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The comments made by the defendants in two articles about Covid-19 funding to US-based Hindutva advocacy bodies are statements of opinion, the judge noted.
News organisation Al Jazeera Media Network on Sunday condemned the online harassment and death threats made by Hindutva social media users to Indian journalist Raqib Hameed Naik for his articles on the alleged misuse of Covid-19 relief funds in the United States. The Al Jazeeraarticles, published in April, said that federal Covid-19 relief funding amounting to $833,000 (over Rs 6.10 crore) had been given to the Hindu American Foundation and four other US foundations which, the reports alleged, had “ties to Hindu supremacist and religious groups”. “Naik has already reported death threat...
Hindu American Foundation via Facebook The Hindu American Foundation advocacy group said, earlier this month, that it was suing four activists, academic Audrey Truschke, and a journalist for two articles published in Al Jazeera that it claims are defamatory. The lawsuit has sparked a debate over free speech in the US, with hundreds of activists and scholars criticising the defamation case and standing in solidarity with those named in it. The Al Jazeeraarticles, published in April, said that federal Covid-19 relief funding amounting to $833,000 had been given to the Hindu American Foun...