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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
Kapil Mishra delivers anti-Muslim statements, targets activist Harsh Mander in his speech
He also promoted fallacies about Halal products, attacked Jamiat-Ulema-E-Hind for protecting terrorists and criminals
Poster-boy of ‘Hindutva’, Assam CM targets, Himanto Biswas Sarma threatens ex-US President with Islamophobic Slur: ‘Hussain Obama’
Barrack Obama had earlier said that if US President Joe Biden meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi, then the protection of the Muslim minority in a majority Hindu India is 'something worth mentioning.'
Haryana: Abusing Gandhi, Nehru, Muslims in one breath, saffron-clad mendicant at VHP-Bajrang Dal meet
The speaker, one Shivanand Maharaj, said that killing of thousands for protecting religion, women and cows is justified in Hindu scriptures
FIR filed against Chavhanke at Sangamner for his communal speech, which had resulted in violence and vandalism
In an invitation video put up by him, he had said that he was going to Sangamner to stop the “Islamification” of the city.
UP: Yati Narsinghanand delivered provocative anti-Muslim hate speech, invoked Love-Jihad, temple demolition
He announced a ‘Hindu Bachao Morcha’, a group that will take revenge if any Hindu is killed by a Muslim
Days before Bakri Eid, threats of violence issued, calls for ban on Halal meat made
“If you find blood in the drain, you tell me, and I will tell these people how Eid is celebrated”: Bajrang Dal Member
The speaker called Muslims necrophiles, demanded a central law on ‘Love-Jihad’ treating it as genocide or organised crime
The speaker, who referred to Muslims as necrophiles, called for a central law that classifies 'Love Jihad' as genocide or organised crime
Countering hate thru’ spreading #EverydayHarmony the CJP Way: Int’l Day against Hate Speech
In the face of escalating acts of hatred, CJP uses social media to share uplifting, real life stories and perspectives, traditions, and historical incidents
Now, a Goa outfit wants film on ‘Portuguese horror’
In the long list of propaganda films generated by allies of the present regime, the extremist Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS), not to be outdone, now wants a Goa Files, to wipe out “atrocities on Hindus during Portuguese rule”
UN calls to end Hate Speech Now
"But we are far from powerless in the face of hate speech. We can and must raise awareness about its dangers, and work to prevent and end it in all its forms." - UN Secretary-General António Guterres
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