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NCHRO condemns arrest of Jignesh Mevani: Says actual hate speech isn’t prosecuted while tweets are leading to arrests
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April 28, 2022September 18, 2025National

NCHRO condemns arrest of Jignesh Mevani: Says actual hate speech isn’t prosecuted while tweets are leading to arrests

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On April 20, Dalit politician Jignesh Mevani was arrested by the Assam police for a tweet in which he wrote that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi considers Nathuram Godse a God. He was taken back to the Kokrajhar Jail after being granted bail by First Class Judicial Magistrate Bhavna Kakoty with several conditions. However, Mevani...