Haridwar hate speech case: Police arrest former UP Shia Waqf board chief Jitendra Tyagi

Tyagi had recently converted to Hinduism and changed his name from Wasim Rizvi. He is the first person to be arrested in the case.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 13, 2022 · 08:09 pm

Haridwar hate speech case: SC issues notice to Uttarakhand government, seeks reply in ten days

The court allowed the petitioners to approach the police in places where ‘dharam sansad’ events were being organised.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 12, 2022 · 12:15 pm

‘Shoot them’: In Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh, hate speech against Muslims, Christians goes unchecked

At the same event where Kalicharan Maharaj abused Mahatma Gandhi, ‘Hindu Rashtra’ was on the agenda and violence was invoked against members of minority groups.

Arunabh Saikia

· Jan 12, 2022 · 11:12 am

Meet the 25-year-old law student who took on hate speech makers in Haridwar

Gulbahar Qureshi filed the complaint that led to a police case against the organisers of the event.

Aishwarya Iyer

· Jan 03, 2022 · 02:30 pm

Rohingya refugees sue Facebook for $150 billion, allege company failed to take action on hate speech

In 2018, the company had admitted that it did not do enough to prevent the spread of violence and hate speech against the community in Myanmar.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 07, 2021 · 04:46 pm

Despite the many warning signs, Facebook hasn’t done enough to fix its hate-speech problem in India

Much of the rhetoric on the company’s platforms teeters on the country’s religious fault line – and yet it seems to be quietly letting it all go.

Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com

· Oct 26, 2021 · 07:30 pm

How young Muslims are ensuring that Hindutva hate does not go unrecorded – despite police hostility

Young Muslims refuse to take threats lying down. They know that these diminish them and have the potential to translate into physical attacks.

Apoorvanand

· Aug 13, 2021 · 06:30 am

Saba Naqvi: To watch the Jantar Mantar videos is to know what hate looks like

As Independence Day approaches, a sense of anxiety hangs over Muslims in Delhi.

Saba Naqvi

· Aug 10, 2021 · 06:30 am

Jamia shooter gets bail in communal speech case

A different court in Haryana had rejected his bail plea last month, saying ‘hate-mongers like him cannot walk freely’.

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· Aug 03, 2021 · 02:18 pm

Jamia shooter’s bail plea rejected, court says ‘such hate-mongers cannot walk freely’

Earlier this week, the man was arrested and later sent to judicial custody for making a provocative speech at a mahapanchayat in Pataudi town.

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· Jul 16, 2021 · 06:48 pm

Jamia shooter arrested for communal speech at Haryana mahapanchayat

He threatened to attack ‘those with a terrorist mindset’.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 12, 2021 · 08:41 pm

How hate and violence are manufactured in a society

Incitement to violence is rarely explicit according to scholars who study speeches and propaganda.

H Colleen Sinclair, The Conversation

· Jan 30, 2021 · 11:30 pm