Aug 14 2021 41 mins
Hate speech or freedom of speech, the Indian judiciary has failed on both fronts. On one hand activists, lawyers, authors, poets, comedians (you can add your favorite 'wtf' moment here from the wide range of people targeted by the government) have been hounded and silenced by the government, while on the other hand the likes of Anurag Thakur and Kapil Mishra have openly incited violence through hate speeches. In both situations all that the Judiciary has done is remained submissive to the government diktat.
Our high judiciary should therefore be called "High High Judiciary". And who else can be a better person to talk about this than Dr. Ritumbra Manuvie? Dr. Manuvie, is a lawyer by training and academic by choice. Her work lies at the intersection of politics and policy. She is a Lecturer of Law at the UCG Groningen (khroningun) in the Netherlands. She is the CEO of Foundation: the London Story and is currently on a mission to stop hate speech & associated violence, and promote accountability, integrity and pluralism at all levels and across all sectors of society. She has been a fellow with the United Nations and worked in Tokyo and Bonn. A well-versed lawyer in international laws, her work traverses between immigration, citizenship and asylum laws, and policies governing transnational issues. She is also a recipient of the prestigious Commonwealth Scholarship and has conducted her doctorate research at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom on governance of climate migration in Assam.
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Links:
1. Communal violence tracker
2. EU India People's Summit