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Morung Express Editorial | May 30 :
In the last one month or so attention has been drawn on the question of safety of people hailing from the Northeast region where incidents of violence or discrimination have been reported. Without going into the details of the recent incident in Delhi and Bangalore, the fact remains that there appears to be a systemic design to target people from the NE
Against this backdrop, we welcome the suggestions to tackle ‘hate crime in India’ submitted to the Union Home Minister by the ‘Justice for Loitam Richard’ group. What is noteworthy is the novelty of ideas and concrete measures suggested. It begins by mentioning point blank upfront that the Government of India “must not fail to recognise... the phenomenon of racial discrimination... prevalent in India”.
The other noteworthy suggestion that we welcome is the one related to media’s role. In perhaps the first of its kind, which hopefully the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting will urgently looked into, the ‘Justice for Loitam Richard’ group has asked for making mandatory policies for the media (TV, Radio, Newspaper, Magazine, Internet, etc) to circulate advertisements, documentaries and films that reflect the multi-cultural and multi-racial composition of India.
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