The state of free speech in India remains a cause for concern judging by the rise in recorded attacks on the media and the increasing use of defamation suits — the most marked trends in 2014.
The novelist shares his memories of the aftermath of the assassination of then Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and its devastating impact on the country’s Sikh citizens
Index on Censorship in association with the Digital Empowerment Foundation, India, invite you to a workshop to launch Frontline Freespeech, a pilot project seeking to amplify the voice of individuals under pressure.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s penchant for using social media to address the public directly has apparently caused a rift with India’s mainstream press. Mahima Kaul reports
The Global Network Initiative and the Internet and Mobile Association of India have launched an interactive slide show exploring how India’s internet and technology laws are holding back economic innovation and freedom of expression.
Indians have organised online to stop social media postings looking to incite communal tension. Will it work, and is it a threat to free expression? Mahima Kaul reports
The Index Award winner has launched a new project using song, dance and drama to teach rural Indians how to report on issues using their mobile phone
Repealing the blatantly arbitrary law is the only way to protect and uphold the freedom of expression, Saurav Datta writes
Man from the state of Goa posted in a popular Facebook group that if Narendra Modi became India’s prime minister, a holocaust “as it happened in Gujarat”, would follow, writes Shuriah Niazi
In India, folks with brittle egos and skeletons stacked up in their closets, can and will wield the law to clam your mouth shut, and even have you put in jail, writes Saurav Datta.