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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
Anti – Muslim Hate Speech at Delhi’s Famous Stadium
Hate Speech against Muslims echoes at Delhi's Talkatora Stadium as Hindu hardliners, including VHP's Praveen Togadia, raise calls for violence against Hindus.
Hindu Janjagran Manch Leader Delivers Hate Speech, Advocates Economic Boycott of Muslims
Controversial figure Kamal Gautam sparks outrage with divisive, threatening rhetoric while holding a position as a government school teacher
Unchecked Hate Speech Sparks Concerns for communal Harmony in Himachal Pradesh
Communal sentiments are roused in Himachal Pradesh as Hindu Jagran Manch's Kamal Gautam makes incendiary statements in yet another incident of hate speech.
Supreme Court issues notice in contempt charges against Hindutva leader Yati Narsinghanand
Narsinghanand had made insulting remarks against the SC and the Indian Constitution, notice has been issued without returnable date
Malegaon targeted by arrows of hate has seen a rich and varied past
Malegaon, a city in the Nashik district of north-western Maharashtra state is the latest target of Hindutva’s hate and vitriol with highly charged hate speeches being delivered here on July 3, organized by the notorious Sakal Hindu Samaj; with a chequered communal history of clashes, the city witnessed the bomb blasts of September 2008
Sakal Hindu Samaj: Another video surfaces, speaker openly calls for violence against Muslims in Malegaon
In the said rally held in Maharashtra, demands for law providing capital punishment to ‘love-jihadis’ were raised
Maharashtra: Threats of violence made, anti-Muslim insults used at the Hindu Janakroash Morcha in Malegaon
Far-right leaders publicly attacked the Muslim community in yet another blatant demonstration of impunity
Multiple incidents of Muslims being targeted by extremist reported, attacks included hate speech and discrimination
Patna, Haryana, Uttarakhand: From Pravin Togadia to Bittu Bajrangi, Muslim community being targeted with impunity
Three instances of Bajrang Dal members breaking the law with impunity reported on a single day
MP, Haryana: Members delivered hate speeches, harassed interfaith couple, threaten to convert mosques into offices
Karnataka HC: Proceedings against Pramod Muthalik for delivering offensive statement quashed
The Bench noted lack of recording of independent eyewitness statements, no data to substantiate that accused made inflammatory statements as reasons
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