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

Artists Unite: More Than 450 Artists Sign On a Declaration for Democracy and Against Hate

The platform has also announced a national convention in...

Slogans raised to demolish Jama Masjid in VHP’s Ram Mandir rally

Saffron clad members of VHP, RSS and devotees of...

Hate pamphlets circulated before Rajasthan elections

As people wait in anxiety over election results of...

Bulandshahr violence: Fake news peddler Suresh Chavhanke attacks Muslims

Monday’s violence has barely been contained in the west...

Azad plans to gatecrash Hindutva’s Ayodhya party with a copy of India’s Constitution.

At a press conference in New Delhi today, Bhim...

Muslim & Hindu Clerics Appeal for Reason, while Hate rules Politics: Ayodhya-Faizabad

Prominent Muslim and Hindu clerics have appealed for reason...

Modi Yogi’s UP Shia Waqf Board Chief in the dock for Controversial Ayodhya Film

The trailer of Ramjanmbhoomi, a deeply provocative and communally...

Baba Ramdev: strip voting rights of people with more than two kids

He said that bachelors like him should be honoured...

Hate speech is still easy to find on social media

Shortly after the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh, I noticed...

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