Despite repeated efforts from civil society groups seeking specific changes in the proposed communal violence, the government has turned a deaf ear. The bill was passed by the united states house of representatives in 1922, and in the same year it was given a favorable report by the united states senate committee. The 2002 gujarat riots, also known as the 2002 gujarat violence and the gujarat pogrom, was a threeday period of inter communal violence in the western indian state of gujarat. Freedom house is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that supports democratic change, monitors freedom, and advocates for democracy and human rights. Jul 04, 2011 the proposed communal violence bill, which paints hindus as criminals and minorities as their victims, is downright dangerous.
Here is an essay on communal violence in india for class 11 and 12. After the alleged postgodhra riots in gujarat, the so called secularists are going pillar to. The state government can declare an area as communally disturbed under certain conditions. Is sonia gandhis nac more communal than jinnahs muslim league in 1947. Communal violence bill india pdf free download as pdf file. Government forced to defer communal violence bill the hindu. After fierce debate, anticommunal violence bill is dropped. The communal violence bill is astonishingly poor, having been drafted in ignorance of the two draft bills proposed by civil society groups after extensive consultations with ngos. Nov 04, 2015 the kalenjin community has been, and still is, the main ethnic group linked to ethnoterrorism chiefly due to its use of threats of communal violence, and instigation of tribal clashes in the rift valley region, in attempts to influence both the political and socioeconomic processes in the region. Communal violence involves people belonging to two different religious communities mobilised against each other and carrying the feelings of hostility, emotional fury, exploitation, social discrimination and social neglect.
The communal violence bill 2005 has been mired in controversy since its inception. Acts that are committed in the name of the faith will be forgiven by the otherworldly power and per haps rewarded in an afterlife. At the same time, however, persistent ethnic tensions, clan rivalries, and intercommunal violence remain major security is. However, it too suffers from certain lacunae which need to be addressed. The bill was opposed by the indian national congress, who said it would create communal tensions and polarise india. It was prepared within the commission by dr ralph pettman, a member of the project group that has been working on this topic, and is a companion piece to occasional paper no.
Considering the fact that the congress party charged a group of individuals from foreign funded ngos to draft the communal violence bill and that the grounds for new legislation on the specific issues were laid by these same sections of civil society, it appears certain that the new law will have the same antihindu slant as the previously touted bill. Populations in uganda, 2017, urban slum communities are prone to various acts of violence, inter communal conflict and unprecedented levels of crime that compromise stability. Will the new communal violence bill finally be the panacea for communal riots and the inevitable aftereffects of justice never being done. The bill projects as of only minority is vulnerable to communal violence, thus is antimajority. In 2018, approximately onethird of state governments increasingly enforced anti con version andor anti cow slaughter laws discriminatorily against nonhindus and dalits alike. Documents and files from amsa for the sar 204816 siev 794. Muslims as the generally targeted victims of communal violence. This is the second of the human rights commissions occasional papers series. Since the prevention of communal violence bill 2005 as amended as prevention of communal violence bill 2009 doesnt discriminate the perpetrators and victims of communal violence on religious grounds and also it envisages the state administration as an equal stake holder in preventing such violence these groups wanted the bill to be. The spread of anticonversion laws from india lausanne movement. Breaking the silence reaching impacted students everywhere r. A lot of trp chasing has been done this week on prime. Prevention of communal and targeted violence access to justice and reparations bill, 2011 a bill to respect, protect and fulfill the right to equality before law and equal protection of law by imposing duties on the central government and the state governments, to exercise their. The term includes conflicts, riots, and other forms of violence between communities of different religious faith or ethnic origins.
Violence in chapter the name of the faith distribute. The 2014 violence in pune is one in a series of communal and ethnic violence in india in the post2012 period, where content circulating through internetenabled mobile phones and on social media, has reconfigured the way in which the law, police, and civil society have grappled with this issue. We decide to make the following changes on several articles. It needs to be jettisoned for it will exacerbate communalism and damage the federal structure of india.
