Rohingya Refugees File Petition Against Facebook in Indian Court

Members of a Rohingya refugee family at a ramshackle shanty colony in the north Indian state of Haryana. (Zafor Alom/VOA) FILE - Almost all shanties of a Rohingya refugee colony in Jammu were ravaged by fire on April 5, 2021. In Jammu, several Hindu right-wing groups threatened to drive away all Rohingya from the area. (Mohammad Faizullah/VOA) FILE - A Rohingya shanty colony in Delhi a day after it was gutted by fire on June 13, 2021. Many suspect that the blaze was triggered by an anti-Rohingya group. (Jan Mohammad/VOA) A Rohingya ragpicker woman and boy at work somewhere in the north Indian state of Haryana. Most Rohingya refugees do menial jobs for a living in India. (Zafor Alom/VOA) FILE - A fire broke out at a Rohingya colony in Madanpur Khadar area of Delhi on June 13, 2021. At least 55 plastic-thatched shanties were reduced to ashes by the fire. (Noor Kasem/VOA) FILE - Scene at the site of a Rohingya refugee colony in Delhi after a “mysterious” fire ripped through on June 13, 2021. (Jan Mohammad/VOA)

Two Rohingya refugees in India have filed a public interest litigation [PIL] case with the Delhi High Court seeking its intervention in curbing anti-Rohingya hate content on Facebook, and now members of the community have said that India’s social media users have called them "terrorists," "jihadists" and "illegal immigrants," among other derogatory terms, and sought their expulsion from the country.