India Hate Lab said a third of hate speech incidents last year occurred from March 16 through June 1 during the height of election campaigning.
Instances of hate speech against minorities in India such as Muslims increased 74 per cent in 2024, a Washington-based research group said on Monday, with incidents ballooning around last year’s national elections.
India Hate Lab documented 1,165 instances of what it considered to be hate speech in 2024, compared with 668 a year earlier, that it observed at events such as political rallies, religious processions, protest marches and cultural gatherings.