Protest the antihindu prevention of communal and targeted violence bill, 2011. It shows how creating a law on the basis of one gujarat tragedy can derail the larger goal of communal harmony. Philadelphia anti drug anti violence network philadelphia ballhawks philadelphias young nonprofit leaders phillychange powershift preventing hiv project project stigma. Communal violence bill dangerous, against majority. After fierce debate, anticommunal violence bill is. Provided that the central government may, with the consent of the state of jammu and kashmir, extend the act to that state.
What is clear is the close connection between anti blasphemy laws and ahmadism and how this connection has been highlighted by the relationship between the finality of the prophethood, parliamentary legislation and subsequent violence in this particular instance. Policemen not shy of admitting that their force treats only one community as guilty during communal riots. Both public and private actors have engaged in this campaign. Anti armenian sentiment, also known as anti armenianism and armenophobia, is a diverse spectrum of negative feelings, dislikes, fears, aversion, derision andor prejudice towards armenians, armenia, and armenian culture.
The term includes conflicts, riots and other forms of violence between communities of different religious faith or ethnic origins. The builtin efficacy of the bill is selfevident in respect of prevention of communal violence and its rapid containment in the unfortunate eventuality of its occurrence. Religious terrorism 173 driving force behind their behavior. The explanatory memorandum for the anti people smuggling and other measures bill 2010 cth, states that serious threats to australias territorial and border integrity include those posed by people smuggling. The above mentioned bill was introduced in the rajya sabha on 5. The controversial communal violence bill, which has been hanging fire for some years, is getting a fresh push from the government with one union. The dyer anti lynching bill was first introduced to the united states congress in 1918 by republican congressman leonidas c.
In 2018, approximately onethird of state governments increasingly enforced anticon version andor anticow slaughter laws discriminatorily against nonhindus and dalits alike. The reworked version of the prevention of communal violence bill is a much diluted version of the draft bill earlier approved by the sonia gandhiled national advisory council nac. In addition, it provides vip security and security for important events. In the present form the communal violence bill has been rejected by all major anticommunal groups in india and it will prove to be dangerous for the minorities, muslims, christians and all others. According to indias union home ministry, in 20 there were 823 incidents of communal violence nationwide, leaving 3 dead, and thousands injured, some critically. The country has experienced periodic outbreaks of largescale communal violence against religious minorities, including in uttar pradesh in 20, odisha in 20072008, gujarat in 2002, and delhi in 1984. Why is modi opposing communal violence bill as ill. In december 2017, president buhari signed the anti torture act, which penalizes acts of torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.
Apr 11, 2014 while releasing the party manifesto for 2014 general elections, congress vice president rahul gandhi said that upa has delivered 90 per cent of the promises it made in the 2009 general election manifesto and claimed that this manifesto is a result of five months exercise of going to common people to know their demands. Such outgroups are typically framed as unlikable and. Govt gives a push to communal violence bill the hindu. Apparently prevention of communal and targeted violence access to justice and reparations bill, 2011 is brought to curb the riots taking place between majority and minority communities. Seven flaws of communal violence bill cvb by kalyan chakrabarti dec 11, 20, 4. Necessity for communal violence prevention bill ias exam. The prevention of communal and targeted violence access to justice and reparations bill was originally drafted by the national advisory council or nac, a group of activists and civil society. Critique of the communal violence prevention, control and. Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the centre and states and the performance of these schemes. Such intervention included high profile cases, such as the 2002 anti muslim violence in gujarat and the 2008 attacks against christians in orissa. Oct 31, 2018 it remains unclear why they went ahead with their protest in the first place given that the government had already reversed course. Following the initial riot incidents, there were further outbreaks of violence in ahmedabad for three months. Historical background of communal violence in india.
India vigilante violence aimed at religious minorities, marginalized communities, and critics of the governmentoften carried out by groups claiming to support the ruling bharatiya. Analysis of antihindu communal violence bill of congress. What is exactly so communal about communal violence bill. Hindumuslim communal riots in india i 19471986 sciences. The proposed communal violence bill 2009 in its present. The nacdrafted communal violence bill is a disaster.
