“Democracy In Danger: Cases Filed Against Journalists And Influencers In Congress-Controlled States (2020–2025)”, The Commune, October 12, 2025
“A week ago, the Congress-led government in Telangana reportedly initiated a crackdown on free speech by directing the Hyderabad Cyber Crime Police to create Suspect/History Sheets for social media users accused of “cyber offences” and “financial frauds,” regardless of whether they had been convicted. The official memo, citing Standing Order 600-1 of the Telangana Police Manual and Section 111 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), instructs the police to treat such users as “habitual or addicted offenders” and place them under continuous surveillance.
On the one hand, while the Congress governments have withdrawn cases against Islamists/terrorists across the country, the same Congress-ruled establishments have filed cases for exercising free speech.
In this report, we document a series of incidents from 2020 to 2025 where legal actions, including First Information Reports (FIRs) and arrests, were initiated against journalists and social media influencers in states governed by or with significant involvement from the Indian National Congress……”
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