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Censorship on Films 
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- Vikalp:_Films_For_Peace:_Rationale
- Films for peace
- A petition against censorships in film festivals
- http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/11/stories/2005051112090300.htm
Censorship of PressEdit
Book CensorshipEdit
Several books critical of religion have been banned in India or in parts of India. India was the second country in the world to ban "The Satanic Verses" by Salman Rushdie. The first country was Singapore. The book "Understanding Islam through Hadis" by Ram Swarup was also banned. Pornography and media depicting sex are frequently censored.
Internet censorshipEdit
Censorship during the Kargil War Edit
During the kargil war, between May and July 1999 websites from Pakistan including that of the Dawn News paper was censored in India. There was no significant media coverage about this though till the subsequent Yahoo ban of 2003.
Yahoo Groups ban, Sep 2003 Edit
The first documented incident of Internet censorship in India was the Yahoo groups ban of 23rd september 2003.
Kynhun, a Yahoo group linked to the outlawed "Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council,", a minor separatist group from the North-Eastern state of Meghalaya, which espoused the case of the Khasi tribe was banned.
The order to implement the ban was forwarded to Indian ISP's by the Department of Telecommunications. Difficulties in implementing the ban by the ISP's ultimately led to all Yahoo groups being banned for a period of about two weeks.
Internet censorship of July 2006 Edit
The second reported incident of Internet censorship is the Indian Government's censorship of 17 websites including some blogs starting July 1, 2006.
The actual order did not ask for blogspot.com, typepad.com or geocities.com to be blocked. However, the inabilty of Indian ISP's to block specified sub-domains, once again led to these sites being blocked completely.
The full list and an order to implement the ban is available in the Bloggers Against Censorship section.
Bloggers against Censorship Edit
Bloggers Against Censorship was set up to collate information about and influence opinion against the Indian Government's July 2006 ban.
The conversation about the alleged ban can be tracked at the Bloggers Collective newsgroup
Reports of coverage in the mainstream media, information to bypass the ban and legal redressal are being made available at Bloggers Against Censorship
Internet Censorship System Edit
The government is planning to install an advanced screening system to block websites at the bandwidth landing stations. [1]
Draft Broadcast BillEdit
A draft broadcast bill is being introduced which if passsed would enable muzzling of all forms of mainstream media under conditions such as "reports implicating friendly nations".
