-muslimMirror.com Chennai: In an important judgment, the Madras High Court has given directives to the government to constitute a ‘Press Council of Tamil Nadu’ within three months to eliminate the bogus journalists from the media fraternity and to legally addressed the issue of fake news. A Bench of Justices N Kirubakaran (since retired) and P Velmurugan was hearing a writ petition filed against retired Inspector-General of Police A.G. Ponn Manickavel by S....
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Communal hate gnaws at livelihood of the poor
-PTI/ The Telegraph muslim scrap dealer forced to chant 'Jai Shri Ram' at Madhya Pradesh village, and muslim food seller attacked in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh on the same day One muslim trader was coerced into chanting “Jai Shri Ram” while another was attacked for naming his food stall after a Hindu god. Two men have been arrested on the charge of forcing a muslim scrap dealer to chant “Jai Shri Ram” at a...
More »muslims more likely to be targeted by Delhi Police if facial recognition technology is used -Jai Vipra
-ThePrint.in Any technological intervention that intensifies policing will aggravate the historical systemic bias, particularly against muslims living in over-policed areas like Old Delhi or Nizamuddin. The use of new technology, including facial recognition technology (FRT) by police in India brings with it questions of efficiency, surveillance, and discrimination. Existing research focuses on the legal dimensions of FRT with an emphasis on privacy. In this paper, we provide an empirical basis to understand...
More »Delhi Arrested 34 Under UAPA in 2020. Here's Why the Home Ministry Won't List Them Out. -Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar
-TheWire.in The list comprises 26 muslims, 21 Sikhs, one member of a Scheduled Tribe and two Hindus, both of whom were arrested for their role in the protests against the CAA, which discriminates against muslims. New Delhi: Last month, when Trinamool Congress’s Lok Sabha MP Mala Roy asked the Union home ministry for “(a) the total number of cases registered by Delhi Police under UAPA during the last one year; and (b)...
More »Only 8% of minority students attend schools for minority communities, NCPCR report says -Kritika Sharma
-ThePrint.in NCPCR report, which analyses data from 23,487 minority schools across the country, says a little over 37% of total students in minority schools belong to these communities. New Delhi: Only 8 per cent of a total 4,81,91,351 children from minority communities, aged between 5 and 15, attend schools for minority communities, a report by the National Council for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has found. Furthermore, just over 37 per cent (38,44,074)...
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