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Unprecedented level of ‘mob justice’ can turn Bangladesh into a failed state, says criminologist
3 months ago

Unprecedented level of ‘mob justice’ can turn Bangladesh into a failed state, says criminologist

The Hindu  

In the backdrop of the sudden eruption of inter-ethnic violence between the indigenous population of the Chittagong Hill Tracts and the people from the plains, the Chief Adviser of Bangladesh Prof Mohammad Yunus acknowledged that the violence was triggered by an act of mob justice and appealed to the people to allow the law enforcement agencies to carry out their …

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22 years, dozens of lynchings, murders, rape and arson: How the Hindu community has been under attack in Bangladesh
4 months ago

22 years, dozens of lynchings, murders, rape and arson: How the Hindu community has been under attack in Bangladesh

Op India  

On 5th August, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, resigned from her post and fled the country amidst ongoing violent protests. Muslim mob turned violent and launched an arson attack on Hindu houses during 2017 Rangpur violence in Bangladesh In yet another incident of violence against the vulnerable Hindus in neighbouring Bangladesh, at least 30 Hindu houses at Thakurpara …

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MAGA faithful call for riots and lynchings after Trump’s guilty verdict
6 months, 3 weeks ago

MAGA faithful call for riots and lynchings after Trump’s guilty verdict

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Protesters gather outside Trump Tower in New York …

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Supreme Court asks Centre, six States to respond to plea on lynchings
1 year, 4 months ago

Supreme Court asks Centre, six States to respond to plea on lynchings

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on July 28 asked the Centre and at least six States to respond to a plea about lynchings and mob violence refusing to stop. The senior lawyer, appearing for the National Federation of Indian Women, highlighted how the 2018 judgment of the apex court in Tehseen Poonawala case had foretold that lynchings and mob violence were “creeping …

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Supreme Court seeks updates from Union, States on action taken against lynchings
1 year, 5 months ago

Supreme Court seeks updates from Union, States on action taken against lynchings

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on July 10 decided to take stock of what the Centre and State Governments have done so far to punish lynchings, mostly spurred by communal hate, since its July 2018 judgment condemned these “horrendous acts of mobocracy” as an anathema which requires a special law and punishment. The court said the Home Ministry could meet with the …

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Aakar Patel | Lynchings and other atrocities: When ‘news’ is no longer news
1 year, 10 months ago

Aakar Patel | Lynchings and other atrocities: When ‘news’ is no longer news

Deccan Chronicle  

News is defined as “information about a recent event or recently changed situation”. Stories move from the front page to the inside pages and then, if similar incidents keep coming, they are no longer considered “news”. The same day another story was reported with the headline “94% acquittal rate under Haryana’s cow slaughter law in Muslim-dominated Nuh”. One was: “Religion …

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Emmett Till And His Mother Posthumously Awarded Congressional Gold Medal
1 year, 11 months ago

Emmett Till And His Mother Posthumously Awarded Congressional Gold Medal

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Congress has passed legislation to posthumously award Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, with the Congressional Gold Medal. The Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021, which is now awaiting President Joe Biden’s signature, passed in the House of Representatives on Wednesday. The Congressional Gold Medal is an award given by Congress …

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India & Hindu Nationalism: What Is the Economic Cost of Marginalising Muslims?
2 years, 6 months ago

India & Hindu Nationalism: What Is the Economic Cost of Marginalising Muslims?

The Quint  

In her path-breaking research, Cook linked the surge in segregation laws, lynchings, and other racial violence in the US from 1870 to 1940 to a significant decline in patenting and innovation among African Americans. “Violence diminishes innovation and economic activity, with persistent effects,” says Cook. “The year 1899 is still the peak year for patenting-per-capita for African-Americans – and that’s …

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Sacrilege, lynchings and blast: Ahead of polls, Punjab rocked by violence and volatility
3 years ago

Sacrilege, lynchings and blast: Ahead of polls, Punjab rocked by violence and volatility

