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Criminalisation of Dissent A timeline showcasing the state's clampdown on criticism and dissenting voices in 2017

04-Nov-2017

Voices of dissent are being muzzled in India as the state continues its clampdown, on people and publications criticizing them, with impunity. Sometimes it is political stooges who file private complaints, other times it is the police that intervenes and demands that people take down social media posts. In many other cases, people are threatened…