-TheWire.in MoS Home reply in Lok Sabha reveals that there were a total of over 2.76 lakh cases of rioting across the country during this five-year period. New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday said in the Lok Sabha that there were as many as 3,399 cases of communal or religious rioting in the country in the five year period from 2016 to 2020. Overall, it said there were...
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NCRB 2019 data shows 165% jump in sedition cases, 33% jump in UAPA cases under Modi govt -Leah Verghese
-ThePrint.in In recent years, sedition and UAPA have been weaponised against critics of the govt. National Crime Records Bureau’s recently-released data confirms this. A journalist from Kerala was accused of sedition and various offences under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, (UAPA) and arrested on the way to Hathras on October 7. In recent years, sedition and UAPA have been weaponised and used routinely against critics of various ruling governments. Data from...
More »Explained: What's new in crime report, and the data -Deeptiman Tiwary
-The Indian Express Latest NCRB report introduces categories for cyber crimes against women, cases of insult under SC/ST Act, duration of delay in closing police & court cases ON MONDAY, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) released the much delayed crime data for 2017. While it was without some crucial data categories, the data included were more fleshed out than in the 2016 crime report. The NCRB has introduced more than three...
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-The Indian Express Sources said the agency had begun a massive data revamp exercise under former NCRB Director Ish Kumar. It was under him that the bureau revised the proforma under the category of murder and added new sub-heads of mob lynching and murder for religious reasons among others. The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) released its latest data on crime incidents across the country on Monday, more than a year...
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-TheWire.in A new study from LSE, funded by a grant from WhatsApp, shines a spotlight on Hindu males and disinformation against minority groups. New Delhi: New research suggests that the spread of fake news in India that sparks mob lynchings is largely done out of “reasons of prejudice and ideology”, rather than “ignorance or digital literacy”. “It can be seen…that assuming most misinformation spreads through rural and/or illiterate users and targeting functional digital...
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