Anti-CAA protest not organic or women-driven, Delhi Police tells court
3 years, 1 month ago

Anti-CAA protest not organic or women-driven, Delhi Police tells court

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Saturday told a city court that the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens in north east Delhi in 2020 were “neither organic” nor “women-driven”, and that they were “organised at Muslim-dominated areas” in the poorest localities of the city to create a secular facade and use them as “cannon …

Hate speech and online abuse: India’s growing extremism problem
3 years, 2 months ago

Hate speech and online abuse: India’s growing extremism problem

Al Jazeera  

Calls to kill minorities, weak mainstream media and negligent officials – India sees a rising tide of communalism. Amid a spike in anti-minority hate speech, independent journalists in India uncover Hindu extremist gatherings and the truth behind a bizarre mobile app claiming to “sell” prominent Muslim women. Contributors: Samar Halarnkar – Editor, Article 14 Vijayta Lalwani – Journalist R Jagannathan …

2020 Delhi Riots: Panel Grills Facebook India Officials. 'Don't Want Hate On Our Platform,' Says FB
3 years, 4 months ago

2020 Delhi Riots: Panel Grills Facebook India Officials. 'Don't Want Hate On Our Platform,' Says FB

ABP News  

New Delhi: Chairman of Delhi Assembly’s Committee on Peace and Harmony Raghav Chadha on Thursday sought to know about Meta Chief Executive Officer’s role in Facebook India’s public policy. This came as Facebook’s Public Policy Director Shivnath Thukral and Director GV Anand Bhushan appeared before the committee which seeks to ascertain social media’s role in curbing hate speech post the …

Facebook India officials to appear before committee in connection with Delhi riots case on Nov 18
3 years, 4 months ago

Facebook India officials to appear before committee in connection with Delhi riots case on Nov 18

India TV News  

Facebook India officials to appear before committee in connection with Delhi riots case on Nov 18 Facebook India officials have been asked to appear before a Delhi committee in connection with Delhi riots case. Facebook India Public Policy Director, Shivnath Thukral and Director GV Anand Bhushan have been asked to appear before Delhi Assembly’s Committee on Peace and Harmony on …

'Mind has to be applied': Court raps police over probe into Delhi riots case
3 years, 6 months ago

'Mind has to be applied': Court raps police over probe into Delhi riots case

India Today  

In yet another case related to the Delhi riots of February 2020, a sessions court has reprimanded the Delhi Police for its investigation. The court also said, “It is also relevant to note here that till date the investigating agency has not been able to apprehend any other accused person in the matter, meaning thereby that no progress/further investigation in …

Why the 2020 violence in Delhi was a pogrom
4 years, 1 month ago

Why the 2020 violence in Delhi was a pogrom

Al Jazeera  

The violence was organised and systematic and it appears that the Indian authorities were complicit. The government and the media were quick to brand the violence as “riots” and the term remains widely used to refer to the events of February 2020. Historically used to refer to anti-Jewish violence in Europe and the Middle East, the term “pogrom” is now …

Complaint against Manorama TV and others for glorifying Republic Day riot
4 years, 1 month ago

Complaint against Manorama TV and others for glorifying Republic Day riot

Op India  

A complaint has been filed against Malayalam News channels namely, Manorama News, MediaOne and Reporter TV for “exhorting and glorifying violence including acts of extremist organisations in which they made attempts to destabilize and overthrow the democratically elected Central Government”, reports Organiser. Legal Rights Observatory, an activist group which reportedly uses legal measures to take on people and organizations which …

EXCLUSIVE: International plot behind R-Day violence has been exposed, says Delhi Police Commissioner
4 years, 1 month ago

EXCLUSIVE: International plot behind R-Day violence has been exposed, says Delhi Police Commissioner

India TV News  

Delhi Police Commissioner SN Shrivastava in an exclusive conversation with India TV spoke on the Republic Day violence which took place during farmers tractor parade and discussed all the actions being taken against the rioters. Speaking to India TV, Delhi's top cop said that over 40 cases have been registered, 130 people have been arrested, with peoples' help, they have …

Farm stir: Delhi Police acts tough on 'instigators', registers 4 FIRs against several social media accounts
4 years, 1 month ago

Farm stir: Delhi Police acts tough on 'instigators', registers 4 FIRs against several social media accounts

India TV News  

The Delhi Police has registered four FIRs against social media accounts "inciting" violence in the name of farmers' protests. One person has been arrested from Rajasthan's Churu for posting an old video carrying the fake news of resignation by 200 police personnel, police said. The Delhi Police said the accounts/handles that were posting fake, offensive and provocative content have been …

'United Against Hate', accused in Delhi Riots, and Farmer Protest: Dangerous signs
4 years, 4 months ago

'United Against Hate', accused in Delhi Riots, and Farmer Protest: Dangerous signs

