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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

Hate Watch: Hate poetry that Zee News aired

Divisive and hateful language was made entertaining through Hindi...

Lal Singh: The snake BJP fed

Choudhary Lal Singh is no stranger to controversy. His...

Hate Watch: Vitiating the Atmosphere around the Amarnath Yatra

The Amarnath Yatra begins every year in the month...

Nailing the Lie: On Amnesty’s Report on ‘Hindu’ Rohingyas

Questioning Amnesty’s “new evidence” on ARSA’s brutal killing of...

UN experts urge India to protect journalist Rana Ayyub against hate campaign

Several United Nations human rights experts have called on...

Criminal Law and Hate Speech

Regarding the criminal law provisions, a report points to...

The Communal Tactics of RSS in Karnataka

“Why is Modi silent about Gauri Lankesh and Kalburgi...

BJP MPs/MLAs Have Most Declared Police Complaints of Hate Speech Against Them

Mumbai: As many as 58 members of parliament (MPs)...

BJP’s Desperation at Non-Performance Fuels Communal Violence in Bihar, Bengal

Secularists and liberals are, for instance, silent against the...

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