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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
FIR against serial hate offender Ragini Tiwari, finally
She has been accused of promoting hate and provoking people to create a hostile environment of riots regarding the farmers protest and the Delhi riots
Goswami’s Republic Bharat pulled up for hate speech agnst Pakistan: UK regulator
Ofcom has imposed a fine of 20,000 pounds on UK operator of Republic Bharat with reference to a show that promoted intolerance against Pakistan
Derogatory remarks against Islam create communal tension in Assam
AAMSU compelled to register case against RSS leader
Why not call ‘lower castes’ by their name wonders BJP MP Pragya Thakur
While calling oppressed castes ‘ignorant’ the BJP politician encourages the audience to stick to their caste profession
I am not Gandhi’s monkey: Hate offender, Ragini Tiwari spewing hate against farmers
She has warned the Government that if farmers are not stopped from protesting further, ‘Jaffrabad’ will be recreated
There has been a Bharat Bandh for 70 years: Kapil Mishra
Bharatiya Janata Party politician Kapil Misra wants people not to express solidarity with the farmer unions, defy the Bharat Bandh on December 8
CJP moves Ministry of I&B against Pushpendra Kulshreshtha’s hate speech
His blatant anti-Islamic speeches generate hateful and discriminatory content against Muslims in India
UPSC Jihad show offensive, promotes communal attitude: I&B Ministry
The Ministry is said to have acted upon the various complaints it received about the controversial UPSC Jihad show on Sudarshan TV
Kolkata police file an FIR against fake news repeat offender Madhu Kishwar
Kishwar first issues issues apology, then back-peddles to say that though she mis-identified the location as Kolkata instead of Dhaka, the video itself wasn't fake
Deepak Chaurasia: Spewing communal hate on social media
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Censorship and the Drumbeats of Hate: Mapping the state of free speech ahead of the 2026 polls
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Communal Organisations
UP’s syncretic warrior cults facing Hindutva challenge
Be it the attack on the Gogamedi shrine in the Hanumangarh district of northern Rajasthan or the Neja Mela in the Sambhal district of western Uttar Pradesh, Hindutva’s systemic attack on India’s syncretic traditions, past and present, reveals its rigid and Brahmanical ideological orientation: imposition of a strictly hierarchical, exclusionary and structured notion of faith and practice
Minorities
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Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
An Adivasi woman once in bonded labour now serves her village as a Sarpanch
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Rights
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History
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