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British Indian Student Anoushka Kale Elected President Of Historic Cambridge Union
A British Indian student, Anoushka Kale, has been elected president of the University of Cambridge's historic Cambridge Union Society, among the world's oldest debating societies which prides itself as a defender of free speech since 1815.
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Twitter's India Snub Sparks Debate on Compliance and Free Speech, Public Policy Director Mahima Kaul Quits
Twitter's refusal to comply with a government directive to block more than 250 accounts and posts has put the social media giant at the centre of a political firestorm in one of its key markets.
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On Twitter, Trump Accuses 'Social Media' of Limiting Free Speech of Conservatives
Trump waded into the debate over the role of social media in policing public discourse, accusing them of "totally discriminating" against Republicans and conservative commentators.
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'I Didn't Kill, Will Continue': Chennai Cartoonist's Bala Swipe After Bail
Cartoonist Bala G, whose arrest for a caricature lampooning Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami sparked massive outrage, today said he had no regrets. "I did not commit a murder," the 36-year-old freelance cartoonist said, minutes after a court ordered his release on bail. He has been charged with defamation and obscenity.
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Google Cancels Diversity Debate Town Hall
Google Thursday canceled a Town Hall intended to air viewpoints on diversity, sexism and free speech, citing worker safety concerns.
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Google Cancels Diversity Debate Town Hall
Google Thursday canceled a Town Hall intended to air viewpoints on diversity, sexism and free speech, citing worker safety concerns.
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Students Across Borders Express Solidarity With Delhi University
The ripples of the Delhi University violence that stoked a debate on free speech in India, have now reached foreign shores. Largely critical of RSS-affiliated ABVP, a large number of students, studying in USA, UK and across Europe, have come out in solidarity with the DU.
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Pranab Mukherjee On Campus Violence: 'No Room In India For Intolerant Indian'
President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday weighed in on the debate on free speech and nationalism following last week's violence at Ramjas College, saying there is "no room in India for the intolerant Indian". At the same time, he underscored that those in universities "must engage in reasoned discussion and debate rather than propagate a culture of u...
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Universities Should Be Bastions Of Free Speech, Debate: President Mukherjee
President Pranab Mukherjee today said universities and institutions of higher learning must be bastions of free speech and expression and debates should be encouraged.
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JNU's Kanhaiya Kumar, Charged With Sedition, Will Now Write Book 'Bihar To Tihar'
JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar, whose arrest on charges of sedition catapulted him to the centrestage of students politics and ignited a nationwide debate on nationalism and free speech, will write with a book on his eventful journey from a nondescript Bihar village.
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Diversity Of Speech Is One Of India's Greatest Hallmarks: US Envoy
Amid the debate over free speech following the JNU row, US Ambassador to India Richard Verma today said that diversity of "thought and speech" was one of India's great hallmarks which will "propel" it forward.
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Aamir Khan Row: I Am Living Example of PM Modi's Tolerance, Smriti Irani tells NDTV
Tearing into actor Aamir Khan for his comments on perceived "intolerance", Union Minister Smriti Irani said on Tuesday that his criticism at a public event in the presence of a union minister proved that there is free speech in India. She also called herself the living example of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tolerance.
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'Black Day' for Free Speech as Malaysia Amends Sedition Law
Malaysia's parliament earlier today approved tougher penalties for sedition in a move criticized by the United Nations and described by the opposition as "a black day" for democracy and free expression.
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Aseem Trivedi's Cartoons Didn't Incite Violence, Says Bombay High Court on Sedition Charges
In a major relief to cartoonist and free speech activist Aseem Trivedi, the Bombay High Court today said that his cartoons did not incite violence, adding that, they only expressed anger with the state machinery. The court's verdict came on a Public Interest Litigation, filed by an activist-lawyer Shankar Marathe, challenging Mr Trivedi's arrest on...
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Sole Gunman in Copenhagen Attack Which Left 1 Dead, Say Police
Danish police said just one gunman was involved in Saturday's attack on a debate on Islam and free speech and released a photo of the suspect, who killed one person in the Copenhagen shooting.
