Our co-host A Martínez spoke with her. RANA AYYUB: A, at this point of time, the kind of press censorship that we are witnessing in India, where journalists are being silenced, arrested for ...

India blocks over 8,000 social media accounts, targeting journalists and portals. The sweeping government crackdown sparks outrage over growing threats to free speech and independent journalism.

highlights how the first four months of 2025 have not boded well for freedom of speech and expression in India. "Censorship was rife, through direct and indirect attacks on free speech and press ...

Both countries were deemed to have "very serious" concerns about press freedoms ... an opportunity to tighten censorship and clamp down on what it frames as "anti-India" dissent," Pamela Philipose ...

The matter is pending before the Supreme Court of India,” he ... draw any parallels between press freedom during the Emergency and at present. “There was total censorship during Emergency.

India has changed a lot since then. Opposition voices are silenced in every sphere, particularly in the media. It is worse than censorship – it’s absorption. The press isn’t just being silenced; it’s ...

the Government of India has issued blanket censorship orders against media organisations including The Wire, 4 PM News, Maktoob Media, Free Press Kashmir and journalists including Anuradha Bhasin and ...

Post-independence India adapted these instruments. During the Emergency (1975–77), Indira Gandhi’s government suspended civil liberties and imposed full-spectrum press censorship. The Indian ...

X says India told it to block 8,000 accounts or risk fines and jail for local employees. The company is complying but calls the move censorship.