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Caged Voices, Silenced Truths: FSC’s expansive indictment of India’s press freedom crisis
On World Press Freedom Day 2026, the Free Speech Collective (FSC) assembles a powerful, deeply layered account of repression, incarceration, and systemic silencing—centring the stories of jailed journalists Rupesh Kumar Singh and Irfan Mehraj to expose the widening fault lines in India’s democratic promise
Kunal Kamra refuses to apologise for tweets about SC
Comedian Kunal Kamra posted an open letter addressed to AG K. K. Venugopal, asserting that he would not retract his comments regarding the apex court
NCBC observes public hearing at Hyderabad University in response of OBC students’ complaints
After receiving a detailed letter from an OBC students organisation, the NCBC conducted a meeting to listen to their issues at length.
Stand up comic Kunal Kamra faces contempt charges for tweets
The Attorney General has approved the plea for contempt against Kamra based on several letters it received
Prashant Patel Umrao still spinning fake news on Twitter
From horror stories of Muslims conspiring against India to explanations of women falsely claiming harassment, advocate Umrao’s hate-ridden twitter feed is full of communal hate
CPI(M) demands freedom of digital media from government control
Pointing out that online content already functions under provisions of the IT Act, the left organisation demanded that over-the-top platforms remain free of Central government’s supervision.
Remember journalists Siddique Kappan, Aasif Sultan, Kishorechandra Wangkhem?
They remain behind bars for sharing, media posts, traveling to cover a story, publishing reports
All In the Name of the Prophets
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OTT content now under the Information and Broadcasting Ministry of India
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The three accused along with journalist Siddique Kappan were arrested on their way to Hathras village
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