In Modi’s India, comedians can now be jailed for ‘intent’ to tell a joke – as Munawar Faruqi found out | South China Morning Post
peter.suber's bookmarks 2021-03-07
Summary:
"Munawar Faruqi had not even started his set at the Munroe Café in Indore on January 1 when he and another stand-up comic were arrested, alongside two of the event’s organisers, for violating India’s colonial era anti-blasphemy laws.
The 28-year-old Muslim comedian was accused of “intent” to outrage religious sentiments by Aklavya Gaur, a Hindu nationalist activist and son of the city’s mayor...."