RSF: Anti-Cartoonist Efforts In India Part Of Wider Crackdown

While it's worth noting that an article like this one from the advocacy group Reporters Sans Frontières is going to make its case in dramatic terms, it's difficult not to be alarmed by the way they've contextualized recent efforts against cartoonists in India that chose to post sensitive commentary. According to that piece, it's potentially part of a wider crackdown on commentary both lascivious and politically imprudent, right down to the hiring of outside firms that can provide better information as to what's being fomented out there. It's also intriguing to suss out that as India is a democracy, this isn't a wholly autocratic crackdown by one that has its own political advocates. That doesn't make my stomach hurt any less, though.
 
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