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British Indian Student Anoushka Kale Elected President Of Historic Cambridge Union
A British Indian student, Anoushka Kale, has been elected president of the University of Cambridge's historic Cambridge Union Society, among the world's oldest debating societies which prides itself as a defender of free speech since 1815.
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Twitter's India Snub Sparks Debate on Compliance and Free Speech, Public Policy Director Mahima Kaul Quits
Twitter's refusal to comply with a government directive to block more than 250 accounts and posts has put the social media giant at the centre of a political firestorm in one of its key markets.
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On Twitter, Trump Accuses 'Social Media' of Limiting Free Speech of Conservatives
Trump waded into the debate over the role of social media in policing public discourse, accusing them of "totally discriminating" against Republicans and conservative commentators.
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'I Didn't Kill, Will Continue': Chennai Cartoonist's Bala Swipe After Bail
Cartoonist Bala G, whose arrest for a caricature lampooning Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami sparked massive outrage, today said he had no regrets. "I did not commit a murder," the 36-year-old freelance cartoonist said, minutes after a court ordered his release on bail. He has been charged with defamation and obscenity.
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Google Cancels Diversity Debate Town Hall
Google Thursday canceled a Town Hall intended to air viewpoints on diversity, sexism and free speech, citing worker safety concerns.
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Google Cancels Diversity Debate Town Hall
Google Thursday canceled a Town Hall intended to air viewpoints on diversity, sexism and free speech, citing worker safety concerns.
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Students Across Borders Express Solidarity With Delhi University
The ripples of the Delhi University violence that stoked a debate on free speech in India, have now reached foreign shores. Largely critical of RSS-affiliated ABVP, a large number of students, studying in USA, UK and across Europe, have come out in solidarity with the DU.
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Pranab Mukherjee On Campus Violence: 'No Room In India For Intolerant Indian'
President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday weighed in on the debate on free speech and nationalism following last week's violence at Ramjas College, saying there is "no room in India for the intolerant Indian". At the same time, he underscored that those in universities "must engage in reasoned discussion and debate rather than propagate a culture of u...
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Universities Should Be Bastions Of Free Speech, Debate: President Mukherjee
President Pranab Mukherjee today said universities and institutions of higher learning must be bastions of free speech and expression and debates should be encouraged.
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JNU's Kanhaiya Kumar, Charged With Sedition, Will Now Write Book 'Bihar To Tihar'
JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar, whose arrest on charges of sedition catapulted him to the centrestage of students politics and ignited a nationwide debate on nationalism and free speech, will write with a book on his eventful journey from a nondescript Bihar village.
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Diversity Of Speech Is One Of India's Greatest Hallmarks: US Envoy
Amid the debate over free speech following the JNU row, US Ambassador to India Richard Verma today said that diversity of "thought and speech" was one of India's great hallmarks which will "propel" it forward.
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Aamir Khan Row: I Am Living Example of PM Modi's Tolerance, Smriti Irani tells NDTV
Tearing into actor Aamir Khan for his comments on perceived "intolerance", Union Minister Smriti Irani said on Tuesday that his criticism at a public event in the presence of a union minister proved that there is free speech in India. She also called herself the living example of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tolerance.
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'Black Day' for Free Speech as Malaysia Amends Sedition Law
Malaysia's parliament earlier today approved tougher penalties for sedition in a move criticized by the United Nations and described by the opposition as "a black day" for democracy and free expression.
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Aseem Trivedi's Cartoons Didn't Incite Violence, Says Bombay High Court on Sedition Charges
In a major relief to cartoonist and free speech activist Aseem Trivedi, the Bombay High Court today said that his cartoons did not incite violence, adding that, they only expressed anger with the state machinery. The court's verdict came on a Public Interest Litigation, filed by an activist-lawyer Shankar Marathe, challenging Mr Trivedi's arrest on...
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Sole Gunman in Copenhagen Attack Which Left 1 Dead, Say Police
Danish police said just one gunman was involved in Saturday's attack on a debate on Islam and free speech and released a photo of the suspect, who killed one person in the Copenhagen shooting.
