Tag: riots

Over 600 citizens on Thursday criticised the Delhi Police over its “biased investigation” into the large-scale communal violence that broke out in the Capital in February. In a statement, they said that the police were arresting students, artists and journalists on the basis of fabricated and forced confessions and ...

Former Indian Police Service officer Julio Ribeiro on Wednesday told Delhi Police Commissioner SN Shrivastava that had he been in his place while investigating February’s communal violence, he would not have “prolonged” the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act cases by arresting people shortly before the deadline for filing the chargesheet ...

NEW DELHI:  A group of high-profile activists, politicians and writers, including Arundhati Roy, voiced support for student leader Umar Khalid on Monday, after he was arrested for allegedly inciting religious violence during the Delhi riots in February. “We condemn the arrest of Umar Khalid, demand his early release and ask ...

Last week, Bloomsbury India decided to not publish the book "Delhi Riots 2020: The Untold Story," which sheds light on the communal riots in the Indian capital earlier this year. Written by Monika Arora, Sonali Chitalkar and Prerna Malhotra, the book puts the blame for the violence on Muslim ...

#Pakistan News In an extensive investigation that spanned six months, Amnesty International implicates Delhi's police force in the deadly riots that mostly affected India's Muslim minority. When anti-Muslim riots broke out in Delhi in February this year, India's Hindu nationalist government was quick to spin the story with the ...

Police in the Indian metropolitan area of Delhi should be investigated for alleged human rights abuses committed during riots that followed protests against a new citizenship law at the end of February, Amnesty International (AI) said on Friday. More than 50 people, most of them Muslims, died in the riots in the ...

The bench directed the Railway police in Surat city to issue the Pakistani man, Sajjad Burhanuddin Vora, a no objection certificate (NOC) for him to obtain the required exit permit.(Image for representation.) The court was hearing an application filed by Mohd Naim, through his lawyer, seeking bail on the ...

On August 22, Bloomsbury India announced that it would no longer be publishing a book called Delhi Riots 2020: The Untold Story. The book was scheduled for release in September.In its statement, the publishing house did not comment on the contents of the book. The main sticking point was ...

On Saturday, amid widespread condemnation from netizens, Bloomsbury India decided to withdraw publication of a book on the Delhi riots of February 2020. The move didn't go down well with a section of Twitter and actress Kangana Ranaut also weighed in on the same. She took to her official ...

At least three people have been killed in riots after an alleged blasphemous Facebook post about the Prophet Muhammed triggered riots in the southern Indian city of Bangalore, authorities said on Wednesday. Police clashed with thousands of protesters on Tuesday evening, tear-gassing crowds and opening fire with live ammunition. Local media reports ...