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Freedom of Expression

News Reports

Maharashtra: 26-year-old assaulted for sharing Whatsapp story in support of Nupur Sharma, Nisar, Nouhid, Wasim, Altaf Shaikh, six others booked

OpIndia Staff - 17 June, 2022

Narendra Sriram on June 11 had changed his Whatsapp status story to support Nupur Sharma. Some of his Whatsapp friends responded furiously to the story and abused him for extending support to her.

News Reports

Tamil Nadu: Police arrest 24-year-old ABVP activist Karthi for sharing FB post in support of Nupur Sharma, charge him for promoting religious enmity

OpIndia Staff - 16 June, 2022

Karthi Thandamuthur had shared Nupur Sharma's debate video on Facebook and had captioned it saying, "I’ll repeat this every day…Nupur Sharma only repeated what’s written… what wrong did she say?"

News Reports

‘Having an opinion on Prophet Muhammad is not derogatory, FoE is not blasphemy’: Madras HC’s historic verdict from 2019

Jhankar Mohta - 28 May, 2022

History has it that any type of depiction of Prophet Muhammad has always drawn fierce pushback from Islamists around the world

News Reports

Maharashtra: Bail denied to actress Ketaki Chitale, judicial custody extended to 14 more days for social media post against Sharad Pawar

OpIndia Staff - 27 May, 2022

Maharashtra Housing Development Minister Jitendra Awhad had threatened that NCP workers and cadres will register cases in “at least 100-200” police stations across Maharashtra in connection with the said Facebook post.

Media

China devising new ways to harass and intimidate foreign journalists, says a report by Committee to Protect Journalists

OpIndia Staff - 12 May, 2022

According to a CPJ report published last year, the Chinese govt had imposed restrictions on free speech and freedom of media

News Reports

Rajasthan HC grants journalist Aman Chopra interim protection from arrest

OpIndia Staff - 10 May, 2022

Multiple FIRs were lodged against Aman Chopra for anchoring a news show on the demolition of temples in Alwar

News Reports

‘We are taught to not join the Indian army’: Kerala youth Aksar Ali, who is facing attacks for leaving Islam reveals

OpIndia Staff - 9 May, 2022

"Our religion teaches us not to kill another Muslim and hence discourages from from joining Army. This is truly a dangerous education," Aksar Ali informed.

Media

Rajasthan police reach News18 editor Aman Chopra’s residence despite Rajasthan HC order not to take coercive action, UP police escort them away

OpIndia Staff - 7 May, 2022

OpIndia has accessed information that the Rajasthan police officials have entered the housing society in Noida where News18 journalist Aman Chopra resides.

News Reports

Kerala man Askar Ali says family tried to kidnap him right before he was going to do a press conference about leaving Islam

OpIndia Staff - 5 May, 2022

Apostasy in Islam is punishable by death. In 2014, in eight Muslim majority countries, apostasy, abandonment of Islam by a Muslim, was punishable by death.

Crime

Kerala: Ex-Muslim Askar Ali attacked, assaulted by mob for quitting Islam, faces threats from own community

OpIndia Staff - 4 May, 2022

Askar Ali, who had recently renounced Islam, has filed an attempt to murder case with the Kollam police against a mob comprising of Muslims who allegedly kidnapped and manhandled him.

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