Tag: Dissent

The Price of Dissent: In India, demanding accountability in times of grief must toe the line

From folk songs to Instagram posts to digital newsrooms, voices of resistance are under attack. FIRs against Neha Singh Rathore, Dr Madri Kakoti, and the shutdown of 4 PM News reflect a deepening free speech crisis in India

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

Professor arrested after students file FIR against him for insulting PM Modi

The guest lecturer from Silchar had allegedly accused the BJP and RSS of creating a Godhra-like situation in Delhi

No holy cow when it comes to dissent, SC judge Deepak Gupta speaks out again

“Criticism of any institution is to be protected — the executive, legislature, judiciary, and even the armed forces. There is no holy cow when it comes to dissent” Justice Gupta said adding that majoritarianism can also not be accepted

Systematic crackdown on critics in India: CIVICUS Monitor

India’s global rating downgraded to ‘repressed’, in same bracket as Brunei, Nigeria and Madagascar.

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