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.
A Singaporean blogger has had to take down another four blog posts and a YouTube video after receiving another letter from the lawyer of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Kirsten Han reports
Dramatic performances cannot be policed and subjected to pre-censorship, writes Saurav Datta
“Keep quiet and carry on” is the slogan that can best describe China’s take on the approaching 25th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, Francine Stone reports
Militant group Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) in Pakistan’s Khyber agency has asked residents to enrol at least one of their sons to madrassas run by LI or pay large fines. Zofeen T. Ebrahim reports
Singaporean blogger Roy Ngerng has become the latest critic of the government to receive a lawyer’s letter, writes Kirsten Han
Indians, ever a chatty lot, are obsessed with the idea of being obsessed with social media. Mahima Kaul reports
The Asian island of East Timor has recently amended its media laws, implementing a plethora of restrictions and stamping out citizen journalism
India’s elections have been awash in campaigning that appeal to voters in religion or by instigating polarisation among different religious and ethnic communities. Saurav Datta reports