Kansas man gets 3 more life sentences for killing Indian engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla

Adam Purinton, a 53-year-old Navy veteran, reportedly yelled ‘get out of my country’ before fatally shooting the techie at a bar in February 2017.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 08, 2018 · 07:54 am

US: Man who shot Srinivas Kuchibhotla dead pleads guilty to hate crime charges

Adam Purinton accepted the charges to avoid the death penalty.

Scroll Staff

· May 22, 2018 · 10:15 am

‘We are here to stay’: Altab Ali’s murder 40 years ago mobilised East London’s Bangladeshi community

The racially motivated murder was a watershed moment that marked a significant turning point for race relations in East London.

Aminul Hoque, The Conversation

· May 21, 2018 · 01:30 pm

How police in the United States are mislabeling hate crimes against the LGBTQ community

It’s a problem that can endanger public safety and leave policymakers blind.

Rachel Glickhouse, ProPublica

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Rahima Nasa, ProPublica

· May 20, 2018 · 09:30 pm

Kansas man gets life in prison for killing Indian engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla

Adam Purinton had reportedly yelled ‘get out of my country’ before fatally shooting the 32-year-old at a bar.

Scroll Staff

· May 05, 2018 · 07:47 am

Hindutva outfits organise tableau honouring Rajsamand murder accused in Jodhpur

Shiv Sena leader Hari Singh said Shambulal Regar was fully justified in killing a Muslim man and setting him on fire.

Scroll Staff

· Mar 27, 2018 · 05:02 pm

With politics of demonisation on the rise, India must keep a data record of hate crimes

Amnesty International’s Halt The Hate website attempts to address this gap in recorded crime data.

Likhita Banerji

· Mar 22, 2018 · 08:00 am

Rajsamand murder: Supreme Court asks CBI’s lawyer to take instructions on conducting the inquiry

The victim’s widow has filed a plea seeking an investigation by an impartial agency, removal of videos of the killing and transfer of the case to West Bengal.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 16, 2018 · 07:52 pm

United Kingdom: Court sentences Finsbury Park attacker Darren Osborne to 43 years in prison

Osborne had driven a van into a crowd of Muslims near a north London mosque in June 2017, killing one person and injuring eight.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 02, 2018 · 10:59 pm

Bengali Muslim worker’s murder: Shambhulal Regar did not choose his victim randomly, police say

He believed killing Mohammad Afrazul would force two migrant labourers whom he blamed for ruining his extramarital affairs to leave Rajsamand town.

Abhishek Dey

· Jan 25, 2018 · 09:00 am

Rajsamand murder: Accused linked killing to ‘love jihad’ to hide his affair, says chargesheet

Police also said they had recovered a diary in which Regar had written down all the remarks he made in the murder videos.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 15, 2018 · 11:08 am

India is undercounting religious hate crimes by failing to invoke a crucial section of the law

Looking back at five hate crimes that made the headlines in 2017.

Abhishek Dey

· Dec 30, 2017 · 09:00 am