Communalism
@AdityaMenon22 Quint has started a tracker for hate crimes and communal incidents. It's still a work in progress but we want to ensure no hate crime goes unreported.
https://www.thequint.com/quintlab/uncovering-hate-crime-tracker-communal-violence-india/ The Quint is committed to ensuring that no hate crime goes undocumented. Scroll down for verified information on the incidents of hate crime and communal violence that have taken place since June 2024...As of now, this tracker focuses on incidents of hate crime and communal violence that have take place since June 2024. An incident has been classified as a hate crime when either the authorities or the victim or the victim's family have confirmed a communal angle behind the incident. We are working constantly to make this list as exhaustive as possible...
https://www.thequint.com/uncovering-hate-investigations-ground-reports-and-deep-dives
'Hate crime': Minorities in Gujarat face targeted attacks; report reveals 55 incidents in 2022 https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2024/Jan/26/hate-crime-minorities-in-gujarat-face-targeted-attacks-report-reveals-55-incidents-in-2022 Report by the Minority Coordination Committee (MCC) documents a total of 55 unsettling incidents, with 53 assaults directed towards Muslims and two incidents targeting Christians, prompting a closer examination of the challenges faced by minority groups in the state.
The MCC report titled 'TARGETED: DOCUMENTING INCIDENTS AFFECTING MINORITIES IN GUJARAT' was released in October 2023, with seventy leaders from various areas of the state collaborating to acquire and compile material and produce the study.
Report for 2023: \6246 -Targeted_Report 2023.pdf" (to be uploaded)
‘Serious job’: How a collective in election-bound India fights hate speech https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/7/how-a-collective-in-indias-karnataka-is-standing-up-to-hate-ahead-of-polls Hate Speech Beda trains volunteers from across the southern state of Karnataka on using the law to combat hate crimes. It’s an uphill battle, but they’re not giving up.
India: Increased Abuses Against Minorities, Critics...
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/01/11/india-increased-abuses-against-minorities-critics
The Indian government undermined its aspirations for global leadership as a rights- The BJP government’s discriminatory and divisive policies have led to increased
violence against minorities, creating a pervasive environment of fear and a chilling effect
on government critics,” said Meenakshi Ganguly, deputy Asia director at Human Rights
Watch. “Instead of holding those responsible for abuses to account, the authorities
chose to punish the victims, and persecuted anyone who questioned these actions.”
In the 740-page World Report 2024, its 34th edition, Human Rights Watch reviews
human rights practices in more than 100 countries.
Investigation in the aftermath of brutal communal crimes is only one part of the issue. Victims' families are all poor and had been dependent on the income that the men brought home. Without compensation, they stare at financial uncertainty. https://thewire.in/rights/dakshina-kannada-karnataka-communal-hate-crime-compensation
Since the incident, Shafi has had no job, no home to return to, and no support from the state government either. Although the police have arrested eight persons, including Pujari, there has been no further communication from the police or the Congress-led state government, he shares. “My family has been appealing to Congress leaders for compensation,” he says, “but there has been no response from the government so far”.
04/07/2025
The communal riots erupted in North East Delhi on February 24, 2020, the result of clashes between the supporters of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and those opposing it. The Citizenship (Amendment) Act provided a way for undocumented migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan to gain Indian citizenship – as long as they were not Muslim. Passed in December 2019, the act provoked protests across India.
Some alleged that the Delhi riots had been triggered by inflammatory speeches by the leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party against those protesting against the act. In an order on Feburary 26, 2020, a Delhi High Court judge had noted that remarks of four BJP leaders – Anurag Thakur, Kapil Mishra, Parvesh Verma and Abhay Verma – met the Indian Penal Code’s definition of hate speech.
However, the Delhi police instead booked 20 leaders and participants of the anti-CAA movement under the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. They have been accused of orchestrating the riots as the culmination of a plan they had created over several months. Eighteen of them were arrested by the police through 2020. Two are absconding. Five years after the riots, 12 of them – all Muslim – continue to languish in prison, with the trial yet to even begin.
Scroll’s analysis shows that a predetermined narrative runs through the chargesheets, rarely reflecting the facts on the ground. The prosecution’s case seems to be based on fragile foundations, with little direct evidence, dangerously blurring the lines between legitimate protest and terrorism.
24/02/2025
Report: NDA 3.0 Sees 6 Lynchings, Mob Violence, And Hate Speeches In Three Weeks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttmtNMsyV4Y
Jun 27, 2024
It has been three weeks since the BJP-led NDA won a reduced but clear majority in the Lok Sabha elections. During this time, there have been several communal incidents, lynchings, and demolitions in different parts of the country.
Four people were lynched in two separate incidents in Chhattisgarh, one in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh and one in Gujarat. Additionally, communal unrest and targeted harassment by right-wing mobs around Eid-ul-Adha (Bakrid) were reported in various parts of the country.