by freespeechcollective | Jan 13, 2026 | Censorship - Protests/Meetings, Commentaries
– By Ritika Jain* Terms like “freedom of speech,” “freedom of expression,” “Article 19” or even a simple “free” do not even find a mention in the Supreme Court’s January 5 judgement in the bail applications for the student and youth activists accused in the...
by freespeechcollective | Jan 1, 2026 | Censorship, Censorship - Academia
In a shocking incident of censorship, the services of Prof Lora Santhakumar, an assistant professor at SRM University’s Career Development Centre (CDC),Chennai, were terminated due to her comments against war, made on her personal social media account, in the...
by freespeechcollective | Dec 31, 2025 | Censorship, Censorship - Protests/Meetings, Censorship - Social Media
Geeta Seshu examines how online space continued to shrink when it came to any mention of the genocide in Gaza Despite the chilling reports and images of the genocide against the people of Palestine, especially in Gaza, any mention of the ‘P’ word continues to evoke ...
by freespeechcollective | Dec 18, 2025 | Statements
Press Statement by The Wire New Delhi, December 18, 2025 On the evening of Wednesday, December 17, 2025, police officers from Budgam, Jammu and Kashmir, arrived at the Chrar I Sharief home of senior journalist Jehangir Ali, The Wire’s long-time Jammu and Kashmir...
by freespeechcollective | Dec 16, 2025 | Policies/Regulations
A month after the Central Government notified Rules to The Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023 (scroll to the bottom to read the FSC note for more on the DPDP Act), marking the full functionality of the law, the threat to transparency in governance and...
