Tag: Mob Lynchings
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Cricket Unites, Hate Divides: India’s World Cup Win and Lynching of Salman
n June 29, the Indian Cricket Team won the T20 World Cup in Barbados after 17 years, marking their second victory in history. Fans and cricket lovers poured onto the streets across the nation to celebrate the long-awaited victory, proving that cricket is an emotion for Indians. Fans carried national flags, rallied, danced, and burst…
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Indian Americans condemn FM Sitharaman’s denial of Muslim persecution, seeks retraction
Washington, DC: The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) strongly condemns and vehemently refutes India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s claim that Muslims are not being subjected to violence and persecution because their population “is only growing in numbers.” Speaking at the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE), a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sitharaman claimed that…
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Wife of Tabrez Ansari, whose lynching case was raised at the UN, seeks justice from Jharkhand govt
Ranchi: Jharkhand, which had witnessed around 30 mob lynchings between 2016 and 2020, is again witnessing a rise. Within a week two people got killed by lynching. On March 14, a 27-year-old man was beaten to death in the state capital, Ranchi. Amid these, Shaishta Perween, wife of Tabrez Ansari, who was beaten to death…
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Attack on tribal Chief Minister by Manuwadi forces is highly condemnable — Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha
Ranchi: Even after change of guard in Jharkhand violence against women continues unabated in the state, as in against of 4 rape cases per day in 2019, 5 rapes taken place in the year 2020, expressing concerned on it and the violence in the name of protest, Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha, an umbrella body of civil…
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Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha demands DGP to take action on human rights violation
Ranchi: It is almost eight months now, but the case of human rights violation which had led several cases of lynching, fake encounter, custodial death and Pathalgadi related cases which had made Jharkhand infamous globally during the previous government are yet to be addressed and acted upon by the Jharkhand police. To remind, the members…
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Death threat to actor Kaushik Sen, one of the 49 open letter signatories to PM Narendra Modi
Kolkata: Actor and theater personality Kaushik Sen, one of the signatories of the letter written to the Prime Minister of India – Narendra Modi, requesting him to take exemplary action against mob lynching and also do not curb dissent, has received threat calls for having signed the open letter. The Tollywood actor has informed the…
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Today ‘Jai Sri Ram’ has become a provocative ‘war-cry’ 49 celebs write open letter to PM Modi
Kolkata: Around 49 intellects including the likes of Mani Ratnam, Goutam Ghose, Shyam Benegal, Anurag Kashyap, Aparna Sen, Konkona Sen Sharma, Ashish Nandi, Binayak Sen, Ram Chandra Guha, Shubha Mudgal and more, have written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, expressing their anguish over increasing incidents of lynching and crushing of the voice…
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Gauri Lankesh taught me to fight against hate says Harsh Mander
Ranchi: Social activists have strongly condemned the assassination of senior journalist Gauri Lankesh. Adding on to the voices was renowned activist and former IAS officer Harsh Mander, who has just reached Ranchi, with his Karwan-e-Mohabbat, a unique peace yatra, which aims at fighting communalism and spreading peace. Saddened by the Gauri Lankesh’s murder, Mander, while…