Efforts by Congress party to block the publication of a “dramatized” biography of its president Sonia Gandhi only stoked interest in the book, said author Javier Moro. “The Red Sari”, the English translation of the 2008 Spanish-language “El sari rojo”, hit bookstands in India last week, seven months after the party was ousted after a…
“The massacre at Charlie Hebdos’ newspaper and its reaction by making cartoons of Prophet (PBUH), makes it no different from the people involved in shooting. By printing cartoons of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), it has abused Islam and Muslims, under the veil of “Freedom of Speech”. It will flare the hatred for France among the Muslims…
The Madras High Court on Tuesday included embattled author Perumal Murugan as party in a public interest litigation (PIL) and decided to hear his version of the events that led to his recent decision to call it quits as a writer following protests by saffron outfits against his novel Madhorubagan (One Part Woman).
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Telephones of only those involved in terrorist activities, economic offences, drug trafficking, money laundering or other criminal activities are tapped and there is no indiscriminate interception, government said today.
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Questions like whether India has a culture of “absolute freedom of speech” or is there a “thin line” that shouldn’t be crossed while writing were debated and discussed here Wednesday at the Jaipur Literature Festival.
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Alwar, Rajasthan—Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) Internet Rights team visited the Community Information Resource Center (CIRC) at four villages in Alwar district of Rajasthan—Vijay Mandir Palace, Mulla Ji Ka Vas, Chandoli, Mungaska, and Mala Khera—to study the linkages between Information, Communications and Technology (ICT) and human development and the role CIRC’s can play in enhancing access…
A group of civil society organisations from around the world has announced the Internet Social Forum, to bring together and articulate bottom-up perspectives on the ‘Internet we want’. Taking inspiration from the World Social Forum, and its clarion call, ‘Another World is possible’, the group seeks to draw urgent attention to the increasing centralization of…
Author: Priya Alias New Delhi, India–The Internet Rights team—Niki Shah and Priya Elika Alias—participated in the Security, Governments, and Data: Technology and Policy conference jointly-organized by Observer Research Foundation and the Centre for Internet & Society. The conference focused on the technologies, policies, and practices around cyber security and surveillance. The conference was well attended…
New Delhi, India—Internet Rights team—Niki Shah and Priya Alika Elias—attended the roundtable discussion with Vint Cerf on “Future of the Internet” hosted by Observer Research Foundation. In his keynote lecture, Dr. Cerf traced the history of internet and how it got started in the 1960’s and 1970’s in the United States. Based on the historical…
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the Union ministry of drinking water and sanitation to give a presentation on how to reduce fluoride content in potable water in 19 states across the country. The rights body initiated the step after taking suo motu cognisance of a media report that drinking water in 14,132…