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Free Speech Tracker

List of Incidents in -> -> 2017

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Films 'S Durga' & 'Nude' didn't meet criteria, so were dropped

The Political Documentary That Was Banned by the Indian Government

I&B ministry orders two TV channels off air for violating cable act

Govt bans condom ads from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. because they are “indecent”

5 Cases, No Action: Despite Hate Speech, Cops Give Wide Berth To VIPs

Padmavati row: Ministry seeks list of historians to vet Deepika-starrer film

Former Judges, Journalists Condemn Media Gag in Sohrabuddin Trial

Let Censor Board certify Padmavati: SC

Adityanath Government Asks I&B Ministry to Delay Release of ‘Padmavati’

FM radio station Radio Mirchi gets I&B notice for #MatAaoIndia

Action Taken on Complaint Against JNU Professor’s Criticism of BJP, Modi on TV

Star Plus Drops Telecast of Comedian Mimicking Modi on ‘Great Indian Laughter Challenge’

Assam Government Forms NSA Board to Prosecute Farmers’ Rights Activist Akhil Gogoi

Withdraw Move That Endangers Press Freedom: Editors On Rajasthan Law

Rajasthan Government Moves to Gag Media From Reporting on Official Wrongdoing

NDTV Punished Me For Speaking Against Censorship Of My Story And Was Hostile, So Parted Ways, Says Barkha Dutt

Sreenivasan Jain speaks out against NDTV’s decision to take down story on Jay Shah

Supreme Court defends author’s right to free speech

Ban on Distribution of Arunachal Times by Local Body Undermines Press Freedom, Says IFJ

Pre-certification of films can’t be done away with: Centre

Ban Ban! they shot us down!

After controversy, DD denies blacking out Tripura CM, says speech was aired

Access to Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine Blocked in India

Jharkhand Bans Sahitya Akademi-Winning Author’s Book for ‘Negative’ Portrayal of Santhals

Don’t address students at prohibited campus areas: JNU to prof Prabhat Patnaik

Delhi court bars sale of book about Ramdev

Indian court issues injunction against publishing book about guru

'Every single voice of Oppn being muzzled': Mamata Banerjee on censorship of Amartya Sen documentary

Language in the court can't be controlled, if not unparliamentary: SC

Government asks YouTube to remove Jarawa videos

Publishers to get HRD nod on ISBN in 48 hrs

Scrap Reference to ‘Anti-Muslim’ Riots, Vajpayee’s Lesson in ‘Rajdharma’ to Modi, NCERT Told

There cannot be pre-censorship in a democracy: Delhi HC

CBFC has taken its role as the cultural arbiter of India’s film-watching audience very seriously

Modi Government’s assault on AIR, Print Media

In highly unusual move, Bengaluru court orders The Wire to remove articles on Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Year after sedition row, JNU rejects ABVP request for lecture