India comedy group subject to criminal process for meme insulting Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Jul 14, 2017 Source: Washington Post

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Can't say that the meme seems particularly funny to me (though maybe there's some cultural context I'm missing); but I think it's quite dangerous for any democracy to criminalize such mockery of top government officials, especially given the chilling ... (Read More)

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