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Free Speech in India 2025: What the Free Speech Collective report reveals about a year of silencing
Based on data documenting 14,875 violations, the Free Speech Collective’s latest report traces how killings, arrests, mass censorship, corporate pressure and regulatory overreach combined to shrink India’s public sphere in 2025
Media coverage on Covid-19, anti-CAA protests, prejudiced: Report
Campaign Against Hate Speech’s report finds reportage laden with gender and religious stereotypes
Time magazine calls Shaheen Bagh daadi global icon!
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Aakar Patel arrested, then bailed for three tweets on Modi, BJP-RSS & Ghanchi Caste: Gujarat
Patel says the state has become intolerant of dissent. He has been asked to hand over the devices used to post the tweets in question.
CJP moves NBSA against India Today’s communal sting operation on Madrasas
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The complaint was filed against a sting operation run by the channel while drawing links to the Tablighi Jamaat incident which was largely pegged as being a conspiracy for spread of Covid-19 in India
Centre issues show cause notice to Sudarshan News; SC seeks report
The apex court assured the parties that the Centre’s decision in exercise of tis executive power will not finally decide the case
Kashmir journalist assaulted, harassed by Cyber Police, for article on cyberbullying
Auqib Javeed was summoned on September 18, and alleges he was slapped by a “masked policeman”, then questioned for 5 hours
Facebook moves SC against Delhi govt’s Peace and Harmony Committee summons
The petition has been moved by the Vice President of the company in India, in whose name the summons has been issued twice and he contends that this matter lies only within the central government’s jurisdiction
Why did Deepak Chaurasia allow hate speech on his show?
He did not intervene when pro-RSS panelist DU Prof Sangit Raagi demanded a "ban" on the Quran
‘UPSC Jihad’ is prime example of virulent Islamophobia: Petitioner in Sudarshan News case
The petitioner filed a rejoinder to the counter affidavit filed by Sudarshan News, and stated that the channel failed to address the statements made in the show which amount to hate speech
Hate speech demeans a community’s right to live with dignity: Jamia students in SC
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