By Ram Puniyani, The coming to power of Narendra Modi in a way gave an open license to all the affiliates of RSS combine to indulge in open hate speech against the religious minorities. The current agenda behind the hate speech is to consolidate the communal polarisation of the society along lines of religion. The…
A bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justices Dipak Misra and Prafulla C Pant had to deal with the issue of the extent of freedom of expression and limits of censorship in case of a writing about historically respected persons like Mahatma Gandhi. In its recent judgment, the bench after an elaborate discussion of the…
Terming its May 6 defamation circular against media as being “draconian”, an article in RSS mouthpiece ‘Organiser’ has attacked the Arvind Kejriwal government for attempting to take away the freedom of speech and expression and for giving the message that “both sides of a coin are mine”.
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After America frowned upon “violent attacks” on religious minorities in India, “Ghar Wapsi” campaign by Sangh Parivar and crackdown on the NGOs by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, New Delhi has subtly hit back at Washington, highlighting “racial bias” and “deficiencies in law enforcement procedures” prevalent in United States. In its statement at the United…
A number of civil society groups and activists came together to organise two conclave on the theme Idea of India’ at New Delhi’s Constitution Club on Saturday and Sunday. The Idea of India Collective is a large inclusive collective of persons, including thinkers, students, activists and concerned citizens, who have come together around the core…
Reddit has been in the news for quite some time now owing to various complaints from its users. In fact, most of the complaints from the users are related to the harassing behavior that they have faced on the news platform. The issue of harassment has gone on for quite some time now. Probably it…
Holding that the right to free speech is not an absolute one, the Supreme Court on Thursday said that poetic licence does not mean anyone putting obscene words in the mouth of nationally-revered figures like Mahatma Gandhi. A bench of Justices Dipak Mishra and Prafulla C Pant refused to quash criminal charges against an author…
BJP today said internet must be governed as it is “extremely important” for governance but it should done in a way that does not compromise on the spirit of freedom of speech and expression. “Internet is extremely important and since it is extremely important for governance also, because every person is within the ambit of…
The city bloggers on Monday protested against the recent killings of three bloggers in Bangladesh and for that they want the Bangladesh government to take stern action against the murderers. On Monday, the Kolkata based bloggers at the initiative of blogger Arindam Chatterjee, submitted a memorandum to the Bangaldesh deputy high commission, following the death…
A woman who received death threats after appearing unwittingly in an anti-Muslim film on YouTube cannot require Google to remove it on the grounds that her performance was copyright-protected, a San Francisco federal appeals court ruled Monday. The decision, a 10-1 vote by judges of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, means one of…