Hate Speech

Censorship and the Drumbeats of Hate: Mapping the state of free speech ahead of the 2026 polls

A new report by Free Speech Collective traces five years of censorship, criminalisation of dissent, and the rise of hate-driven political discourse across Assam, Kerala, and Puducherry—raising urgent questions about the conditions for free and fair elections

BJP’s Draupadi Poster in UP Sends Ominous Signals

A Poster Of UP BJP Chief, Keshav Maurya as...

Targeted by Bajrang Dal goons in Nagpur, Fearless Kanhaiya Kumar unhurt, unfazed

Photo Courtesy: ANIFirst they threw stones at the car...

Wrong on History and Facts: NDTV’s Battleground Assam

Prannoy Roy classifies all Muslims in Assam as migrants...

Kashmiri Pandits In Solidarity With Kashmiri Students Across India

The ink hasn’t even dried on reports about anger,...

Is India a Secular Nation?

Text of Undelivered Late B G Deshmukh Memorial Lecture...

Hate Speech: Who Would Know Better Than Amit Shah?

Amit Shah, the BJP’s National President has given a...

Citizens’ Should File FIR Against Baba Ramdev for Hate Speech: Lawyers

  True to their sangh parivar lineage, BJP leaders are...

Attacks on Free speech Soar in the First Quarter of 2016

The first quarter has seen not just censorship but...

Open Letter to the ‘Head Chopping’ Billionaire Baba Ramdev

Image Courtesy: Economic TimesBaba, At the outset I must congratulate...

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