The jos crisis crisis group africa report n196, 17 december 2012 page iii b drawing on the examples of countries such as indonesia and the philippines that face similar intercommunal conflicts and have initiated policies against radicalisation and violence. Communal violence bill, 2011 most dangerous against. However the recent prevention of communal and targeted violence access to justice and reparations bill, 2011 which has been approved by the national advisory council n. Modern anti armenianism is usually expressed by opposition to the actions or existence of armenia, aggressive denial of the. Law number 152003 on turning the government regulation in lieu of law number 12002 on the eradication of terrorism crimes into a law. Domestic violence, mob justice, and rape or sexual harassment was ranked highest with 47%, 46% and 33%respectively. Communal violence, terrorism and cultural policing, in laurent gayer and christophe jaffrelot, eds.
Thus, no member of the majority community can ever be a victim. Anti communal groups, human rights organizations and womens groups have expressed their strong opposition to the communal violence prevention, control and rehabilitation of victims bill which the upa government recently tabled in parliament. Hindumuslim riots and antimuslim pogroms have become the defining feature of post1947 collective violence in india, and the regular. At deeper level one realizes that a dangerous role is played by the school books, which are being used by sectarian politics to spread the negative perceptions about minorities. Cabinet clears communal violence bill india news times. It opens up a huge scope for abuse and would act that they would never be charged under the act. Communal violence bill latest breaking news, pictures, videos, and special reports from the economic times. Protest the antihindu prevention of communal and targeted violence bill.
The communal violence prevention, control and rehabilitation of victims bill, 2005 provides for a prevention and control of communal violence, b speedy investigation and trials, and c rehabilitation of victims. Background and working methods the special antirobbery squad is a branch of the nigerian police created to fight violent crimes including armed robbery and kidnapping. Communal violence within cities has characterized cities throughout history and generally transpires within a larger system of racial, ethnic, or religious subordination and is directed against a despised or envied outgroup. It was inserted by the anti people smuggling and other measures act 2010 cth schedule 2. Rethink the communal violence bill the indian express. Communal violence is a form of violence which perpetrated across ethnic or communal lines, the violent parties feel solidarity for their respective groups, and victims are chosen based upon group membership.
Home secretary to provide to the committee copies of documents supplied to the sub. Proof teesta javed setalvad, shabnam hashmi and john dayal all members of sonia gandhis national advisory council drafted the antihindu communal violence bill. Deployed for law and order, counterinsurgency, anti naxal and communal violence operations. You have signed your death warrant torture and other ill treatment in the special antirobbery squad amnesty international 8 background sars.
The very opening line of the draft sparks a debate. Communal violence in india registered a rise in incidents by 24%, and related deaths by 65%, in the first five months of 2015. To develop new ways of reinforcing anti sectarian messages for young people outside of the classroom with an emphasis on anti sectarianism training and. Hc seeks centre, delhi govts reply on plea seeking probe under uapa the delhi high court on friday sought reply of the centre and delhi government on a plea seeking probe under the unlawful activities prevention act to find out those behind the violence in northeast delhi. On 19 october 2010 the government established a standing committee of the national integration council. Buddhist violence in sri lanka violence against muslims in june 2014, four people were killed and eighty injured in an outbreak of violence in the highlymuslim populated towns of beruwala and aluthgama after some muslim youth were accused of attacking a buddhist monks driver.
Jul 15, 20 the violence that engulfed ahmedabad in february was not, at first, of a communal nature. Law minister kapil sibal and opposition leader arun jaitley crossed swords in the rajya sabha on wednesday during a brief debate on the communal. It is antihindu promuslim bill janata to be fully apprised on the communal divide tactics of upa govt. Anticommunal groups, human rights organizations and womens groups have expressed their strong opposition to the communal violence prevention, control and rehabilitation of victims bill which the upa government recently tabled in parliament. The communal violence prevention bill, which was contemplated during upa government did take into account these factors and wanted this issue to be dealt with squarely. The government was forced today to abandon plans to introduce a controversial new bill in parliament that outlines how communal violence. Comments on prevention of communal and targeted violence bill pctv. For sheer gall, theres nothing to beat the draft prevention of communal and targeted violence access to justice and reparations bill, 2011. The communal violence prevention, control and rehabilitation of victims bill, 2005. Her research interests include ethnonationalist conflicts, communal violence, and nonstate armed groups and gender. Upa, muslims and the communal violence bill chapter 6 the. At least 20 people have been killed since sunday in communal violence in northeast delhi, triggered after clashes between pro and anticaa protestors over the citizenship amendment act.
