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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
Hate surges across Uttarkhand, Karnataka, Delhi, and UP
Sabrang India brings to you a breakdown of the recent hate incidents across the nation
Communally charged speeches continue across North India this week
Hate-laced speeches filled with fake news and exaggerated claims by Hindutva leaders continue across Rajasthan, Haryana, and Chhattisgarh
Hate Speech targeting minorities continue nationwide, from Daman to Delhi
Multiple incidents of derogatory and dehumanising hate speech towards Muslims reported across India.
Far right, Hindutva leaders stoke communal fires across India
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Hate speeches and provocative declarations by Hindutva leaders spread communal tensions, as anti-Muslim conspiracy theories and incendiary remarks are repeated in various speeches
Five hate speeches given by Suresh Chavhanke in July, CJP moves NCM
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Demanding swift and stern action, complaint highlights the alarming escalation of Chavhanke's divisive agenda and the danger it poses to social harmony
Far right leader calls for “repeating Gujarat 2002 in Karnataka”: Hindu Jagaran Vedike (HJV)
In the town of Bagalkote, Karnataka, a far-right leader's...
CJP escalates complaint against Times Now Navbharat show on Gyanvapi Mosque to NBDSA
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The show made contentious, one-sided and misinformed statements regarding the Supreme Court and the ASI Survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque
Independence Day celebrations across India marred by hate-fuelled events
Hate speech targeting Muslims mars celebrations, violent sloganeering at right-wing rallies overshadow unity and heritage.
Supreme Court finds self-regulation of TV to be “ineffective”, will frame stringent laws
CJI Chandrachud: “Unless you make the rules stringent no TV channel has no compulsion to comply. For any violation if there is a lakh penalty then what stops them?"
Tushar Gandhi lodges police complaint against Sambhaji Bhide over insults to Mahatma Gandhi
I will not take any slander against my ancestors said the great grandson of Gandhi after lodging the complaint; Gandhi was accompanied by senior activists
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