Citizens for Justice and Peace
How Hate for Muslims and Rohingyas Sells and Spreads on Social Media Insidious attempts to demonise the minority community using incendiary posts and inflammatory tweets
17-Apr-2018
‘Whataboutery’ and ‘fake news’ have become such a staple of our times that every time a news story involving the minority community is reported, it is accompanied by ‘conspiracy theories’ and attempts to draw ‘false equivalence’. The Kathua rape and murder case was no different. What was disturbing though was how the willful campaign of…
Attempts to stir communal tension in Amroha Fake social media posts about 'forced' conversion of Dalits to Islam aimed at stoking discord
08-Feb-2018
Another hate campaign over social media in UP. After Kasganj, Amroha on the edge. Join CJP’s campaign for peace in Amroha. Related: Investigate Inciteful Social Media posts about ‘forced’ conversion of Dalits
The Girl who scared the Government Shehla Rashid on hate, misogyny and threats
27-Jan-2018
Shehla Rashid was dragged into a raging maelstrom of hate and misogyny nearly two years ago when she emerged at the forefront of India’s burgeoning student movement. She earned the wrath of right wing groups and was anointed with a variety of undignified labels like ‘anti-national’ and ‘traitor’. However, none of this deterred the firebrand…
The Ban And Bans
08-Jun-2017
Quote: “`What I do, eat, drink or pray is none of your business,’ says Rishi Kapoor.`I am angry. Why do you equate food with religion??—Rishi Kapoor” “Today there is a blur between the real world and the virtual world and I have taken aback to see that, for some years now, unethical, unacceptable and…