Deccan Herald’s Editorial: Anti-minority hate speech in India rose by 74% in 2024, says US-based research group
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 […]
BARRON’S: Anti-Muslim Hate Speech Surges In India Led By Modi: Report
Hate speech in India targeting the country’s religious minorities saw a “staggering” surge in 2024, a US-based think tank said Monday. The alarming rise was “deeply intertwined with the ideological ambitions of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the broader Hindu nationalist movement”, the India Hate Lab (IHL) said in a report. During India’s […]
Dhaka Tribune: Report: Anti-Muslim hate speech surges in India led by Modi
Hate speech in India targeting the country’s religious minorities saw a “staggering” surge in 2024, a US-based think tank said yesterday. The alarming rise was “deeply intertwined with the ideological ambitions of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the broader Hindu nationalist movement,” the India Hate Lab (IHL) said in a report. During India’s […]
Kuwait Times: Anti-Muslim hate speech surges in India led by Modi: Report
NEW DELHI: Hate speech in India targeting the country’s religious minorities saw a “staggering” surge in 2024, a US-based think tank said Monday. The alarming rise was “deeply intertwined with the ideological ambitions of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the broader Hindu nationalist movement”, the India Hate Lab (IHL) said in a report. […]
Deccan Herald’s Editorial: Rising Hate Calls for Tough Curbs
India in 2024 saw a 74% rise in anti-minority hate speeches than in 2023, according to Washington-based, non-partisan research group India Hate Lab. Hate speech is a parasite which, if not weeded out, will further damage India’s secular fabric. The challenge, as observed by the Supreme Court in 2023, is in implementing existing verdicts – and that […]
Report 2024: Hate Speech Events in India
Introduction This report documents and analyzes verified instances of in-person hate speech events in India in 2024, covering various types of mass gatherings. These include political rallies, electoral campaign events, religious processions, protest marches, demonstrations, and cultural or nationalist gatherings. In other instances, they are organized with the express objective of harassing minorities. In 2024, […]
Social Media and Hate Speech in India
Introduction This report analyzes the role of social media platforms in the dissemination and amplification of verified in-person hate speech events in India in 2024, covering various types of mass gatherings. These include political rallies, electoral campaign events, religious processions, protest marches, demonstrations, and cultural or nationalist gatherings. In other instances, they are organized with […]
DropSite: How a controversial law allows Modi’s Hindu nationalists to monitor private relationships
This week, the Mumbai-based Center for Study of Society and Secularism reported an 84 percent increase in communal riots across India from 2023 to 2024. Last year, Washington, DC-based think tank India Hate Lab documented 668 hate speech events across India that targeted Muslims. Two-thirds of those incidents occurred in states where the BJP is in power. As the UCC debate […]
UnHerd: Movies are Modi’s new weapon Bollywood is rife with anti-Muslim hatred
Not, of course, that this matters simply for India’s spiralling international reputation. On the contrary, Modi’s usurpation of his country’s media is having a real-world impact on the safety of Muslims. In 2023 alone, India Hate Lab, a Washington DC-based group that documents hate speech against India’s religious minorities, recorded 668 hate speech examples targeting Muslims. Even […]
Maharashtra Election Results Signal Potential Rise in Hate Speech and Targeted Attacks on Religious Minorities
On November 23, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) alliance secured a resounding victory in the Maharashtra state elections, securing 235 of the 288 assembly seats. The victory of the NDA alliance signals a significant achievement for the BJP as the party suffered substantial losses in the state during the 2024 parliamentary […]