Op India  

The ‘farmer’ protests in Punjab has become a flashpoint in Delhi. Even as a section of the protesting ‘farmers’ raise pro-Khalistan slogans, a Muslim organisation, United Against Hate, that is an accused in the Delhi Riots 2020 case, is now seen getting involved the in ‘farmer protest’. ‘United Against Hate’ – the radical organisation that fuelled Anti-Hindu riots It is …

[Sudarshan TV Show On Tanishq Ad] Plea In Delhi HC Seeks Directions To Regulate News Channels From Broadcasting Content On Communal Disharmony
4 years, 5 months ago

[Sudarshan TV Show On Tanishq Ad] Plea In Delhi HC Seeks Directions To Regulate News Channels From Broadcasting Content On Communal Disharmony

Live Law  

The Controversy related to the recent Tanishq The plea specifically seeks, that direction be issued to authorities to Come up with a mechanism to check contents of news agencies which are spreading hatred amongst the communities, instigative, separatist, hate-filled, divisive, against the society at large and against the spirit of Union of India. Suresh Chavhanke mentioned in his show, that …

Why Hate Facebook? It Might Just Be Last Best Free Speech Measure
4 years, 5 months ago

Why Hate Facebook? It Might Just Be Last Best Free Speech Measure

The Quint  

The recent investigative reports by TIME and the Wall Street Journal on Facebook’s content handling and lobbying activities have triggered an intense political debate in India. On the one hand, Facebook’s moderation of hateful content in India seems to have been influenced by business and political imperatives; on the other, it appears as if the relationship between its public policy …

Delhi Assembly to Examine NewsClick Editor, Alt News Co-founder
4 years, 5 months ago

Delhi Assembly to Examine NewsClick Editor, Alt News Co-founder

News 18  

Delhi Legislative Assembly’s Committee on Peace and Harmony will examine the editor of online news portal NewsClick, Prabir Purkaystha, and co-founder of Alt News, Pratik Sinha, on Monday in continuation of its proceedings against Facebook for its alleged inaction to tackle harmful content on its platform. The decision was taken in a meeting in continuation of the previous proceedings of …

CAA, stirs gave rise to hate speeches before riots: report
4 years, 5 months ago

CAA, stirs gave rise to hate speeches before riots: report

The Hindu  

An environment for violence was created before the riots broke out in the Capital in February, a recent report released by Citizens and Lawyers Initiative has stated. The report, titled ‘Delhi Riots of February 2020: Causes, Fallout and Aftermath’, claims that the implementation of Citizenship Amendment Act and the protests that followed gave rise to hate speeches, “which stoked the …

Delhi Police trying to frame anyone critical of Modi govt, says CPI
4 years, 6 months ago

Delhi Police trying to frame anyone critical of Modi govt, says CPI

The Hindu  

Reacting to the recent chargesheet filed against several political leaders and activists in connection with anti-Citizenship Act protests, the Communist Party of India on Thursday said that the Delhi Police was trying to frame anyone critical of the Narendra Modi government. In a statement, the party said that the peaceful and democratic protests against the CAA were a legitimate, constitutional …

[Allegation Of Communal Reporting By Republic TV] Delhi HC Directs Ministry of Information & Broadcasting To Decide Complaints Within 4 Weeks [Read Order]
4 years, 6 months ago

[Allegation Of Communal Reporting By Republic TV] Delhi HC Directs Ministry of Information & Broadcasting To Decide Complaints Within 4 Weeks [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Central Government to consider the complaint filed by Youth Congress Secretary Amrish Ranjan Pandey against Republic TV for communal reporting of the 'Palghar mob lynching' incident. The Bench of Justice Navin Chawla has directed the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to consider the petitioner's complaint and take a decision on it within …

Biased Delhi Police chargesheet against CAA-protestors shows how institutions become victims of political duress
4 years, 6 months ago

Biased Delhi Police chargesheet against CAA-protestors shows how institutions become victims of political duress

Firstpost  

The most jarringly missing name in the 17,000-page charge sheet is that of Delhi BJP leader and former AAP MLA Kapil Mishra, the ‘instigator-in-chief’ in the riots. The indisputable fact that rioters stormed several parts of North East Delhi — including Shiv Vihar, Khajuri Khas, Chand Bagh, Gokulpuri, Maujpur, Karawal Nagar and Jafrabad — hours after Mishra’s provocative speech has …

Delhi Riots: ‘Police Falsely Implicating Anti-CAA-NRC Activists’
4 years, 6 months ago

Delhi Riots: ‘Police Falsely Implicating Anti-CAA-NRC Activists’

The Quint  

● It has also come to our notice that the police has been coercing people it has summoned for questioning to give false statements. ● In its latest line of questioning, the Delhi Police has been grilling people on their conversations in some WhatsApp groups with hundreds of members. Isn’t it ridiculous to believe that riots of this scale were …

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