Instances of hate speech against minorities in India such as Muslims increased 74% in 2024, a Washington-based research group said on Monday (February 10, 2025), with incidents ballooning around last year’s Lok Sabha 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.