On December 20, 2022, the Uttarakhand high court ordered the eviction of close to 50,000 people allegedly living on railway land in the state’s Haldwani district. Following this, people facing…
Defying bail terms, Yati Narsinghanand continues to deliver hate speech. When will law catch up with him?
On April 3, 2022, just about two months after Yati Narsinghanand got bail in the Haridwar Dharam Sansad hate speech case on the condition that he would not deliver provocative…
From Dharm Sansad to hate speech PIL: The curious case of Ashwini Upadhyay
Last week, as advocate and BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay stood in the Supreme Court arguing for his own petition on hate speech, he must have remembered that not-so-distant afternoon at…
FB page brands Bangladeshi tourists as “infiltrators”, BJP leaders amplify false claim
A man conducting a vox-pop (short interviews with members of the public) at Shaheen Bagh with men exiting a mosque after namaz has gone viral. In this video, the interviewer…
Why has Twitter not deplatformed Madhu Kishwar for hateful conduct?
Hateful conduct can be grounds for suspension on Twitter and verified accounts “found to be in severe or repeated violation of Twitter rules”, including but not limited to hateful conduct,…
Claim by BJP members that Hindus were killed in Birbhum violence is false
On March 21, Bhadu Sheikh, a TMC’s deputy pradhan in Bogtui village of West Bengal’s Birbhum district, died after four men on two motorcycles allegedly lobbed crude bombs at him….
Video from UP falsely viral as Delhi govt school converted into madrasa
A video of policemen entering a government school along with a group of civilians is widespread on social media. The video shows Muslim men, women and children reading in a…
Old photo shared as Muslim men in Tripura stand with burnt religious textbooks
A photograph of two men standing with charred books in their hands has been shared claiming the image was taken in Tripura. Viral claims insinuate that the charred books were…
Old photo from Bangladesh viral to target Indian Muslims amid talks of population control
The BJP ruled states of Assam and Uttar Pradesh have proposed the implementation of a population control law. While Assam already has a law in place, the UP government recently…
Surendra Poonia passes off unrelated photo as teacher recently killed in France
BJP member Surendra Poonia shared a photograph of protestors holding ‘Refugees Welcome’ placards. Their faces are masked. Poonia alleges that the man in the middle is French teacher Samuel Paty…