No Country for Dissent

<p>On July 25, Twitter ‘withheld’ or disabled access to two tweets made by activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan. Prashant Bhushan had posted two tweets in the end of June, criticizing the Supreme Court and especially its current Chief Justice. Based on the Tweets, the Supreme Court initiated suo m...

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Main Author: Raghav Mendiratta
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Published: Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbH
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Online Access:https://verfassungsblog.de/no-country-for-dissent/
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description <p>On July 25, Twitter ‘withheld’ or disabled access to two tweets made by activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan. Prashant Bhushan had posted two tweets in the end of June, criticizing the Supreme Court and especially its current Chief Justice. Based on the Tweets, the Supreme Court initiated suo moto contempt proceedings against Bhushan on July 21 and Twitter’s withdrawal comes two days after the first hearing in the case.</p>
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spelling doaj.art-1bd5b623a11b4a66907dccf60728b21a2022-12-22T02:31:47ZdeuMax Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbHVerfassungsblog2366-70442366-7044No Country for DissentRaghav Mendiratta<p>On July 25, Twitter ‘withheld’ or disabled access to two tweets made by activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan. Prashant Bhushan had posted two tweets in the end of June, criticizing the Supreme Court and especially its current Chief Justice. Based on the Tweets, the Supreme Court initiated suo moto contempt proceedings against Bhushan on July 21 and Twitter’s withdrawal comes two days after the first hearing in the case.</p> https://verfassungsblog.de/no-country-for-dissent/Indian Supreme Court, suo moto, Twitter
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title No Country for Dissent
title_full No Country for Dissent
title_fullStr No Country for Dissent
title_full_unstemmed No Country for Dissent
title_short No Country for Dissent
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