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The recent arrest of a lawyer in India's Andhra Pradesh state over a Facebook post has added to the controversy surrounding a section of the country's Information Technology Act, which has been used to punish social media users critical of the government.
India Highlights
Digital Rights
The Indian government has been implementing a system to track and access calls, texts, and online activities; opponents say that while the system can be used to halt terror attacks and other violence, the government will primarily use it to police hate speech and criticism of authorities.
Attacks Free Expression & the LawShubhranshu Choudhary, a widely respected journalist, filed a story on May 27 for the Hindi service of the BBC, suggesting that a lethal attack two days before was the outcome of a leadership change and factional rivalry within the Maoist insurgency.
AttacksThree cameramen in Kolkata were attacked while covering clashes that had erupted between two rival factions in connection with a murder that had taken place the previous day.
Human Rights Watch
Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law
7 June 2013
Index on Censorship
Committee to Protect Journalists
Committee to Protect Journalists
Committee to Protect Journalists
Index on Censorship
Censorship Kashmir (India)
10 April 2013
Committee to Protect Journalists
Committee to Protect Journalists
Committee to Protect Journalists
Index on Censorship
International Press Institute
International Federation of Journalists
Censorship Kashmir (India) Free Expression & the Law
12 February 2013
Committee to Protect Journalists
International Federation of Journalists
Index on Censorship
International Federation of Journalists
International Federation of Journalists
Committee to Protect Journalists
International Federation of Journalists
Bangladesh Sri Lanka Attacks
19 December 2012
Human Rights Watch
Committee to Protect Journalists
Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law
21 November 2012
Index on Censorship
International Federation of Journalists
Index on Censorship
Cartoonists Rights Network International
International Federation of Journalists
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