{"id":229159,"date":"2020-05-06T16:15:30","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T10:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=229159"},"modified":"2020-05-07T09:05:12","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T03:35:12","slug":"online-abuse-vilification-campaign-being-run-against-safoora-zargar-her-unborn-child-on-social-media-dcw-takes-suo-moto-cognizance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/05\/06\/online-abuse-vilification-campaign-being-run-against-safoora-zargar-her-unborn-child-on-social-media-dcw-takes-suo-moto-cognizance\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Abuse | Vilification campaign being run against Safoora Zargar &#038; her unborn child on social media: DCW takes suo moto cognizance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Delhi Commission for Women noted complaints regarding abuse and character assassination of arrested research scholar Ms Safoora Zargar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Vilification campaign is being run against her and her unborn child on social media and misogynistic comments outraging her dignity and threatening her family.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ms Safoora Zargar is facing the court of law and is jail. Case against her is Sub-Judice and law shall take its own course.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">DCW states that it is a serious matter and the perpetrators must be brought to book. Thus Commission asks Deputy Commissioner of Police for the following:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Copy of FIR in the matter of online abuse and attacks on Ms Zargar<\/li>\n<li>Details of accused identified<\/li>\n<li>Measures taken to remove the post<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Delhi Commission for Women<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>[Notice dt. 06-05-2020]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi Commission for Women noted complaints regarding abuse and character assassination of arrested research scholar Ms Safoora Zargar. 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