05-Feb-2019
Sonda Habibpur village, Bulandshahr: “Sometimes, I feel like Gabbar Singh,” 44-year-old Shrikrishna said, unable to control his tears and struggling to look for documents in a thick stack, in the faint light of a single bulb in his courtyard. In the six months since he was publicly assaulted and humiliated, allegedly by mostly upper-caste men,…
05-Feb-2019
HateHatao app lets users report instances of hate speech, threats and crimes along with the evidence in form of screenshots, videos, and pictures. Over the last couple of years, the country has seen a significant rise in hate-based crimes. From hate speeches, threats to the actual events of violence, the vulnerable communities including the caste,…
04-Feb-2019
On January 30, the day of the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi by Hindutva activist Nathuram Godse, Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) launched our app, Hate Hatao, to allow citizens to submit reports of instances of hate that they may encounter. On that very day, Hindu Mahasabha national secretary Pooja Shakun Pandey was captured on…
04-Feb-2019
Naseerpur village, Mau: When the residents of Bholapur Hindoliya village in north-western Uttar Pradesh (UP) caught a 20-year-old outsider near a cattle-shed, trying to draw out a buffalo, they were enraged. Having suffered enormous losses due to frequent cattle theft, they thought they had finally found the thief. Eyewitnesses said the villagers, mostly Jats, then…
01-Feb-2019
मुंबई – देशात द्वेष वाढत चाललेला आहे. हा द्वेष संपवण्यासाठी सामाजिक कार्यकर्त्या तिस्ता सेटलवाड आणि त्यांच्या सीजेपी चमुने ‘हेट हटावो’ या अॅपची निर्मिती केली आहे. महात्मा गांधीच्या पुण्यतिथीनिमित्त या अॅपचे अनावरण करण्यात आले. समाजमाध्यमांवर द्वेष पसरवणारे अनेक व्हिडिओ असतात. या व्हिडिओमुळे समाजात दरी निर्माण होत आहे. या व्हिडिओचे मूळ शोधण्याचे काम या अॅपच्या माध्यमातून केले…
31-Jan-2019
India has witnessed a surge in hate crimes targeted at already vulnerable communities over the past few years. Not just India, developed democracies around the world are reeling under a spike in hate crimes. Reports of religious-based hate-crime cases have surged in India since the Narendra Modi-led NDA came to power in 2014, according to…
31-Jan-2019
Soi village, Bulandshahr: “Baba loved the village,” said Vakeel Ahmad, a year and a half after his father Ghulam Mohammed was lynched outside Soi village of Bulandshahr district in Uttar Pradesh (UP), where the family had lived for generations. “He always said there can be no better place than the village,” Ahmad said, on the phone…
31-Jan-2019
शान्ति और सत्य के मसीहा, महात्मा गांधी की हत्या की 71वीं वर्षगांठ पर, आज हम सिटीजन्स फॉर जस्टिस एंड पीस (सीजेपी), नफ़रत और कट्टरता की संस्कृति को समाप्त करने के अपने संकल्प को थोड़ा और मज़बूत कर रहे हैं, जिससे हमारे देश के सामाजिक और सांस्कृतिक ताने-बाने को खतरा है. हम नफ़रत से लड़ने के लिए ख़ास तौर…
31-Jan-2019
The Hate Hatao app will enable citizens to report to CJP any instances of hate speech, threats, and hate crimes with appropriate evidence—such as a screenshot, video or picture. Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP)—formed in 2002 to seek justice for the victims of the communal carnage in Gujarat—has set out to use technology to…
31-Jan-2019
Hate Hatao app Launched: एक गैर सरकारी संगठन सीजेपी ने हेट हटाओ नाम से एप लॉन्च की है. ये एक एंड्रॉयड एप है जिसकी मदद से हेट स्पीच और फेक न्यूज की जानकारी दे सकते हैं ताकि सोशल मीडिया पर वो आगे फैलने से रोकी जा सके. इस एप को गूगल प्ले स्टोर से किसी…