Tag: Dissent

In Contrast: Nehru’s Take on a Young, Dissenting Irfan Habib and the Modi Govt’s Treatment of Mahmudabad

India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru intervened to get a scholarship for a young Irfan Habib in spite of the fact that he was member of communist party.

Maharashtra: Free speech has remained on the line of fire of the current regime, democracy on trial as state goes for election

Amid violent threats, legal crackdowns, and silencing of dissent, Maharashtra’s election becomes a crucial moment for safeguarding civil liberties

‘X’ distances itself from the clampdown on freedom of expression by blocking accounts on the executive orders of the Union government

As ‘the social media giant states that they are complying with the orders of government, what are the legal consequences it would face if it does not?

Speaking truth to power often means paying the price: India in 2023

These are critical times in India’s history: in fact,...

Breaking silences makes civilisations heal: theatre director, Sunil Shanbag

In this thought-provoking essay, the theatre director producer of 45 years explores multiple worlds, political, artistic and personal

Uneven yet Eloquent: PEN America’s anguished cries on India at 75

Over a 100 Indian and diasporic writers wrote, or gave statements about the suppression of dissent (among other things) in India at 75 

Right to dissent is a hallmark of democracy: Justice Deepak Gupta

Justice (retd.) Deepak Gupta, in a panel discussion opined that India cannot progress if dissent is stifled

Is criticising BJP leaders a crime?

As the issue of Freedom of Speech becomes a growing concern in the country, Sabrang India lists some cases where people were booked for speaking against the Modi-Shah-Yogi trio.

Unite in defence of the Rule of Law & Article 19, senior bureaucrats tell Indians

A statement issued by 99 former bureaucrats and policemen, the Constitutional Conduct Group, decries the assault on the freedom of expression and the right to dissent and calls on Indians to unite in protest

Can raising the right questions ever be dubbed ‘anti-national’?

AB Vajpayee had raised questions as a Rajya Sabha MP during the 1962 war

Scribe booked for alleged defamatory content against PM Modi and CM Adityanath

BJP MP Shashank Shekhar Singh had complained against the journalist at the Aashiana police station

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