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Award Winning Political Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi held for ‘obscene’ matter on net #sediton #FOE

Mumbai: The Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) police on Saturday arrested Kanpur cartoonist, Aseem Trivedi (25), for reportedly posting “ugly and obscene” content on his web portal and for putting up banners mocking the Indian Constitution during Anna Hazare’s anti-graft movement… Continue Reading →

A cartoonist from a more liberal world #FOE #sedition

PHEROZE L. VINCENT   Stroke of daring: Daryl Cagle. American political cartoonist Daryl Cagle talks about balancing passion with sensitivity It came as a surprise to Indian cartoonists that their American counterparts are literally paid a penny for a laugh…. Continue Reading →

Use of social media to inflame communal tension worrying: PM #censorship #Foe

New Delhi | Agency: PTI   Voicing concern over deterioration of the communal situation in the country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the use of social media and other mode of communication to aggravate such tension is posing a… Continue Reading →

Use of social media to inflame communal tension worrying: PM #censorship #Foe

New Delhi | Agency: PTI   Voicing concern over deterioration of the communal situation in the country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the use of social media and other mode of communication to aggravate such tension is posing a… Continue Reading →

Political Cartoonist charged with #sedition ready to surrender

Sagnik Chowdhury, Posted: Sep 06, 2012 at 0325 hrs IST Charged with sedition and insulting national emblems in his cartoons, Aseem Trivedi — a political cartoonist based in Kanpur — claims he will travel to Mumbai and surrender to the police… Continue Reading →

Political Cartoonist charged with #sedition ready to surrender

Sagnik Chowdhury, Posted: Sep 06, 2012 at 0325 hrs IST Charged with sedition and insulting national emblems in his cartoons, Aseem Trivedi — a political cartoonist based in Kanpur — claims he will travel to Mumbai and surrender to the police… Continue Reading →

Internet blocks, freedom of expression and reasonable restrictions

  Nikhil Pahwa, of  http://www.medianama.com/ writes on FB Four points I made yesterday at the FICCI organized meeting with the IT Secretary R. Chandrashekhar and CERT-in Head Gulshan Rai on IT Rules, Internet blocks, freedom of expression and reasonable restrictions  (from my… Continue Reading →

Have censored websites broken any law? #FOE

  Agency: DNA | Sunday, September 2, 2012 Bigmother has not been around for 28 years now. But she sure is watching over us. She died before the internet happened, yet her devotees celebrate her by blocking websites. That is… Continue Reading →

Indian Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi to be tried For Treason #sedition #WTFnews

Indian cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, this year’s Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award winner (along with Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat) plans on turning himself over to the police in Mumbai in the next couple of days over controversial cartoons he posted on his web site… Continue Reading →

PRESS CONFERENCE- Facts of ‘police raid ” on Nazrul Islam’s book #Kolkata #censorship

Mamata Banerjee has done it again, this time against an IPS officer. The cop, Nazrul Islam, published a book titled Mushalmander Ki Karaniya (What Muslims Should Do) where he spoke about the alleged plight of the Muslims in West Bengal and how the Trinamool… Continue Reading →

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