censorship

California, April 5 – In a significant ruling with global implications, a California court has allowed Stanford University to retain the private diaries of Li Rui, a former insider of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), who later emerged as one of its most prominent critics, according to a...

Mumbai, March 26 – The violence and action in "Dhurandhar: The Revenge" are deeply rooted in emotional drama and influenced by the brutal realities of the criminal world, says action director Aejaz Gulab, who was given a “free hand” by director Aditya Dhar to design these sequences.Gulab has...

Islamabad, March 25 – The Pakistani government's tightening control through media regulations and the selective use of information has pushed the country's independent press to the brink of extinction, according to a report. The report emphasizes that the state's information war has shifted from...

New Delhi, March 20 – The release of the Oscar-nominated film "The Voice of Hind Rajab" in India is facing delays as the distributor is still awaiting a censor certificate. The film, based on the story of a five-year-old Palestinian girl killed by Israeli forces in 2024, was acquired for release...

Dhaka, March 19 – Several rights groups have written to Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, urging him to take concrete steps to protect human rights and uphold press freedom in the country.In a joint letter, the Committee to Protect Journalists and eight other human rights...

New Delhi, March 18 The NHRC has issued a notice to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the censor board in response to a complaint alleging that the lyrics of the song "Sarke Chunar" from an upcoming film contain "vulgar, sexually suggestive, and double-meaning" words which are...

Bengaluru, March 17 Karnataka State Commission for Women Chairperson Nagalakshmi Choudhary called on the CBFC on Tuesday to take a stand against "illegal and obscene lyrics," following public outcry over a song from an upcoming film featuring Sanjay Dutt and Nora Fatehi, which has been...

Srinagar, March 4 The chief cleric of Kashmir, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, said on Wednesday that authorities should respect the right to peaceful protest, and demanded the release of those detained during protests against the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei."The right to...

Kochi, February 27 – In a dramatic turn of events just 24 hours after a court ruling, a division bench of the Kerala High Court lifted the interim stay on the release of "The Kerala Story 2 – Goes Beyond" on Friday, clearing the way for the film's screening.The division bench, comprising...

Mumbai, February 26 – Actress-director Nandita Das has condemned the "restrictive" censorship on the upcoming film, "The Kerala Story 2 – Goes Beyond".The actress attended the "Sashakt Nari, Vikshit Bharat" event organized by the Chintan Research Foundation. During the event, she spoke with...

Mumbai, February 26 – The makers of the upcoming film ‘The Kerala Story 2 – Goes Beyond’ have approached the Supreme Court after the Kerala High Court granted an interim stay on the film's release on Thursday.The Kerala High Court noted that there was prima facie evidence that the Censor Board...

New Delhi, February 19 – The Congress party accused the Union government on Thursday of ordering the removal of nine AI-generated satirical videos from the party’s social media accounts.Accusing the Centre of hypocrisy and double standards, Congress spokesperson and chairperson of its social...