Free Expression
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Delhi HC says directive on ‘The Satanic Verses’ untraceable, paves way for import into India
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BJP MLA’s threats force comedian to cancel Hyderabad show after joke about Jain community
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The spectre of hurt religious sentiments: On the courage and necessity of Salman Rushdie
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Why we should cancel the ‘cancel culture’
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How the pandemic has allowed governments to step up efforts to police their citizens’ thoughts
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Why is the Indian government at war with Twitter?
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Delhi: Rights event disrupted by protestors after venue officials say it’s against national interest
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Kangana Ranaut’s legal notice to journalists’ groups is an intimidation tactic without substance
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‘The dream we had all agreed to dream’ has been jolted: Ten years of ‘Offence: The Hindu Case’
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‘They laugh at me because I look funny’: What life is like for people who cannot smile
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A TN man was arrested for posting abusive remarks about Modi in Facebook chat. Is this justified?
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Crushing the intellect: Pakistan’s war on free speech in the social media era
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Full text: 'Sing on Nahid, sing on Suhana,' says Muslim group against 'blinkered brand of Islam'
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The ‘fatwa’ against Assam singer Nahid Afrin that never was
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Memo to Amit Shah: BJP icon SP Mookerjee would not have appreciated curbs on free speech
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Pakistani classic ‘Jago Hua Savera’ is dropped from Mumbai Film Festival schedule
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Daily newspaper Kashmir Reader says it has been banned by J&K government
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Hindutva groups want Mahabharata short film by 'Delhi Belly' writer taken off YouTube
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When minister Jitendra Singh spoke of intellectual terrorism, he seemed to be taking Facebook's cue
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No one can stifle me, says Malayalam writer assaulted for insulting God
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Sex work isn't illegal. So why has the Indian government blocked 240 escort websites?
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Tribal rights activist Gladson Dungdung stopped from travelling to London
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Ten key questions (and answers) about the attacks on atheist bloggers in Bangladesh
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This chart shows how attacks on freedom of speech in India have soared this year
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The emperor’s clothes: BJP files police complaint against journalist whose tweet mocked Modi
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Parody lost: A (Groucho) Marxist solution for detained comedian Kiku Sharda's problems
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Two days after Kerala studio is attacked ostensibly for burqa comment, police struggle for clues
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From Lokmat vandalism to rationalists' murders, there's one common thread
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Current regime wants a 'legislated history': 53 leading historians decry 'vitiated atmosphere'
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As FTII students call off strike, Dibakar Banerjee and 11 other filmmakers will return their awards
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'Scale of social violence is escalating': 300 artists express alarm about attacks on minorities
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Take back awards, Sahitya Akademi urges dissenting writers
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In pictures: Protests in EFL University Hyderabad over notices to students for Facebook posts
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Modi builds a fantasy world but does nothing to make it come true: Writer Mridula Garg
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Protests should target Akademi's current leadership, not the institution: Amitav Ghosh
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Aditya Thackeray's open letter to Rajdeep Sardesai: Ink was spilt to protest spilling of innocent blood
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‘Black day for Mumbai’: Sena attack on Sudheendra Kulkarni invites swift condemnation
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With death threats to journalist Nikhil Wagle, India is closer to becoming a republic of intolerance
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Full text: Prominent intellectuals including Romila Thapar, Irfan Habib flay fatwa against Rahman
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These three charts reveal India's attempts to put curbs on social media users
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Should India's premier journalism institute bar its own teachers from speaking to the press?
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IIT-Madras reverses decision to de-recognise Ambedkar-Periyar study group
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Case filed against social scientist Kancha Ilaiah for asking, 'Is God a democrat?'
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As rationalist forum is derecognised by IIT Madras, students claim Hindutva groups thrive unhindered
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Video: Delhi student's powerful poem explains why laughter is more dangerous than gunshots
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Salman Rushdie slams fellow writers for boycotting ceremony to honour 'Charlie Hebdo'
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Hyderabad art college stirs storm by setting up panel to screen students' works before exhibition
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South African writer ZP Dala tweets that she went to psychiatric ward voluntarily
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Film ban call: Do computer-generated images of Guru Nanak violate tenets of Sikhism?
