hate crime

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• Australia: Melbourne terror plot
  28 December 2016, by siawi3

  “This is one of the most substantial terrorist plots that have been disrupted over the last several years."

• India: A Dalit writer’s compelling poems addressed to Narendra Modi sharply capture the despair
  30 June 2017, by siawi3

  As attacks on minorities, particularly against Muslims and Dalits, stack up at an alarming rate under the NDA government, voices of dissent are turning sharper. But the despair hangs thick in the air.

• India: Returning Award in protest against lynching of minority people
  29 June 2017, by siawi3

  I return today the National Minority Rights Award conferred on me in 2008 by the National Commission for Minorities. I am returning it in the memory of the innumerable innocent victims lynched by marauding mobs. Lynching has become the unaccountable way of outsourcing state violence to strike fear in minds of minorities. Indian democracy, secularism, pluralism and diversity have their roots in centuries of intermingling of different cultures, philosophical debates, and the legacy of the long struggle for India’s Independence. Democracy and secular thought are built and safeguarded consciously. The divisive politics, interference of religion in the state has to be confronted at every step.

• India: 86% Dead In Cow-Related Violence Since 2010 Are Muslim; 97% Attacks After 2014
  29 June 2017, by siawi3

  Muslims were the target of 51% of violence centred on bovine issues over nearly eight years (2010 to 2017) and comprised 86% of 28 Indians killed in 63 incidents. As many of 97% of these attacks were reported after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government came to power in May 2014, and about half the cow-related violence–32 of 63 cases–were from states governed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) when the attacks were reported

• India: Hate and prejudice are heavy burdens to put on our children; why not teach them to question?
  4 July 2017, by siawi3

  there are parents who are filling their children’s minds with prejudice and hatred of the other — Muslims, Dalits, dark-skinned people, women, the people from the North East, the LGBT community, and, now, everyone who eats beef. Have you noticed how the list keeps growing? I would like to ask these parents — how are you different from the Islamic fundamentalists teaching children to kill? I am still waiting for some good historical writing from the sanctimonious right that is not based on mythology. The core problem is that genuine intellectuals cannot emerge from organisations that put an emphasis on superstition and obedience.

• Facebook hate speech exploded in Myanmar during Rohingya crisis
  7 April 2018, by siawi3

  Experts blame the social network for creating “chaos” in the country. Digital researcher and analyst Raymond Serrato examined about 15,000 Facebook posts from supporters of the hardline nationalist Ma Ba Tha group. The earliest posts dated from June 2016 and spiked on 24 and 25 August 2017, when ARSA Rohingya militants attacked government forces, prompting the security forces to launch the “clearance operation” that sent hundreds of thousands of Rohingya pouring over the border.

• Espagne : Une vague d’opposition au terrorisme et au racisme déferle dans les rues de Barcelone
  26 août 2017, par siawi3

  Les manifestants ont défilé par milliers dans les rues de Barcelone. Une heure avant la manifestation, des Catalans munis de drapeaux indépendantistes s’étaient rassemblés pour reprocher à l’État espagnol de vendre des armes à des pays comme l’Arabie saoudite, accusés d’entretenir des liens avec des groupes terroristes. « Vos politiques, nos morts », ont-ils scandé, dénonçant le fait que Madrid espère vendre prochainement cinq navires de guerre à Riyad.

• Spain: After attacks in Catalunyia, Muslim groups protest against terrorism and against racist attacks against Muslims
  26 August 2017, by siawi3

  Muslim groups have reported a jump in anti-Islamic hate incidents since the twin vehicle attacks in Barcelona and the nearby seaside resort of Cambrils that killed 15 people last week. Those attacks were claimed by the Islamic State group. Two hundred Muslims rallied in the streets of Granada, southern Spain, on Wednesday in protest against a surge in anti-Islamic hate crimes following last week’s deadly attacks in the country. The protest was called after the city’s main mosque was attacked with flares on Saturday by a handful of members from a far-right groupAbout 1,000 Muslims marched in Barcelona on Monday against terrorism.
  Only 0.1 percent of the world’s Muslims commit attacks and these people “do not represent our values or our principles”. The protesters brandished banners with slogans such as “I am Muslim and I want to live in peace” and “We also are victims” as they gathered outside Granada city hall.

• India: PUCL Maharashtra statement condemning the rising communal hate & its condonation by the government
  28 July 2019, by siawi3

  PUCL Maharashtra strongly condemns the increasing instances of communal hate crimes across the country. These incidents are a direct result of the encouragement, tacit support and impunity granted to the perpetrators by the NDA government and its ministers.

• India: Theatre director S Raghunandana turns down Sangeet Natak Akademi award citing ‘growing intolerance’
  20 July 2019, by siawi3

  Eminent theatre director from Karnataka S Raghunandana on Wednesday declined the Sangeet Natak Akademi award for 2018, a day after it was announced, in protest against incidents of “mob lynching in the name of God and religion” and the frequent attempts to stifle dissenting views of public intellectuals and activists. “The powers-that-be are directly, or indirectly, responsible for these deadly acts of murder and violence.” Since 2015, writers and artists have protested against the culture of intolerance and hatred promoted by the present rulers of India. This tide of protest continues.

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