Monthly Archives: August 2020
Was the derogatory post that triggered Bangalore riots a reaction to...
Pooja Chaudhuri
Bengaluru witnessed deadly riots on the night of August 11 when a mob, enraged over a derogatory Facebook post, attacked Congress MLA Akhanda...
‘We want to know why they were killed’: Families of 3...
Ayushi Malik
Rajouri: Family members of three missing labourers from Rajouri district of Jammu, who were killed in an alleged ‘fake encounter’ in Shopian on...
‘Only His Shoes Survived’: Victims Struggle to Recover from Horrors of...
Tarushi Aswani
New Delhi: On February 24, Rukhsana Bano received a call from an unknown number. Violence had erupted in Northeast Delhi and she was worried...
Facebook’s Hate-Speech Rules Collide With Indian Politics
By Newley Purnell and Jeff Horwitz
In Facebook posts and public appearances, Indian politician T. Raja Singh has said Rohingya Muslim immigrants should be shot,...
Delhi riots: Young residents share the trauma of profound loss, betrayal...
By Harsh Mander
Each episode of communal violence creates formidable challenges for the possibility of justice, because of a long almost unbroken tradition of impunity...
‘Caravan’ reporters attacked by a mob in North East Delhi, police...
Three journalists from Caravan magazine have alleged they were physically assaulted by unidentified people in North East Delhi on Tuesday. One of them was sexually harassed....
How a mob attacked three Caravan journalists in Northeast Delhi
By Ayush Tiwari
On August 11, three journalists with the Caravan magazine were assaulted in Subhash Mohalla in Northeast Delhi’s North Ghonda area by local residents. The...
Delhi Police beat and sexually assaulted us in Bhajanpura station: Riots...
Prabhjit Singh and Shahid Tantray
Two women and a teenager, all residents of Subhash Mohalla in northeast Delhi’s North Ghonda neighbourhood, accused officials of Delhi’s...
Muslim Man Assaulted, Attackers Allegedly Insisted He Shout ‘Modi Zindabad’, ‘Jai...
New Delhi: A 52-year-old Muslim autorickshaw driver was assaulted in Rajasthan’s Sikar district, allegedly after he refused to shout “Modi zindabad” and “Jai Shri Ram”...
Increasing Influence of Hindutva in Local American Politics
By Pieter Friedrich
In October of last year, Hillary Clinton made headlines for Tulsi Gabbard when she accused the congresswoman from Hawaii of being “a...
Pune-based tech university announces donation of Rs 21 crore towards Ram...
Kritika Sharma and Rahul Sampal
New Delhi: The Maharashtra Institute of Technology World Peace University (MIT-WPU) has announced a donation of Rs 21 crore for the...
In Assam, Muslim farmers branded as ‘illegal Bangladeshis’ facing eviction
By Sukanya Roy, TwoCircles.net
Assam: Earlier this week, protests by local Muslim communities of Jamugurihat in Sonitpur district of Assam against forced eviction turned into...
Hyderabad Police Re-Registers Sedition Case Against 2 Muslim Women for Protesting...
New Delhi: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Central Crime Station (CCS) under the Hyderabad police on Thursday re-registered a sedition case against two...
