by freespeechcollective | Dec 3, 2018 | Statements
A public meeting was held at the Constitution Club on Saturday, 1st December. to discuss the worrisome trend of anti-terror laws being used to stifle democratic dissent by harassing civil rights lawyers, poets and writers. The meeting was called by the group of...
by freespeechcollective | Dec 2, 2018 | Censorship - Publications
Who decides the distinction between pornography and art? By Laxmi Murthy A warm fuzzy feeling surrounds the term ‘comic’ – Archie, Tintin, Batman, Tom and Jerry or Phantom comics coming to mind – colourful, easy on the eye and utterly kid friendly content. It wouldn’t...
by freespeechcollective | Dec 2, 2018 | Commentaries
By Geeta Seshu From Kashmir to Kanyakumari ! Restrictions on the media literally seem to span the entire country as jittery security forces and police crack down on the movements of foreign journalists. In two separate incidents over the last 12 months, French...
by freespeechcollective | Dec 1, 2018 | Censorship - Publications
An Appeal Hariti Publication is an initiative that we began in 2013 with the aim of spreading ‘reading cultures’. We believe that to develop thinking human beings we need to develop reading cultures. With the intention of looking at ‘reading as a movement’ we try and...
by freespeechcollective | Nov 30, 2018 | Censorship - Social Media
A FreeMuse report Alankrita Shrivastava’s film Lipstick Under My Burkha was initially denied release in India for being “lady oriented”, Icelandic artist Borghildur Indriðadóttir had her Facebook friends and photos deleted after she shared a promo of her photo...