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South African author assaulted for admiring Rushdie reported to be confined in mental institution
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Verdict lifting Kerala ban on 'Jesus Christ Superstar' recalls play's troubled history in India
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Jamia raps students for public art project, St Stephen's bans unauthorised weekly
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At the heart of the landmark 66A ruling: the crucial distinction between advocacy and incitement
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'A Big hurdle crossed. SC has struck down #Sec66A. Now the final hurdle – Arnab Goswami should uphold the SC Judgement'
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Offensive material: The posts that would have got you arrested under section 66A before today
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No more 66A: Supreme Court demonstrates that at least one Indian institution values free speech
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A censorship ruling by the Supreme Court today could change the way the internet works for you
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Murder of atheist blogger in Bangladesh shows religious fanatics are out of control
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Stand-up comics flood internet with videos roasting Indian censor board
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Netizens tweet #No66A as government insists that the internet needs to be censored
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A Chinese agency is so proud of how well they censor the Internet, they sing about it
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YouTube blocks Malayalam rationalist film but director isn't sure why
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Censor board issues list of banned swear words, draws ire of member Ashoke Pandit
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Sonakshi Sinha conspicuously missing from FIR against AIB Roast
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Open letter to a reply to the open letter that I wrote to the Archbishop of Mumbai
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At Mumbai's TISS and Delhi's JNU, human rights activists are prevented from speaking
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Why did Aamir Khan tick off AIB comedians? After all, he produced lewd song Bose DK
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Open letter to the Archbishop of Mumbai by a Catholic comedian: I wish we had turned the other cheek
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Aseem Trivedi is sketching 50 cartoons to protest the 50 lashes to Saudi blogger Badawi
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Full Video: 'I Am Offended', a documentary about India's thriving comedy scene
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Censor board member Pandit's tweet was offensive but deserves protection too
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'They’re just jokes': All India Bakchod explains why they took down their controversial videos
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Behind hounding of female editor who published Hebdo cover, pettiness of Urdu journalism lies exposed
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AIB deletes controversial 'roast' video from YouTube but is protected by legal precedent
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As censors bleep out 'Bombay' from music video, it's time for artists to take the battle to court
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Censor board forces singer to bleep out word 'Bombay' from music video
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A thousand lashes for Raif Badawi, while the West stays silent on Saudi human rights
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The perils of being Charlie: arson attack in Germany, offended readers in India
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In France, Charlie is no longer just a newspaper’s name: it is French for freedom
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Why are you so provocative, Mumbai cartoonist asked murdered satirist Wolinski
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Charlie Hebdo offends – and we must defend its right to do so
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Cartoonists around the world pay tribute to slain French colleagues
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Salman Rushdie criticises 'a deadly mutation in the heart of Islam'
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'I'm not killing someone with a pen': editor and cartoonist killed in Paris attacks
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Screening of Anand Patwardhan film called off suddenly at Pune college festival
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Salman Rushdie, other writers, offer to help Sony screen 'The Interview'
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Hindutva supporters want Aamir Khan's 'PK' to be boycotted
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Why the censorship case in the Supreme Court could change the way the internet works for you
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Lessons on censorship from Syria’s internet filter machines
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Delhi Police raids anti-caste magazine for allegedly hurting Hindu sentiments
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Doniger considered sending copies of 'The Hindus' to India in soap boxes
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Petrol bomb attack on Punjab reporter is burning reminder of danger faced by journalists in India
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Reliance sends legal notice to author over 'pamphlet' on gas scam
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Maker of film on encounter killings in Gujarat struggles to find venue in Ahmedabad
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E-version of contentious book on Air India that Praful Patel tried to ban will be available from today
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Pakistani rappers remind the world that YouTube is banned in their country