by freespeechcollective | Feb 14, 2021 | Detention - Others
In an absolutely shocking and patently excessive move, Delhi police has picked up and detained a young climate change activist Disha Ravi from Bengaluru. According to reports, she was flown to Delhi last night. Her alleged crime: that she shared an advocacy toolkit...
by freespeechcollective | Feb 1, 2021 | Censorship - Social Media
By Geeta Seshu In the daily update on censorship in India, here comes the latest: Twitter blocks multiple accounts, including that of The Caravan magazine, actor Sushant Singh, writer Hansraj Meena and even the Kisan Ekta Morcha’s twitter handle. The message...
by freespeechcollective | Jan 30, 2021 | Commentaries
By Geeta Seshu The right to Freedom of Expression in India has been under attack from multiple directions, the latest being the sedition case cases filed by the police in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka against Congress-I MP, Shashi Tharoor,...
by freespeechcollective | Jan 28, 2021 | Censorship - The Arts, General - Others
Justice Rohit Arya of the Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has rejected the bail plea of stand up comedian Munawar Faruqui and said that the ‘possibility of collection of more incriminating material andcomplacency of other persons cannot also be...
by freespeechcollective | Jan 28, 2021 | Attacks - Journalists
By Geeta Seshu Journalist Neha Dixit was no stranger to online trolling but for the last five months, the harassment took an even more sinister turn, with callers stalking her, calling up on her phone from random numbers to issue rape and death threats and also...
