-The Indian Express The Rajasthan Protection from Lynching Bill, 2019 makes Mob Lynching a cognisable, non-bailable and non-compoundable offence punishable with life imprisonment and a fine up to Rs 5 lakh. Bhopal, Jaipur: On Monday, the Rajasthan Assembly passed a new law against Mob Lynching. Another Congress government, in Madhya Pradesh, recently introduced a Bill that seeks to curb cow vigilantism. The State Law Commission in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh, meanwhile, has...
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17 of 44 people lynched between May 2015-December 2018 were killed in Jharkhand: Data -Sanjeev Kumar Verma
-The Telegraph The figure does not include the three deaths that took place this year, including that of Tabrez Ansari, 24 Ranchi: Seventeen of the 44 people lynched in the country between May 2015 and December 2018 were killed in Jharkhand, according to data collated by an NGO. The figure puts Jharkhand at the top of the heap of states where lynch mobs have struck, the small eastern state accounting for around 40...
More »Supreme Court Asks States To Prevent Attacks On Kashmiris, Social Boycott -Debanish Achom
-NDTV Supreme Court told the Home Ministry to give wide publicity of the nodal officers' contact details so that Kashmiris who need help can approach them easily New Delhi: The Supreme Court today directed 10 states and the centre to ensure Kashmiris living across the country do not face social boycott, harassment or attacks, days after the Pulwama terror attack. The 10 states are Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar,...
More »Aruna Roy, well-known social and political activist, interviewed by Jipson John and Jitheesh PM (Frontline.in)
-Frontline.in Interview with Aruna Roy. ARUNA ROY is a well-known social and political activist. A former Indian Administrative Service officer, she resigned from the IAS in 1975 and has since worked with the most oppressed in society. Aruna Roy’s observation on government service is indicative of her future concerns: “Everyone calls it an elite service; I always felt the discourse should be a bit better than what it was. I was shocked...
More »National crime data to include info of attacks on journos, fake news -Neeraj Chauhan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The national crime records bureau, which tabulates and analyzes crime data in India, is considerably behind schedule in releasing its annual report but is looking to deliver a richer and more varied picture by categorizing offences such as attacks on journalists, RTI activists, hate crimes, lynchings and fake news. It will be for the first time that NCRB's annual report will provide data on crimes that...
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