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India’s Illiberal First Amendment

The Indian government’s tendency to crack down on speech of which it disapproves dates from the founding of the republic.

Anwesh Satpathy

25 Jan 2024 · 11 min read

Narendra Modi, Hamburg, 2017. Wikimedia Commons

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