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Tamil Nadu Police Order X to Remove 18 URLs and Suspend Accounts Over ‘Unlawful’ Posts

The takedown demand tests how India’s online speech rules are used against political criticism.

Boualem Sansal Plans Legal Action Against Algerian President Tebboune

Putin Loyalist-Turned-Critic Ilja Remeslo Reportedly Sent to Psychiatric Clinic

Assam Police Seize 10 Lakh Congress Leaflets, Arrest Four in Guwahati

Rahul Gandhi Condemns Arrests of Youth Congress Members Over AI Summit Protest

Gaza Journalist Bisan Owda Says TikTok Restores Account With Limits After Reported Ban

Moscow Court Jails Kremlin Critic Sergei Udalzov for Six Years on 'Justification of Terrorism' Charge

Venezuelan Teen Sentenced to Six Years on Terrorism Charges as Rights Groups Decry Clothing-Based Case

Hong Kong Court Convicts Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai Under National Security Law

Tunisia Arrests Opposition Leader Nejib Chebbi After Appeals Court Upholds Heavy Sentences

Tunisia Detains Opposition Figure Ayachi Hammami to Enforce Five-Year Sentence

Activist Held Over Anti-Netanyahu Post Starts Hunger Strike After Court Extends Custody

Tunisia Releases Critic Sonia Dahmani After 18 Months in Prison

Turkish Journalist Fatih Altayli Sentenced to Four Years Over Alleged Threat to Erdogan

St. Petersburg Court Declares Boris Vishnevsky’s Book Extremist

Iran Probes Death of Man Who Burned Khamenei Portrait as Suicide Is Disputed

Panahi’s Secretly Shot ‘It Was Just an Accident’ Opens Strong as Neon Mounts Oscars Push

Czech Writer and Dissident Ivan Klima Dies at 94

St. Petersburg Court Accepts Case to Declare Boris Vishnevsky Book Extremist

Kyrgyz Court Sentences Two Former Kloop Media Workers to Five Years