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'Prolonged impunity must end': Amnesty India says leaders making hate speeches must be held accountable in view of violence in Delhi over CAA

Press Trust of India • February 26, 2020, 12:35:20 IST
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The Amnesty India urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to unequivocally condemn the recent hate speeches made by leaders and demanded that they must be held accountable.

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'Prolonged impunity must end': Amnesty India says leaders making hate speeches must be held accountable in view of violence in Delhi over CAA

New Delhi: The Amnesty India on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to unequivocally condemn the recent hate speeches made by leaders and demanded that they must be held accountable, as 20 people were killed in violence in northeast Delhi over the citizenship law. _**Follow LIVE updates on Delhi Violence over CAA protests here**_ Amnesty International India executive director Avinash Kumar demanded a prompt, independent and impartial investigation into such speeches that allegedly led to ongoing and past violence, adding that the “prolonged impunity” must end. [caption id=“attachment_8085961” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] ![File image of Delhi Police at the site of violence in northeast Delhi. PTI](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/380-delhi-violence-pti.jpg) File image of Delhi Police at the site of violence in northeast Delhi. PTI[/caption] The comments by the human rights organisation come as tension smouldered in northeast Delhi on Tuesday, with mobs roaming unchecked through the streets, pelting stones, vandalising shops and threatening locals. Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kapil Mishra had led a gathering in support of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act at Jafarabad on Sunday, following which violence erupted between protesters and supporters of the contentious law. “Political leaders in India who are fuelling hatred and creating a violent environment by making hate speeches must be immediately held accountable,” the Amnesty said in a statement. “There has been a deafening silence from the Prime Minister on the hate speeches made by the political leaders since December 2019. The Prime Minister must lead the way and unequivocally condemn them,” it said. The Amnesty also pointed out to controversial speeches made by BJP leaders like Anurag Thakur. “It is shocking that since December 2019, not even a single elected representative has been prosecuted for advocating hatred and violence,” it said. “It is the ongoing impunity that the political leaders enjoy which encourages them and other non-state actors to stoke more violence.” Streets in parts of northeast Delhi were littered with stones, bricks and burnt tyres, mute testimony to the spiralling violence and bloodshed that took on a communal taint on Monday and injured about 150 people, including 48 police personnel.

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