#arundhatiroy — Public Fediverse posts

Des écrivains réunis en soutien à #BoualemSansal à l’#Institutdumondearabe : « Nous sommes là pour toi, sans l’ombre d’un “mais”… »

L’IMA et les #éditionsGallimard ont rassemblé, sur scène et à distance, des écrivains francophones (#PatrickModiano, #NathalieAzoulay, #AmélieNothomb, #HervéLeTellier…) et étrangers (#JonathanCoe, #ArundhatiRoy, #RobertoSaviano…) pour défendre la libération du #romancier franco-algérien emprisonné à #Alger depuis novembre 2024. #LeMonde #lemondeafrique #JeanBirnbaum
https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2025/02/19/des-ecrivains-reunis-en-soutien-a-boualem-sansal-a-l-institut-du-monde-arabe-nous-sommes-la-pour-toi-sans-l-ombre-d-un-mais_6553357_3212.html

Will Arundhati Roy be arrested?

By targeting the celebrated author, Narendra Modi is determined to show that none of those who defy his regime are safe, writes Alpa Shah.

#ArundhatiRoy #SheikhShowkatHussain #kashmir #dissent #UAPA #DraconianLaws #BK16 #BhimaKoregaonCase #BJP #RSS #hindutva #FreeSpeech #india

https://www.newstatesman.com/world/asia/india/2024/06/will-arundhati-roy-be-arrested

Indian authorities set to prosecute author Arundhati Roy over Kashmir comments from ten years ago

"a clear case of political persecution by an authoritarian government," says Seven Stories Press

#ArundhatiRoy #UAPA #Kashmir

https://howtobe247.com/indian-authorities-prosecute-arundhati-roy-kashmir/

Criminalising words: on allegedly divisive speeches

Speeches that do not instigate violence should not be deemed unlawful activity.

#ArundhatiRoy #SheikhShowkatHussain #FreeSpeech #UAPA #DraconianLaws #kashmir #history #TheHinduEditorial #india

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/criminalising-words-on-allegedly-divisive-speeches/article68297003.ece

Arundhati Roy is being hounded by the Indian state. This is a test case for its democracy

That the author could be prosecuted for comments made 13 years ago is absurd – but also a deadly threat to freedom of speech, writes Meena Kandasamy. (Article from October 2023)

#ArundhatiRoy #FreeSpeech #UAPA #BJP #NDA #DraconianLaws #kashmir #india

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/20/arundhati-roy-india-author-freedom-of-speech

Delhi LG approves prosecution of Arundhati Roy under UAPA

Delhi LG gives prosecution sanction against Arundhati Roy under UAPA for 'provocative' speech at an event in 2010.

#delhi #DelhiLG #ArundhatiRoy #UAPA #VKSaxena #SheikhShowkatHussain #kashmir #dissent #FreeSpeech #DraconianLaws #india

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/delhi-lg-gives-prosecution-sanction-against-arundhati-roy-under-uapa-101718371339683.html

.> ZINN: I think your coming here does that. Not only your writing does that but your coming here and us listening to you and knowing that we are part of a 'carass'. Have any you have read Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle? Kurt Vonnegut is remarkable?this remarkable, interesting, odd mind. In Cat's Cradle he talks about a 'carass'. A carass is when people feel an affinity with one another. They don't know exactly why but it crosses all lines. It crosses national, racial, sexual... it crosses all lines. That's what we depend on.