Teesta Setalvad is an Indian civil rights activist and journalist. She is the secretary of Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP),an organisation formed to advocate for the victims of 2002 Gujarat riots.
Babubhai Patel,known by his alias Babu Bajrangi,was a leader of the Gujarat-wing of the Bajrang Dal,a Hindu right wing organization in India. He was a central figure during the 2002 Gujarat violence. He was sentenced to life term imprisonment by a special court for his role in masterminding the Naroda Patiya massacre in which 97 Muslims were murdered including 36 women,26 men and 35 children. The Supreme Court of India granted him bail on medical grounds in March 2019.
Gopalakrishnan Padmanabhan,better known by his stage name Dileep,is an Indian actor,producer,and businessman who predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry. He has acted in more than 150 films and has won several awards,including four Kerala State Film Awards and one Filmfare Awards South.
The Sanatan Sanstha is a Hindu organization seeking Hindu nationalism in India. It is a non-government charitable trust founded in 1999 by hypnotherapist Dr Jayant Balaji Athavale. It is headquartered in Ramathi,Goa.
Manoj Pradhan is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party,who was convicted of murder in January 2010. He was elected from the G. Udayagiri assembly constituency from the state of Orissa. He has been convicted in two cases of murder during the Kandhamal riots of 2008,in which 38 people were killed and more than 25,000 Christians were displaced. During the swearing-in of the state assembly,Pradhan was in jail but was given 15 days bail so he could participate.
The clashes between the Hindu and Muslim communities in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh,India in August–September 2013,resulted in at least 62 deaths including 42 Muslims and 20 Hindus and injured 93 and left more than 50,000 people displaced. By date 17 September,the curfew was lifted from all riot affected areas and the army was also withdrawn.
Prakash Jarwal is an Indian politici an from the Aam Admi Party,currently representing Deoli constituency in the Delhi State Legislature.
Thakur Sangeet Som is a BJP politician based in Sardhana,Meerut. He is former Member of Legislative Assembly from the Sardhana constituency.
Thakur Raja Singh,popularly known as Tiger Raja Singh,is an Indian politician from the state of Telangana. He is the incumbent MLA of the Telangana Legislative Assembly representing the Goshamahal Assembly constituency in Hyderabad. He started his political career in Telugu Desam Party until he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2014. He was part of the BJP until 23 August 2022,when he was suspended amid the 2022 Muhammad remarks controversy. On 22 October 2023,his suspension was revoked. Singh had served as the BJP party whip for the state of Telangana.
Amanatullah Khan is an Indian politician and is member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party and represents Okhla of Delhi in the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi. Khan is the elected chairman of the Delhi Waqf Board since November 2020.
The 2008 Kandhamal violence refers to widespread violence against Christians purportedly incited by Hindutva organisations in the Kandhamal district of Orissa,India,in August 2008 after the murder of the Hindu monk Lakshmanananda Saraswati. According to government reports the violence resulted in at least 39 Christians killed and 3906 Christian houses completely destroyed. Reports state,more than 395 churches were razed or burnt down,over 5,600 –6,500 houses plundered or burnt down,over 600 villages ransacked and more than 60,000 –75,000 people left homeless. Other reports put the death toll at nearly 100 and suggested more than 40 women were sexually assaulted. Unofficial reports placed the number of those killed to more than 500. Many Christian families were burnt alive. Thousands of Christians were forced to convert to Hinduism under threat of violence. Many Hindu families were also assaulted in some places because they supported the Indian National Congress (INC) party. This violence was led by the Bajrang Dal,Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the VHP.
Suresh Kumar Rana(alias Suresh Kumar) is a politician based in western Uttar Pradesh. He was a member of the 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh and is currently a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh in the northern state of India. He represents the Thana Bhawan constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Rana has previously served as a Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Uttar Pradesh Government and currently holds the position of a Cabinet Minister in the Yogi Adityanath led Government and holds the portfolios of sugarcane development and sugarcane mills.
Hardik Patel is an Indian politician and social activist. He rose to prominence in July 2015,where he led the Patidar reservation agitation that sought Economic Backward Class (EBC) status for the Patidar caste.
Mahbub Alam is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Central Committee as well as the Bihar State Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation. He has represented the Barsoi and Balrampur constituencies in the Bihar Legislative Assembly. Since 1994,he has been arrested numerous times on accusations of murder,and was incarcerated for 17 months in the late 2000s.
Narendra Mehta is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He served in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. Mehta represents the Mira Bhayandar constituency.
Gilbert John Mendonca is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. Mendonca was a one-term member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly,being a member of the 12th Assembly and serving in the lower house from 2009 to 2014.
Umar Khalid is an Indian student activist,a former research scholar at Jawaharlal Nehru University,former leader of Democratic Students' Union (DSU) in JNU. He was allegedly involved in the Jawaharlal Nehru University sedition row and is an accused under the UAPA law. Khalid is also associated with United Against Hate,a campaign founded along with Nadeem Khan in July 2017 in response to the series of lynchings.
The 2020 Delhi riots,or North East Delhi riots,were multiple waves of bloodshed,property destruction,and rioting in North East Delhi,beginning on 23 February 2020 and brought about chiefly by Hindu mobs attacking Muslims. Of the 53 people killed,two-thirds were Muslims who were shot,slashed with repeated blows,or set on fire. The dead also included over a dozen Hindus,who were shot or assaulted. More than a week after the violence had ended,hundreds of wounded were languishing in inadequately staffed medical facilities and corpses were being found in open drains. By mid-March many Muslims had remained missing.
Ishrat Jahan is a practising advocate and former municipal councillor for the Indian National Congress in Delhi who is an accused under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and was granted bail on 14 March 2022 after her incarceration since February 2020.
Asif Iqbal Tanha is an Indian student activist,a former student of Jamia Millia Islamia and a member of Students Islamic Organisation of India. He was allegedly involved in the Delhi Riots conspiracy case and is an accused under the UAPA Act. Tanha is also associated with United Against Hate (UAH),a campaign that was started in July 2017 in response to the series of lynchings and hate crimes in India.
