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Oct 22 • 13 tweets • 10 min read
As the #SupremeCourt demands the registration of criminal cases against #HateSpeech without formal complaints, our research & reportage over more than 2 years reveals the extent of #hatespeech in #India & the extent of inaction against it.
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In Aug 2021 @ZafarAafaq & @alishan_jafri reported how rally urging marginalisation & murder of #Muslims in Delhi was 5th such event over 3 months in NCR & Haryana: some events shared common instigators, mobs allowed with minimal or no police action article-14.com/post/event-cal…
In Nov 2021, @kaushikrj6 reported how in 4 cases, #Hindus & #Muslims were unequal before the law: bail was the rule for Hindus who spread hate speech, while jail the norm for Muslim rights campaigners article-14.com/post/unequal-b…
In Oct 2021, @HemantGairola25 reported how Hindutva accounts on #Facebook with lakhs of followers faced no moderation despite a flood of posts calls for genocide, rape, murder & economic boycott of #Muslims & how these were manifested in real life article-14.com/post/frances-h…
In Feb 2022, @betwasharma reported how 2 days after @risj_oxford published her research on hate crime in India, Forbes Middle East—based in Dubai, a monarchy with deep ties to the Indian government—terminated services of its India correspondent. article-14.com/post/two-days-…
In June 2022, @iyerkavi reported how India's leading fact-checker @zoo_bear faced 5 criminal cases, the latest for referring to three Hindu extremists booked by police in hate speech cases as ‘hate-mongers’. article-14.com/post/a-fact-ch…
We explained how India’s leading fact-checking website @AltNews requires a battery of lawyers to contest cases & endless legal notices. Amid abuse & online threats of violence, they call out a flood of misinformation, mostly generated by those close to or in the ruling party
In July 2022, @BeingBum reported how, as journalists faced punitive action reporting hate speech by those allied with #BJP, citizens were stepping into the breach, taking personal, professional risks to document rising cases of hate speech & hate crimes article-14.com/post/with-fact…
This was the third action related to a database of #HateCrime in India since 2017, when @htTweets took down its hate tracker started two years earlier. The demise of that tracker was followed in 2019 by the closing of a hate-crime database run by @FactCheckIndia.
In August 2022, @Vidheesha7 reported how, as the
#BJP had begun a big push to win #Telangana in 2023, the man vital to its polarising campaign in that state is a two-time MLA with a long criminal record & a penchant for anti-Muslim #HateSpeech article-14.com/post/mla-with-…
As #HateSpeech proliferated, our sedition database, revealed how--in contrast to the inaction on #HateSpeech--union & state govts, despite #SupremeCourt guidelines, used #sedition law to suppress dissent, protests & criticism of policies & politicians.
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On 24 June, @MohdAbuzarCh & @nikita_jain15 reported how after taking over part of sprawling Doloo Tea Estate for a new airport in #Silchar, #Assam, govt & management said no jobs would be lost.
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