Updates on Indian cartoonist Aseem Trivedi

Alan Gardner September 19, 2012 1 minute 1 comment

I’m playing a bit of catchup on the news surrounding Indian cartoonist Aseem Trivedi who was arrested for sedition for cartoons depicting the Parliament building as a toilet and another featured Mother India about to be gang raped by a character labeled “corruption.”

Aseem was released from jail on Sunday to a hero’s welcome after he applied for bail after the government indicated it would most likely drop the charges (Times of India)
While the government indicates it will drop the sedition charge, Congress and the National Congress Party are not so gracious. They indicate they will fight it. (Hindustan Times)
Some government ministers have agreed the sedition law needs to be amended to differentiate between anti- state and anti- government protests. (FirstPost India)

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Gerry Mooney

this isn’t surprising, as the government needs to save face once this case got so much coverage. But without a codified freedom of speech, there will still be splitting of hairs over what Indians are officially allowed to be offended by.

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Updates on Indian cartoonist Aseem Trivedi

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Gerry Mooney

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