Friday, March 29, 2024

Topic: Hate crime against minorities

Stamp out hate speech, persecution based on faith: UN chief Guterres

Online hate is often a driver of violent physical attacks against religious minorities, said the UN chief on Tuesday, calling on governments, community and religious leaders, to “speak out against hate and incitement to violence.”

No data available on attack on minorities, says Union minister Smriti Irani in Rajya Sabha

No data is available with the Union government on the attacks on minorities in the country, Union Minority Affairs Minister Smirti Irani told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.

UP: 212 hate crimes against Muslims since Yogi came to power, impunity remains high

After Yogi government came to power in 2017, at least 212 hate crimes against Muslims have been reported in UP

Hate crime: Muslim survivor moves Supreme Court seeking action against attackers, cops

62-year-old Kazim Ahmed Sherwani who was attacked by three Hindu youth in Noida in July this year, moved the Supreme Court, seeking action against those who tortured him and the police officers who refused to take action.

Bangladesh violence: Protection of Hindus must be ensured, urges rights groups

Violence against Hindu minority erupted in Bangladesh following allegations on social media that a copy of the Quran, the holy book of Islam, was desecrated at a puja pandal (temporary structures made for the religious ceremony) in Cumilla on 13 October 2021.

“I have been targeted because of my work, my gender and my religion”

On Thursday, Delhi based poet and Muslim woman activist Nabiya Khan has shared a brief but strong statement on action against "Sulli deals." Photographs of more than 80 other Muslim women, including students, activists and journalists, had been uploaded by an unidentified Hindutva group on an application “Sulli Deals” using GitHub on 4 July with the sole purpose to auction off the Muslim women. Nabiya Khan's profile was also up for virtual auction on “Sulli deals”. After days of outrage largely by Muslim women online against this hate crime, the Delhi Police registered a police complaint following the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) and the National Commission for Women called for an investigation into the matter. Read Nabiya Khan's statement here: