Free Speech Debate
-
{
- All
- News
-
'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.
-
'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.
-
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...
-
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.
-
3 Wounded in Second Copenhagen Shooting, Say Police
One person was shot in the head and two policemen were shot in the arm and leg in central Copenhagen, police said in a statement early Sunday.
-
Getaway Car of Suspected Gunmen in Danish Shooting Found Abandoned: Police
The car used by two suspected gunmen to flee a deadly shooting at a cultural centre in Copenhagen on Saturday has been found abandoned, Danish police said on Twitter.
-
'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.
-
'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.
-
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...
-
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.
-
3 Wounded in Second Copenhagen Shooting, Say Police
One person was shot in the head and two policemen were shot in the arm and leg in central Copenhagen, police said in a statement early Sunday.
-
Getaway Car of Suspected Gunmen in Danish Shooting Found Abandoned: Police
The car used by two suspected gunmen to flee a deadly shooting at a cultural centre in Copenhagen on Saturday has been found abandoned, Danish police said on Twitter.