India Today  

In the countdown to the Punjab election early next year, a blast rocked the Ludhiana court complex, killing one and wounding four others on Thursday. EXPLOSIONS/TERROR ATTACKS IN PUNJAB FROM 2016-17 TO TILL DEC 2021: Maur Bathinda blast on January 31, 2017: The blast which took place on the last day of the 2017 poll campaign killed seven persons and …

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Ahead of Polls, the Silence of Political Parties over Lynchings in Punjab is Shameful
3 years ago

Ahead of Polls, the Silence of Political Parties over Lynchings in Punjab is Shameful

News 18  

In the last few days, two separate incidents of lynchings over sacrilege in Punjab have taken the entire country by storm. The logic being offered is that the Sikh community is ‘tired’ of inaction in multiple cases of sacrilege and it is high time for justice; hence “Sangat Karugi Insaaf”. Similarly, after the Singhu border incident where a labourer was …

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Two lynchings in two days in Punjab: Here's all you need to know
3 years ago

Two lynchings in two days in Punjab: Here's all you need to know

Firstpost  

The sacrilege cases have been at the heart of political conflicts in Punjab since 2015 with each party accusing the other of inaction and promising that if they were to be elected to power they would investigate the issues Poll-bound Punjab is on the boil after two lynchings took place in two days following accusations of desecration, one at the …

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'Sangat Karugi Insaaf': How Anger Over Govt Inaction in Past Sacrilege Cases is Provoking Punjab Lynchings
3 years ago

'Sangat Karugi Insaaf': How Anger Over Govt Inaction in Past Sacrilege Cases is Provoking Punjab Lynchings

News 18  

Sangat Karugi Insaaf — this seems to be the refrain in Punjab after two people were lynched to death in as many days following sacrilege attempts at the Golden Temple in Amritsar and a gurdwara in Kapurthala, underlining how the issue of sacrilege remains the biggest emotive issue in the poll-bound state. But the violent reaction of people in these …

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If lynchings were intentional, law would take its course: Tikait on Lakhimpur Kheri incident
3 years, 2 months ago

If lynchings were intentional, law would take its course: Tikait on Lakhimpur Kheri incident

India Today  

Speaking at the India Today Conclave on Saturday, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait reiterated that the lynching of the BJP workers in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri was only a “reaction to the action". Two BJP workers, a driver in the employ of Union minister Ajay Misra, and a local reporter were killed along with four farmers in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence …

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Column: California has a history of racist lynchings too. Ignoring that fact is mass delusion
3 years, 7 months ago

Column: California has a history of racist lynchings too. Ignoring that fact is mass delusion

LA Times  

A Mexican woman named Josefa, who is said to have killed a man in self-defense and was hanged for it in Downieville, is one of the few victims of lynchings to be officially commemorated. Up Temple, over to Hill Street, next to City Hall, down to La Plaza — downtown L.A. hosts multiple sites where at least 35 men met …

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From lynchings to the Capitol: Racism and the violence of revelry
3 years, 11 months ago

From lynchings to the Capitol: Racism and the violence of revelry

Al Jazeera  

The history of the US shows us that, when it comes to white supremacy, entertainment and violence go hand in hand. When placed within the context of the United States’ long history of white people rioting – almost always directed at people of colour – what seems dissonant in fact makes perfect sense. Lynching photographs teach us that today’s images …

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An American lynching: ‘I could hear their screams’
4 years, 2 months ago

An American lynching: ‘I could hear their screams’

Al Jazeera  

How a mass lynching and the people re-enacting it are forcing the US to confront the truth of its past and its present. The country’s criminal justice system was deemed “too good” for Black people, Boone says, and led to scores being killed without a trial or investigation. According to Tyrone Brooks, a veteran of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference …

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Ashes to Ashes: US Lynchings and a Story of Survival
4 years, 5 months ago

Ashes to Ashes: US Lynchings and a Story of Survival

Al Jazeera  

Winfred Rembert, a survivor of a lynching attempt, befriends fellow artist on a mission to memorialise forgotten names. Winfred Rembert, 74, is a Star Wars fanatic and leather artist who grew up picking cotton on a plantation in Georgia in the United States. Decades on, he develops a friendship with Dr Shirley Jackson Whitaker, a physician and fellow artist who …

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