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An ever increasing trend - bash / lock-up folks who dare to share even a cartoon.
In most cases the cartoons are critical but harmless - but inflated egos of netas and their supports will not even allow for that.
Democracy IS THE RIGHT to mock and ridicule our leaders.
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Thumbnail Art Via - Satish Acharya (@satishacharya)
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It’s time we have Right to Ridicule as basic freedom
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/Swaminomics/its-time-we-have-right-to-ridicule-as-basic-freedom/
The Cyber Crime Police arrested a 23-year-old youth from Surandai in Tirunelveli district for allegedly circulating a derogatory meme against Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami.
www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/meme-creator-arrested/article31130657.ece
2.What Happens To The People Arrested For Insulting Modi?
Mudassir Rana a meme as he browsed through his phone over lunch one afternoon in October 2016. Rana shared it on Facebook without comment. Next evening, there was a knock on his door. It was the police. Mudassir Rana, the owner of a school in Sardhana, Uttar Pradesh, was under arrest.
www.huffingtonpost.in/2018/04/23/what-happens-to-the-people-arrested-for-insulting-modi_a_23417412/
3.Arrested for Facebook posts, they spent 12 days in jail, lost their Air India ( their jobs were resumed later)
www.ndtv.com/mumbai-news/arrested-for-facebook-posts-they-spent-12-days-in-jail-lost-their-air-india-jobs-505559
4. An Indian politician who posted a picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a begging bowl on Facebook has been arrested in the latest example of what critics say is a clampdown on free speech.
www.aljazeera.com/news/southasia/2019/01/indian-politician-jailed-facebook-post-pm-narendra-modi-190128131746935.html
5. In 2017 and 2018, based on reported incidents accessed by Mint, at least 50 people were arrested across India for posts on social media. Some spent half-a-year behind bars, a few were in jail for roughly a month, while others were let off within a week.
www.livemint.com/Politics/sWTiTg8jscRZpKwSPN25UN/Prisoners-of-memes-social-media-victims.html
6.Arrest over a Facebook status: 7 times people landed in jail for posts against politicians
www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/arrested-over-a-facebook-status-7-times-people-landed-in-jail-for-posts-against-politicians/story-ON1jukoStfV6T8aYcJEVGJ.html