by freespeechcollective | Apr 12, 2023 | Censorship - The Arts
Rapper Rajesh Mungase, who faced charges of defamation and inciting public mischief, obtained interim protection from arrest till April 25. Mungase’s video had raised issues about the injustice meted out to the common people and did not target any person...
by freespeechcollective | Apr 6, 2023 | Threats - Others
By Vidya Bhushan Rawat As Karnataka polls were declared last week, the police administration in Mangalore was quick to withdraw the security provided to eminent rationalist and President of, Federation of Indian Rationalist Association ( FIRA) Dr Narendra Nayak since...
by freespeechcollective | Apr 4, 2023 | Censorship - Social Media
This may seem like a no-brainer for those who know and salute the life of the 23-year-old revolutionary leader Shaheed Bhagat Singh, hanged on March 23, 1931. But for Meta’s Oversight Board, which adjudicates over content moderation decisions on Facebook and...
by freespeechcollective | Mar 22, 2023 | Arrests - Journalists
Journalist Irfan Mehraj’s pinned tweet says : There are hundreds of Kashmiri Pandit families who never left #Kashmir. My story with@khalidHkhan_looks at their experiences in conflict-marred Valley, and how they have survived amid controversy sparked by...
by freespeechcollective | Mar 17, 2023 | Censorship - News Media
by Geeta Seshu High irony indeed, but a public meeting on a media blackout in Kashmir was literally blacked out by Delhi police. The Campaign Against State Repression, a loose coalition of over 35 organisations representing students, workers and civil society,...
