censorship2015 was a hugely eventful year for free speech in India. There were legal, political and technological developments that set the tone for these issues to be debated all year round. And journalists were at their most vulnerable, with deaths, attacks, threats, sedition and defamation cases against them at an all- time high.This report presents:

  •   The year’s leading challengers of free speech
  •   A statistical summation of free speech violations, 2015
  •   A calendar of stand-out events related to free speech
  •   A short summary of important developments in the following categories:Free speech and the judiciary
    Government actions in the realm of free speechFree speech and the political class
    Free speech in the online and mobile realm

THE YEAR’S LEADING CHALLENGERS TO MEDIA FREEDOM

We begin by listing those politicians and government organizations who deserve recognition for the challenge they posed to media freedom in this country.

The top ranks go to these four:

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