Hate Speech

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

Known for his growing anti-Muslim debates on National television, Deepak Chaurasia has now come up with Conversion Jihad!

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