The bill focuses on religious and linguistic minorities as well the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes,but religious minorities are at its heart. Earlier drafts of this bill were rejected by these citizen groups, but few of their concerns. The communal violence bill prepared by the national advisory council nac seeks fundamentally to change how the government deals with violence against minorities. Reparations bill, 2011 in the upper house of the parliament. Concept, features, incidence and causes of communal violence. The prevention of communal and targeted violence access to justice and reparations bill, 20 proposes to impose duties on the centre and state governments and their officers to exercise their powers in an impartial and nondiscriminatory manner to prevent and control targeted violence. The postelection violence of 20072008 revealed the use of violence for political ends, so maybe kenyas icc cases did indeed help to prevent a reoccurrence of violence in 20. L aws are not the answer to communal prejudice and ideology though they play a significant role in dealing with communal violence. Just see a sample of powers vested in this authority. Violence in the name of the faith sage publications inc. The ugly truth behind the communal violence bill, 2011. The bill authorised national human rights commission to issue advisories, make recommendations on communal violence and receive and collect information on any buildup of communal violence, any form of propaganda, mobilisation, occurrence or likely occurrence of communal violence. Communal violence bill read an important information carefully hindus your destruction bill, which the congress introduced twice in parliament.
The chief ministers of the indian states of madhya pradesh, chhattisgarh, west bengal, punjab, kerala and rajasthan and union territory of puducherry all led by nonbjp governments said they will not implement the law. Determined to promote its minorityappeasement agenda, the united progressive alliance regime is readying itself to introduce an obnoxious bill that could disturb communal harmony, wreck the federal features of the constitution and give the union government a fresh set. India is the worlds largest democracy with about 1. Bill to empower the sate governments and the central government to take measures to provide for the prevention and control of communal violence which threatens the secular fabric, unity, integrity and internal security of the nation and rehabilitation of victims of such violence and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Communal violence bill threat to national integration, social harmony and constitutional federalism by ram madhav ever since the upa government came to power in 2004 there started a cacophony about bringing a stricter law to prevent communal violence in. Communal violence bill india pdf violence ethical principles. Why is modi opposing communal violence bill as illconceived, antifederal gandhinagar.
However the diversity of the subcontinent has often been exposed under threats of religious violence. Communal violence an overview sciencedirect topics. Anti hindu communal violence bill will be challenged by. Ncm and nhrc intervened in several highprofile cases, including the 2002 anti muslim violence in gujarat, the attacks against the christian community in orissa and other instances of communal tension, the enactment of anticonversion legislation in several states, and incidents of harassment and violence against minorities. Gujarat chief minister narendra modi has taken the cue from tamil nadu chief minister jayalalithaa to oppose. Anti sectarianism initiatives will be introduced within the education curriculum with the aim that every child in the north is equipped with a clear awareness and understanding of the issue. The rashtriya lok dal on saturday said the sp is least interested in ensuring the passage of communal violence bill, 20, because fanning communal violence is part of its agenda. Legislation in the area of communal harmony forms a basic tenet of the philosophy of governance of the government. The communal violence bill came under attack at the meeting, with bharatiya janata party leaders saying the bill would encourage rather than curb communalism and that the bill unjustly assumed that in a riot the majority was always at fault. Surely this is a bill on muslim appeasement considerations. Specialised in carrying out counterterrorism, counterhijacking and hostagerescue operations.
According to the ministry of home affairs, there were over 630 communal incidents in januaryoctober 2015. Communal terrorism is rarely constrained and is a case in point of convergence in the quality of violence used by religious and secular terrorism. Communal violence communal violence, which generally occurs in states that have large minority communities, has been a long standing issue in india. Find paragraphs, long and short essays on communal violence in india especially written for school and college students. Communal violence is a form of violence that is perpetrated across ethnic or communal lines, the violent parties feel solidarity for their respective groups, and victims are chosen based upon group membership. India is a land of unity in diversity and people from many religious, social and cultural backgrounds harmoniously live in india.
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