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Dangers of opinions manufactured on Twitter and Facebook

The Friday sermon delivered by the Imam of the Grand Mosque in Makkah last Friday slammed irresponsible social media use in Saudi Arabia. This serious misuse of the digital space is not geographically limited to West Asia alone. News feeds buzzed with updates about the transfer of an Indian Police Service officer in Kerala. In…

India: Rising Attacks on Speech, Religious Freedom

The Indian government failed to address increasing attacks on free expression and against religious minorities, Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2016. Authorities blocked foreign funding and increased restrictions on civil society groups critical of the government or large development projects. In the 659-page World Report 2016, its 26th edition, Human Rights Watch…