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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
Who’s Who in BJP’s List of Hate Offenders, 38 in all, 27 elected officials
India’s most dominant party, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in a long overdue exercise, has used ‘IT experts’ to track hate offenders in its midst
Hate Offender Swami Jitendranand calls for lynching of pregnant women, CJP moves NCM
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Swami claims every ‘cow killer’ or anti-national should fall out of a ripped womb of Muslim women
UP: Hindu Mahasabha’s Pooja Pandey given police notice for hate speech
UP’s Aligarh second place to report unrest due to hate-filled speech after Kanpur
Assam Hindutva leader Satya Ranjan Borah demands cow protection, mosque surveys and religious education in schools
The serial Hate Offender made all these demands at a recent public press conference
BJP dumps spokesperson Nupur Sharma, Naveen K. Jindal in damage control move
Action comes after outrage from Gulf nations, days after Sharma Jindal made derogatory remarks about the Prophet
Hate Watch: Couldn’t NKTV have stopped BJP’s Shiladitya Dev from making anti-Muslim comments on air?
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Host Paragmani Aditya did little to intervene or stop the anti-minority diatribe, even when Deb claimed the country was his and Muslims were “allowed” to live here
Hindutva inspired muscleman spews castist, anti-Muslim hate, while claiming victimhood
Bharat Singh Walia, a body builder, who calls himself the “modern saadhu” on YouTube trying his best to be a mascot of Hindutva
Hate Speech Up by 38% on Facebook in April, Violent Content Up by 86% on Instagram: Meta
This report released by Meta on May 31, says Facebook detected 53,200 hate speeches in April.
Now, ‘Swami’ Jitendranand Saraswati calls for lynching of pregnant women
Previously he has gotten away with giving a call for genocide of minorities at the Dharma Sansad in Hardiwar
CJP moves UP DGP over Pandit Ravi Sonkar’s death threats to Muslim worshipers at Gyanvapi mosque
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The hate offender threatened Muslim devotees for washing hands and feet above the "Shivling"
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