Events around the world in the past month have bought into light ‘TheFreedom of Speech’ question. It is ironic and meta at the same time to debate the nature of freedom of speech. Like we’re talking about what you’re allowed to talk about while telling you to shut up. That’s why having the opportunity to write/say…
Efforts by Congress party to block the publication of a “dramatized” biography of its president Sonia Gandhi only stoked interest in the book, said author Javier Moro. “The Red Sari”, the English translation of the 2008 Spanish-language “El sari rojo”, hit bookstands in India last week, seven months after the party was ousted after a…
“The massacre at Charlie Hebdos’ newspaper and its reaction by making cartoons of Prophet (PBUH), makes it no different from the people involved in shooting. By printing cartoons of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), it has abused Islam and Muslims, under the veil of “Freedom of Speech”. It will flare the hatred for France among the Muslims…
The Madras High Court on Tuesday included embattled author Perumal Murugan as party in a public interest litigation (PIL) and decided to hear his version of the events that led to his recent decision to call it quits as a writer following protests by saffron outfits against his novel Madhorubagan (One Part Woman).
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Telephones of only those involved in terrorist activities, economic offences, drug trafficking, money laundering or other criminal activities are tapped and there is no indiscriminate interception, government said today.
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Questions like whether India has a culture of “absolute freedom of speech” or is there a “thin line” that shouldn’t be crossed while writing were debated and discussed here Wednesday at the Jaipur Literature Festival.
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The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the Union ministry of drinking water and sanitation to give a presentation on how to reduce fluoride content in potable water in 19 states across the country. The rights body initiated the step after taking suo motu cognisance of a media report that drinking water in 14,132…
Human Rights Watch on Tuesday condemned police abuse of migrants living in makeshift camps in France`s northern port city of Calais, from where they hope to cross to Britain. The organisation also slammed the slow response of the French government to the poor living conditions of the migrants, whose numbers have swelled to over 2,000…
US advocacy group Human Rights Watch on Tuesday urged China to revise draft legislation aimed at combating terrorism, saying it was little more than “a licence to commit human rights abuses”. The law, which was made public for consultation last November, would establish a new counter-terrorism body that would have the power to designate organisations…
US advocacy group Human Rights Watch on Tuesday urged China to revise draft legislation aimed at combating terrorism, saying it was little more than “a licence to commit human rights abuses”. The law, which was made public for consultation last November, would establish a new counter-terrorism body that would have the power to designate organisations…