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Why did the UN committee urge India to address ‘hate speech’ and ‘hate crimes’?
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination called on India to suspend NRC, and revise Special Intensive Revision. It also noted that more than nine million people have been disenfranchised in West Bengal because of the SIR
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The () released findings expressing severe concerns over India's human rights record regarding ethnic minorities, Dalits, and tribal populations. The committee highlighted issues like hate speech, arbitrary detention, extra-judicial killings, and discriminatory practices related to the and the . The has rejected these claims, terming them "sweeping generalisations."
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