ICC Note: A case has been brought to the attention of Hyderabad High Court in which two Hindu Nationalist individuals were accused of starting a social media campaign to target Indian Christians and Christianity as a whole. There hasn’t been any violent action yet as a result of the campaign but advocates are trying to convince the Court to take these cases of hate speech seriously.

6/21/2018 India (The Hindu) A resident of Visakhapatnam moved Hyderabad High Court on Tuesday seeking transfer of all cases involving attacks on Christians in the two Telugu States to Central Bureau of Investigation alleging that the police had failed to rein in the right wing organisations and activists targeting Christianity.

A Division Bench of the HC comprising Acting Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice J. Uma Devi directed petitioner K. Satyaseela Rao of Visakhapatnam to make two organisations — Shiva Shakti and Hindu Jana Shakti (since he accused them of attacks) — as respondents.

The matter was posted for hearing after two weeks.

The two outfits were accused of targeting Christianity and Christians through hate campaign using social media and Internet by the petitioner. He is national general secretary of All India True Christian Council (AITCC).

Counsel for the petitioner Boda Rakesh Naik requested the Bench to transfer all cases registered in the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh following attacks by the two organisations and their activists to the CBI, charging that police had failed to act on them so far.