Communal Virus-2020: Who will flatten the hate curve?
Channel: Teesta Setalvad
Date: 2020-04-24

Catch Teesta Setalvad in discussion with Senior Advocate and Human Rights Practitioner Prashant Bhushan, Renowned journalist Asad Ashraf who is a regular contributor to national and international publications and networks, Social Activist Aasif Mujtaba, who initiated the Shaheen Bagh protests and then later led the relief efforts in North east Delhi at Mustafabad and Student Leader and former President of the Women’s College Students Union, AMU, Afreen Fatima, who is a JNU student and a young prominent Muslim woman’s voice. 
The discussion largely focusses around communal hate and its repercussions in recent times, right from the attacks on Jamia Millia Islamia students, to protests and subsequent violence at Shaheen Bagh, from the unconstitutional abrogation of Article 370 to Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), from Delhi Riots 2020 to hundreds of arrests and a reign of terror on Delhi’s Muslim community.. The panel discusses several important questions like what must be done to stop the cycle of hate,  role of the opposition and our judicial system. If courts are not answer, then what is?
Watch this video to listen to the entire discussion.