Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Topic: Mewat

COVID-19: Community radio in Mewat fights stigma

Fifteen months into the pandemic, Radio Mewat, community radio in Haryana's Mewat district, vows to lift vaccination hesitancy.

Man who has called for killing of Muslims appointed as spokesperson of BJP Haryana

The decision of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to appoint Kerni Sena chief Suraj Pal Amu as spokesperson in Haryana is being seen as rewarding him for the hate speeches given by Amu at Mahapanchayat held in support of those arrested for lynching Asif Khan in Sohna.

Mewat’s 21 year old Muslim youth dies after torture by Faridabad police

21-year-old Junaid, resident of Jamalgarh in Mewat, lost his life days after he was mercilessly tortured by the cybercrime police in Faridabad in Haryana on Friday.

In Haryana, more than 50000 gather to support Asif Khan’s killers

The Haryana Police said they are investigating the veracity of a video of Rajput Karni Sena chief Kunwar Suraj Pal Amu making an anti-Muslim speech in favour of Hindu youths arrested in connection with the lynching of a Muslim youth Asif Khan in Mewat.

Footprints of Asif from Ghaziabad to Haryana

The trajectory between the two Asifs is a blueprint of the normalization of hate crimes against Muslims. Over the years, the levels of ‘shock’ have become more specific, factors of age and gender have taken precedence. If the victim is not unique by any such parameters, the hate crime passes as an ordinary ‘incident’ and not even an ‘accident’.

Muslim man lynched to death in Haryana

Asif Khan, a Muslim gym trainer from Mewat district, Haryana, was lynched to death by Hindu vigilante groups on Sunday night, after forcing him to chant "Jai Shree Raam", a prayer turned warcry by the Hindu nationalist militants.