by freespeechcollective | Jul 20, 2021 | Commentaries
The Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, Care and Rehabilitation) Bill 2021, by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India, slated to be introduced in the upcoming session of the Parliament, is fraught with over-broad definitions, a draconian...
by freespeechcollective | Jul 6, 2021 | National Security - Others
Courts have once again found no substance in flimsy accusations of sedition slapped by over-zealous police, reports Anjuman Ara Begum.* Image credit: Times of India In yet another case of overreach of the sedition law in Assam, Rajina Parbin Sultana was arrested on...
by freespeechcollective | Jun 28, 2021 | Censorship - The Arts
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, had sought amendments to the Cinematograph Act, 1952 ostensibly to ‘tackle the menace of piracy’, but has also suggested sweeping changes in the ‘revisional powers’ of the Central government,...
by freespeechcollective | Jun 20, 2021 | Censorship - News Media, Censorship - Publications
What is it about political cartoonists that irks the ruling regime enough to slap legal cases and go after them? Harini Calamur explores why cartoonist Manjul puts governments on edge. Political Cartoons can be biting opinion pieces – with each panel speaking a...
by freespeechcollective | Jun 16, 2021 | National Security - Journalists
Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan, arrested on Oct 5 by Uttar Pradesh police and charged under sedition and UAPA sections, found some relief when the Sub Divisional Magistrate, Maant, Ram Datt Ram, dropped charges of breach of peace against him and three others. The...
