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“Out of fear, we removed every single copy" A bookseller tells @hamaadhabib & Ishtayaq Rasool that police raids on bookshops in Srinagar, #Kashmir, this year led them to remove books that are not banned & can be bought online article-14.com/post/in-kashmi…

"Nobody is ever quite sure what is being investigated" Following raids/seizure of books by Islamic scholar in Srinagar this year, we ask what are the legal grounds particularly since the books are available online & elsewhere @hamaadhabib Ishtayaq Rasool article-14.com/post/in-kashmi…

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"Nobody is ever quite sure what is being investigated, what is offensive, or cause for legal trouble,” advocate Shahrukh Alam said. "Within the very broad-based mandate of national security matters, anything can be found to be suspect: Kashmiri students in Delhi, certain books

"In the digital age, these bans are largely symbolic. Much of the material is readily available online" Pol scientist Noor Ahmad Baba tells @hamaadhabib & Ishtayaq Rasool book raids align with govt’s post-2019 policy in J&K where freedom is curtailed for security

Watch Sadhvi Ritambhara's speech in the run up to the Babri Masjid demolition: “We are Hindus, Hindustan is ours…those who oppose Ram, Krishna, Ganga will die the death of a dog…we will clash with the enemy…where the mosque is built, we will build the temple there...Kashi,

The government of India, not only condones oppression of religious minorities, especially Muslims, but also rewards them for their dastardly actions. Sad turn of events for a country built upon secular values.

"Justice Oka’s departure leaves the Court poorer—and the idea of justice a little lonelier." Saurav Das writes

"I didn't think about politics. I didn't think about Parliament. I didn't think about the number of followers I had on X or Instagram. I was focused on the people I love. People who mean the world to me. People who have been an important part of my life." Derek O'Brien | ডেরেক ও'ব্রায়েন

Every Year, He Walks Into the Land Where His Son Never Returned… At IGI Airport, a humble figure waits quietly in line at the departure gate. Not for a vacation. Not for a business trip. But for an emotional pilgrimage. Col. Virender Thapar is on his way to Drass, near Kargil

“Journalists are seen as pests, not watchdogs” geeta seshu to Swati on how journalists, once respected, are now silenced as troublemakers New report by Clooney Foundation for Justice, National Law University Delhi, Columbia Law School: 423 cases, 427 journalists, 28 states—40% arrested youtu.be/M1uoedItrQk

There is no legal aberration in the process of arresting anyone or blocking social media & websites exercising the constitutional right to free speech because #India’s free-speech law does not privilege free speech—it privileges its restriction first, writes Abhinav Sekhri

Indian free speech law operates not by privileging the exercise of the right by citizens, but by privileging its restriction by the State, lawyer Abhinav Sekhri writes on why professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad or anyone else can be arrested for expressing an opinion article-14.com/post/free-spee…

Watch: 423 cases, 427 journalists, 40% faced arrest, 624 incidents of criminalization from 2012 to 2022 in India, report by @ClooneyFD, National Law University Delhi, Columbia Law School youtube.com/watch?v=M1uoed… There is a sense that journalists are irritants, pests, these are people who need to be

A recent winner of four Masters Games gold medals, 105-year-old Thai athlete Sawang Janpram began competing at 97–motivated by his daughter, now 73 "Regular exercise, healthy food, staying in a good mood, always being calm, breathing clean air..." theguardian.com/world/2025/may…

Until Indians supplement selective outrage over individual cases with consistent scrutiny of the structure of its flawed free-speech law, exercise of ‘free’ speech will remain beholden to all branches of the State, writes lawyer Abhinav Sekhri article-14.com/post/free-spee…