Communalism
Hate-speech FIRs gather dust year after Maharashtra assured SC of action; no chargesheet in most cases https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/hate-speech-firs-gather-dust-year-after-maharashtra-assured-sc-of-action-no-chargesheet-in-most-cases-9581302/
Officers say at least 19 FIRs await govt nod; Fadnavis says moving as per law
according to information obtained by The Indian Express, including records accessed under the Right to Information Act....police are yet to file a chargesheet in at least 19 of the 25 cases, including all 16 linked to SHS. Reason: each of these “sensitive” cases is at various stages of a laborious process to obtain the state government’s sanction for prosecution. Eight of the 19 cases involve MLAs or public figures.,,,
When contacted by The Indian Express for comment on these findings, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who holds the Home portfolio in the BJP-Sena-NCP government, said, “We will take decisions in accordance with the law.” ..A senior officer from Maharashtra police said there was no pendency at their level and that if the required documents are not attached while sending proposals for prosecution sanction, they are pointed out to the officer concerned.
तुम्हारे मस्जिद के अंदर घुस कर चुन चुन के मारेंगे #BJP #नीतेशराणे, रामगिरी महाराज को समर्थन #lokheet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quO2YQcpbNc Lokheet Janta Ka Haq
BJP नितेश राणे ने फिर से मुसलमानों को मस्जिद में घुस कर चुन चुन के मारने की दी धमकी. WA: The people in the audience laughing and hooting is even more disgusting; Several firs have also been registered against Ramgiri . But he continues to spew hatred
BJP नितेश राणे पर FIR Darj नहीं हुई तो गोवंदी में रोड जाम करेंगे कल सुबह १०Am शिवाजी नगर पुलिसस्टेशन https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuwZWavCs20 Lokheet Janta Ka Haq
मैं सुबह 10 बजे शिवाजी नगर पुलिस स्टेशन जाऊंगा और अगर पुलिस ने कार्रवाई नहीं की तो गोवंडी में निकलेंगे मोर्चा और करेंगे रोड जाम..."अतीक खान "स
Mujahid Nafees, the convener of the Gujarat-based Minority Coordination Committee, said that as hate spreads, so does ghettoisation. He cited the example of Juhapura, a predominantly Muslim neighbourhood in Ahmedabad, Gujarat’s biggest city, where the community became further ghettoised after the 2002 violence.
Nafees lives in Juhapura. “People prefer to stay in ghettos for their safety. It has its advantages but it pushes for a further marginalisation of Muslims,” he said.
Mamatha Yajaman, a women’s rights activist in Karnataka, said hate speech disproportionately affects women, especially from vulnerable Muslim and Dalit communities. Dalits fall at the bottom of India’s complex caste hierarchy and have faced centuries of discrimination.
And a report by the People’s Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL) in January said at least 84 instances of religious conflict occurred in Karnataka’s coastal districts last year, 44 of them listed under hate speech.
In February, a report by the India Hate Lab, a United States-based research group, documented about 700 hate speeches in the country in 2023.
PUCL Maharashtra urginge Strict action against BJP MLA T Raja Singh and others for the vitriolic communal propaganda FIR No. 95/2024 dated March 23, 2024.
PUCL has also pointed out in its letter that T Raja Singh and speakers and the organisers at the rally indulged in inflammatory hate speech in flagrant violation of the order dated February 23, 2024 passed by the Bombay High Court and the undertaking submitted by T Raja Singh. However no further action has been taken against them.
PUCL has accordingly called upon the authorities to forthwith take steps to ensure that -
(1) Strict action is taken in FIR No. 95/2024 registered by Mira Road Police Station, including to arrest and prosecute the hate speech offenders accused in the crime.
(2) Sections 121-A, 153, 153-B, 504 and 505 of the IPC are added to FIR No. 95/2024 and names of other organisers, speakers responsible for the crime be included in the case.
(3) Independent, fair and timely investigation is conducted in FIR No. 95/2024 registered by Mira Road Police Station, considering the inaction displayed by the police.
(4) Immediate steps are taken against police officers who are guilty of dereliction of their duty, by failing to prevent communal hate speech at the rally on 25th February 2024, stopping the rally and taking action against the perpetrators, delaying the filing of FIR and taking further steps towards investigating and prosecuting the crime, including the arrest of the accused.
(5) The aforesaid Supreme Court orders are strictly implemented in letter and spirit, by taking suo moto action against hate speech, registering FIRs and prosecuting the offenders of hate speech for their crimes at the earliest.
(6) Communal hate speech is prevented in Maharashtra at all costs and strict action is initiated to ensure that Sakal Hindu Samaj and its speakers are not permitted to commit even a single more offence of hate speech.
(7) Police action is initiated to investigate all the incidents of communal hate speech made at all the earlier rallies and public events organized by Sakal Hindu Samaj in Maharashtra and take all measures to ensure that such incidents do not occur in the future.
Subcategories
Hate Crime
Hate Speech / Incitement to violence
Hate Speech Maharashtra
PUCL Maharashtra has decided to showcase information on Hate Speech in Maharashtra as presented in the different websites, social media of Civil Society organisations and concerned individuals. Each one has their own style of documentation and each one is a shining node. We hope to have a decentralised platform which will valorise whatever work individuals an organisations are doing, such that while they do their regular work of posting, creating websites, blogs, data directories, such that it can be searched, and researched, and help activist (information activist, if you will) curate this content into learning modules, state of the art reports.. letting a thousand nodes glow.
250811-Jalgaon-lynching of Pathan after being seen with Hindu woman at cafe
A 21-year-old Muslim man was on Monday beaten to death allegedly by members of a Hindutva group in the town of Jamner in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district. The perpetrators allegedly assaulted Suleman Rahim Khan Pathan after he was seen with a Hindu woman from the same village at a cafe
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Two Muslim-owned restaurants in Wani, Yavatmal, were forcibly shut down by members of the Bajrang Dal
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At the “Samrast Yatra” event in Kurla, Mumbai, organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal, a Jain monk disseminated hate speech rife with anti-Muslim propaganda.
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Rane’s speeches continued throughout the month of February, spreading more hateful conspiracy theories, and even suggesting that if Muslims “looked at Hindus in an incorrect manner,” they would face consequences. He stated that, “Our government is very bad. What is going on around I am aware of everything. You don’t have to struggle. Wherever something wrong is happening, wherever someone tries to slaughter a cow, wherever someone tries to smuggle, wherever green snakes try to wriggle, just make one call, and leave the rest of the arrangements to me., https://cjp.org.in/the-role-of-leaders-in-spreading-divisive-rhetoric/