Tag: Free speech

Pakistan’s battle for free speech

The notifications being sent recently to all TV channels seem to suggest that only state-sanctioned propaganda is favoured, with an emphasis on not broadcasting items that “do not build a positive image of the country”.

December 25, 2018

Dissent dignified

Just days after the Supreme Court equated dissent with a “safety valve” in a vibrant democracy, the Law Commission delivered another blow for that basic freedom by suggesting a re-drafting of the law on sedition that has been frequently invoked to drown inimical voices. In stressing that sedition involves resort to violence or other illegal …

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September 1, 2018

Arun Jaitley hails Syama Prasad Mookerjee, blames Nehru for ‘free speech paradox’

"Pandit Nehru amended the Constitution so that a demand for ‘Akhand Bharat’ could incite a war and therefore should be prohibited...we all were told that to advocate a breakup of the country without inciting violence is legitimate free speech," said Jaitley.

July 6, 2018