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Social media rife with inflammatory material in Muzaffarnagar-Omar Rashid

-The Hindu Allahabad: Even as the Uttar Pradesh government blamed the circulation of a fake video on social media for aggravating communal violence in Muzaffarnagar, inflamattory and communally inciting material continued to be spread widely on social networking sites and applications. Newspapers reports, morphed with inflammatory headlines, were widely circulated through various groups on Twitter, Facebook and other mediums of social media on Monday. Two widely circulated posts were picture clippings from...

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Legal aid likely for Muslim youth facing 'doubtful' terror charges

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Responding to growing allegations of wrongful arrests of Muslim youth in terror cases, the government is planning to provide legal assistance to those who have been jailed on prima facie "doubtful" charges. Sources in the home ministry said that officials have been asked to formulate norms for identifying those who may have been wrongly booked. The development follows the decision of the Centre to set up 39...

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Damages for framed Muslim youth on table -Imran Ahmed Siddiqui

-The Telegraph The Centre is considering a proposal to financially compensate Muslims acquitted in terror cases, a move that could attract accusations of "minority appeasement" in the lead-up to next year's general election. Many Muslim youths have been acquitted of terror charges in the past few years, with the courts in several instances rapping the police for framing them. "These youths' lives are in a shambles because of the terrorist tag. It's the...

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Minister wants special panel on terror cases against Muslims -Subodh Ghildiyal

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Union minority affairs minister Rahman Khan wants the government to form an all-powerful taskforce to monitor and review terror cases against Muslims, arguing that it is needed to ensure justice for "innocent Muslim youth" languishing in jails after being framed in terror cases. Khan cited the example of the UK which, he said, has formed a task force under Prime Minister David Cameron to ensure there...

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Torture a common probe tactic, activists say -Aniruddha Ghosal

-The Times of India GHAZIABAD: Shaqueel's body was sent for postmortem by Ghaziabad police to ascertain the cause of death. A murder case has also been registered. Police sources say a preliminary examination of the autopsy suggests he was suffering from a chronic illness, which combined with the stress he was under after the arrest, had led to his death. Police say they will come down heavily on any official found...

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