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Social Media Censorship in Kashmir: 9 Individuals Face Legal Action for ‘Inflammatory’ Posts

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Social Media Censorship in Kashmir: 9 Individuals Face Legal Action for 'Inflammatory' Social Media Posts

The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday initiated action against nine people for allegedly misusing social media platforms to spread rumours and hateful content, officials said. The action comes after the authorities issued guidelines for social media users in order to contain content that is communally sensitive or promote terrorism and secessionism. Legal action has been initiated against these individuals in Anantnag, Pulwama, Budgam, Baramulla, Bandipora and Ganderbal districts for uploading hateful and abusive content and spreading rumours on social media, police officials said. They said that in Anantnag, police…

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Free Kashmir: JNU Campus Walls Defaced with Separatist Slogans, University Authorities Take Cognizance

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Free Kashmir : JNU Campus Walls Defaced with Separatist Slogans, University Authorities Take Cognizance

An unknown miscreants allegedly defaced the walls on Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus in Delhi and painted slogans like “Free Kashmir” and “Bhagwa Jalega” (Bhagwa will burn) on them. The varsity administration has not issued any statement on the matter yet. Several walls on the JNU campus were defaced with slogans like, “Free Kashmir”, “Bhagwa Jalega”, “Teri Kabra Khudegi” (Your grave will be dug). The incident comes years after ‘Freedom for Kashmir’ poster appeared in the university. The poster with “Freedom for Kashmir! Free Palestine! Right to Self Determination Long…

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Post Nijjar killing Sikhs for Justice asks Hindus of Indian origin to leave Canada

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Post Nijjar killing Sikhs for Justice asks Hindus of Indian origin to leave Canada

SFJ’s legal counsel Gurpatwant Pannun issued the threat in a video amid a diplomatic row between India and Canada. Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), a pro-Khalistan organisation banned in India in 2019, has threatened Hindus of Indian origin and asked them to leave Canada for supporting the country of their origin and “promoting violence” by celebrating Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killing. “Indo-Hindu leave Canada; go to India. You not only support India but you are also supporting the suppression of speech and expression of pro-Khalistan Sikhs,” said SFJ’s legal counsel…

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