Kerala HC bars activist Rehana Fathima from expressing views for referring to beef as ‘gomatha’

Justice Thomas said the fact that Fathima has been arrested and detained twice in the past has not led to an improvement in her conduct.

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· Nov 24, 2020 · 07:58 pm

‘A Suitable Boy’: FIR filed in MP for ‘hurting religious sentiments’ over kissing scenes in series

Two executives of Netflix India have been booked after BJP leader Gaurav Tiwari filed a complaint.

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· Nov 23, 2020 · 05:43 pm

Authors threaten to boycott Bloomsbury India after publisher withdraws book on Delhi violence

JNU professor and author Anand Ranganathan said he would return the advance paid by Bloomsbury for his next book.

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· Aug 23, 2020 · 10:00 am

Bangladesh lecturer held for Facebook post allegedly mocking former minister who died of Covid-19

The police said Sirajam Munira’s post against Mohammad Nasim ‘went viral and created negative reactions and undermined the image of the country’.

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· Jun 15, 2020 · 05:00 pm

Chronicle of an arrest foretold: As Anand Teltumbde is about to go to jail, an editor pays tribute

S Anand, Teltumbde’s publisher at Navayana, recounts his uncompromising clarity and forthrightness.

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· Apr 13, 2020 · 08:30 am

Sahitya Akademi Award winner’s book rejected by Goa state body due to ‘objectionable words’

Neelba Khandekar said the two words the Goa Konkani Akademi found objectionable were ‘yoni’ and ‘thann’ (vagina and breasts in Konkani), in the poem ‘Gangrape’.

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· Jan 14, 2020 · 11:31 am

Goa: Four artists arrested for ‘hurting’ Hindu sentiments at music event, let out on bail

They were accused of mixing abusive language with the holy word ‘Om’.

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· Dec 19, 2019 · 12:13 pm

Actor Payal Rohatgi gets bail a day after being jailed for ‘objectionable remark’ about Nehru family

A local court in Rajasthan granted relief to Rohatgi on the condition that she pay two bail bonds of Rs 25,000 each.

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· Dec 17, 2019 · 10:54 pm

Actor Payal Rohatgi sent to judicial custody for eight days for alleged remarks against Nehru family

A local court in Rajasthan rejected Rohatgi’s bail application.

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· Dec 16, 2019 · 05:21 pm

Review cancellation of Aatish Taseer’s OCI status: Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood urge India

In a letter, over 260 activists, writers and artists said the Indian government was likely retaliating against Taseer for his critical coverage of Modi.

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· Nov 14, 2019 · 06:42 pm

Facebook’s new Oversight Board is a step forward – but it can’t help Kashmiris

If Facebook decides incorrectly that local laws in India require it to silence Kashmiri calls for self-determination, the Board will not be able to review this.

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· Oct 14, 2019 · 07:30 am

Supreme Court judge says criticism of government, army, judiciary cannot be construed as sedition

‘If we stifle criticism of these institutions, we shall become a police state instead of a democracy,’ Justice Deepak Gupta said at a workshop.

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· Sep 08, 2019 · 10:34 am