Arrested by Manipur police in Delhi, Veewon Thokchom has filed the petition seeking quashing of the transit remand.
Tag: freedom of speech
Netizen Report: Will India’s Regional Internet Shutdowns Ever End?
Internet shutdowns continue apace in India, Venezuela’s opposition websites are under pressure and Uganda’s social media tax is driving down internet use.
Remote Control Politics of Two and a Half Men: Akhilesh Yadav Issues Statement After Being Stopped From Visiting Allahabad
“to be prevented from engaging with the youth is just another sign of how scared the government is.”
Principal, Vice Principal Quit After College Trust Cancels Jignesh Mevani Event Under Political Pressure
Mevani accused the trustees, some of them Padma awardees, of “not standing up against the hooliganism” of BJP and ABVP.
Satish Acharya Alleges Newspaper Refuses To Carry His Work Till 2019 Lok Sabha Polls
Acharya’s work has been dropped by another daily in the past for being subversive and critical.
Gadkari Says Politicians Should Not Interfere in Other Fields, After Nayantara Sahgal Hints At BJP’s Role
After Sahgal’s invite was cancelled she had said that it was due to “Political pressure by those who are in power in Maharashtra”.
Gauhati HC Grants Bail to Hiren Gohain, Akhil Gogoi, Manjit Mahanta in Sedition Case
The case was filed on basis of comments made by them during a meeting to protest against Citizenship Amendment Bill.
Sedition Charges Against Sahitya Akademi Awardee Hiren Gohain, Scribe for Protesting Citizenship Amendment Bill
However, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is yet to write a blog/tweet invoking the Emergency on this matter.
Nayantara Sahgal’s Invite Withdrawn Because She Was Going To Speak on Lynchings, Cow-Violence: Shiv Sena
An editorial in Saamana said that organisers cancelled Sahgal’s speech fearing they’d have to forego “sarkari meherbani” if she was called.
Amartya Sen Backs Naseeruddin Shah, Says Losing Ability to Tolerate Others a Cause for Concern
Sen said, “We must protest against such attempts to disturb the actor… What has been happening (in the country) is objectionable. It should stop.”
Threatened By Political Outfit, Marathi Literary Meet Withdraws Invite To Nayantara Sahgal
Sahgal, a Sahitya Akademi awardee, was at the forefront of the 2015 “award wapsi” campaign against the growing intolerance in the country under the Modi govt.