{"id":860,"date":"2016-02-08T03:26:24","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T03:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org?p=857&amp;preview_id=857"},"modified":"2016-02-08T03:26:24","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T03:26:24","slug":"man-arrested-for-writing-facebook-post-on-tipu-sultan-freedom-of-expression-not-discussed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=860","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested for writing facebook post on Tipu Sultan. Freedom of Expression not discussed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content-main\">\n<section class=\"social-sharing-top\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><span class=\"commented-out-html\">social-sharing-top<\/span><\/p>\n<p>On 26 January 2016, while India is celebrating the Republic Day, Manjunath Mudugal, an ITI student from Koppala (Karnataka) is <a href=\"http:\/\/indiatoday.intoday.in\/story\/karnataka-man-arrested-for-derogatory-remark-on-tipu-sultan\/1\/579888.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">arrested <\/a>for allegedly posting derogatory comments about Tipu Sultan on Facebook<\/p>\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"http:\/\/indiatoday.intoday.in\/story\/karnataka-man-arrested-for-derogatory-remark-on-tipu-sultan\/1\/579888.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">India Today<\/a>, the incident was highlighted to the police by a few local residents and he was asked to remove all \u201ccontroversial\u201d pictures from his Facebook account.<\/p>\n<p>A few days back, when <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opindia.com\/2016\/01\/kiku-sharda-is-arrested-for-mimicking-gurmeet-ram-rahim-time-to-reconsider-295a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kiku Sharda <\/a>was arrested for\u00a0mimicking Gurmeet Ram Rahim,\u00a0people ensured that their\u00a0angry voices reached governments and lawmakers. The outrage went beyond\u00a0social media to news headlines and TV debates. Even in 2012, when <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/india\/arrest-mumbai-girls-facebook-post-abuse-power-centre-1842579.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">girls from Palghar<\/a>, Maharashtra were arrested for an \u2018offensive\u2019 Facebook post on\u00a0Bal Thackeray, the news escalated as an\u00a0abuse of power. However, the media is apathetic towards\u00a0Manjunath Mudugal\u00a0for a similar case.<\/p>\n<p>It is noteworthy that the champions of \u201cFreedom of Speech\u201d have decided to ignore this news to such an extent that it could hardly be read on any of the national newspapers or twitter timelines of mainstream media journalists.<\/p>\n<p>The Hindu has written\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-national\/tp-karnataka\/youth-arrested\/article8153652.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2 small lines <\/a>for the incidence, stating, \u201cThe police said Manjunath Mudugal, an ITI student, was held for <strong>attempting to disturb communal harmony<\/strong> by sharing objectionable pictures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"commented-out-html\">posts-nav-link<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"commented-out-html\">post-tags<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"commented-out-html\">social-sharing-bot<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"commented-out-html\">article-ad<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"commented-out-html\">comments-button<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.opindia.com\/2016\/01\/man-arrested-for-writing-facebook-post-on-tipu-sultan-freedom-of-expression-not-discussed\/\">Man arrested for writing facebook post on Tipu Sultan. Freedom of Expression not discussed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opindia.com\/2016\/01\/man-arrested-for-writing-facebook-post-on-tipu-sultan-freedom-of-expression-not-discussed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Man arrested for writing facebook post on Tipu Sultan. Freedom of Expression not discussed<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; social-sharing-top On 26 January 2016, while India is celebrating the Republic Day, Manjunath Mudugal, an ITI student from Koppala (Karnataka) is arrested for allegedly posting derogatory comments about Tipu Sultan on Facebook As reported by India Today, the incident was highlighted to the police by a few local residents and he was asked to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}