2015 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:
- Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa and the Tamil Nadu government
- The Government and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
- The Central Board of Film Certification
- The Chhattisgarh state government
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