India Hate Lab (IHL)

Frontline: The violence our children carry

It is a timeless image. Weighed down by books and rounded up by a colourful tiffin box and sharply spruced-up pencils, a school bag is the quintessential childhood add-on. These days, unfortunately, there is more in that mix. In August, a class VIII student in Ahmedabad hid a knife in his backpack, and, once in […]

INDIA TODAY: Case against Telangana MLA for controversial remarks on Prophet Muhammad

A case has been registered against Goshamahal MLA T Raja Singh at Hyderabad’s Shah Ali Banda Police Station for allegedly making derogatory remarks with regard to Prophet Muhammad during a Dussehra event in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore. According to police sources, the FIR has been lodged under various relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), […]

Sabrang India: CJP files complaint to Maharashtra DGP, SP Jalgaon over police participation in communal rally amid Suleman Pathan lynching probe

In a development that raises profound questions about institutional neutrality and the integrity of criminal investigations, the Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) has filed a detailed complaint with the Director General of Police (DGP), Maharashtra and Superintendent of Police, Jalgaon, demanding urgent disciplinary action against police officials of Jamner Police Station, Jalgaon district, for […]

NewsX: Goshamahal MLA T Raja Singh Booked For Allegedly Insulting Prophet Muhammad

A complaint has been lodged against Goshamahal MLA T Raja Singh at Shah Ali Banda Police Station for apparently making slanderous comments against Prophet Muhammad while addressing a Dussehra rally in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The action was taken following complaints from several citizens denouncing the comments, labeling them blasphemous. As per the police, the FIR […]

The Straits Time: Move by India’s Assam state to allow arms for ‘indigenous’ people stirs fears of worsening violence

NEW DELHI – A decision by the Assam government to introduce a liberal arms policy for “indigenous” civilians to defend themselves against “unlawful threats” could worsen the north-eastern Indian state’s long and bloody record of ethnic and religious violence, critics say. That could have a far-reaching impact, including for India’s “Act East” policy. Assam’s stability […]

New Internationalist: A TIME OF MONSTERS

We’re already seeing the damage, ranging from migrant communities terrorized by Trump’s anti-immigration raids to Muslims targeted by vicious pogroms in India. The harm which leaders peddling this politics can cause even in a short space of time is immense. During his four-year tenure, Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro inflicted immeasurable and perhaps irreversible harm to the […]

East Mojo: Assam: India Hate Lab tracks 18 rallies and 5 evictions targeting Bengali Muslims

Guwahati: According to new findings by India Hate Lab (IHL), Assam has seen a sharp escalation in hate speech, harassment, and state-led violence against Bengali-speaking Muslims since early June 2025. The report links this intensification to a broader campaign allegedly aimed at removing so-called “illegal Bangladeshi immigrants.” Between July 9 and July 30, IHL documented […]