Tag: Free Speech

‘Free speech under threat’: again, Jamia student moves court against ‘highhanded’ suspension

For the past few months, since November 2024, repression and police force have been used to intimidate students of the Jamia Milia Islamia

Two journalists each killed in MP & Telangana, a free press under threat: Report

An uncomfortable political consensus across the political divide can be seen from this 50-page investigation by Free Speech Collective on the state of free speech in Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Telangana –all of whom face state elections from tomorrow

Why academicians need to be more vocal than before

“How do you think we can contribute?” It is my pleasure to respond to them directly as well as in this article.

Free Speech or Hate Speak?

Human rights organisations pick and choose whose freedom of speech – and other human rights – they are going to defend

Condemning govt inaction cannot be branded as an attempt to promote hatred: SC

The court quashed the FIR filed against journalist, Patricia Mukhim, as it deemed that her Facebook post was only a call for action against culprits

Will the new amendment to Kerala Police Act curb free speech?

The Government has come up with a provision in the act to curb instances of defamatory and insulting content on social media

Amnesty International raises concern about France’s counter-terror measures

In light of France’s recent fame as a defender of free-speech, human rights organisation Amnesty International questions the country’s enforcement of free-speech laws towards its Muslim citizens.

FIR against Goa professor for ‘outraging religious beliefs’

The case was filed on a complaint by Rajiv Jha, of Rashtriya Hindu Yuva Vahini's Goa unit

Indian journalists decry attack on freedom of press amidst Covid-19

SabrangIndia, The Wire, the DUJ and the BUJ brought together notable journalists and activists from across the country for a webinar to discuss the state of journalism and crushing of dissent amidst the pandemic

Is it time to break down the iron gates of this prison, the nation state?

The region of South Asia is witnessing an extraordinary...

Free speech must for students, IITB alumni to director

Two alumnus of the prestigious, Powai based IIT, Bombay, have in an open letter to the Institute's director urged that the robust traditions of free speech and dissent be upheld on campus

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