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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
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SC grants protection to Sanjay Singh in hate speech cases
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Excerpts from a report that appeared in Secular Perspective (February 1-15, 2021)
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