-Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch (NEW) The Law Commission Report no. 267 of March 2017 on Hate Speech states that “Hate Speech” has not been defined in any law in India. However, legal provisions in certain legislations prohibit select forms of speech as an exception to freedom of speech. The term “Hate Speech” has been used invariably to mean expression which is abusive, insulting, intimidating, harassing or...
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Legislators can't ask about riots, sensitive issues in Assembly anymore: MP govt -Neeraj Santoshi and Ranjan
-Hindustan Times An MLA speaking in the House must withdraw his words immediately and cannot argue when the assembly speaker terms as “unparliamentary” any word or parts of a sentence by the lawmaker, the amended rules say. Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh legislators can’t ask in the assembly questions on communal riots, sensitive events, confidential issues, and any query that may encourage secessionism or threaten the country’s unity, according to changes in House rules,...
More »Jharkhand court convicts 11, including BJP worker, for lynching man over beef in Ramgarh
-Scroll.in They had beaten a 55-year-old man to death in June 2017 on suspicion of carrying beef in his van. A Jharkhand court on Friday convicted a local Bharatiya Janata Party worker and 10 others for lynching a Muslim trader in June 2017. The convicts had beaten a 55-year-old man to death in Ramgarh district on suspicion of carrying beef in his van. A petition the prosecution filed to treat a 12th...
More »Communal incidents rose 17% last year from 2016 -Bharti Jain
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Communal incidents across the country rose to 822 last year from 703 in 2016, reversing the falling trend seen in the preceding year. As many as 111 persons were killed and 2,384 injured due to communal violence in 2017, up from 86 killed and 2,321 injured in 2016. In 2016, communal incidents were down from the levels seen in 2015 (751). The death toll in 2017...
More »111 killed in communal incidents last year: Minister
-The Hindu As many as 111 people were killed and 2,384 others were injured in 822 communal incidents in 2017, up from 751 such incidents in 2016, Union Minister Hansraj Ahir said on Tuesday. The highest number of communal incidents, as many as 195, was reported from Uttar Pradesh where 44 people were killed. Karnataka has seen 100 communal incidents in which nine were killed while there were 91 incidents of riots in...
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