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India’s Universities Lack the Freedom to Excel

The abrupt resignation of an economics professor from a prestigious private university has highlighted concerns about academic freedom in India. The country will never be a “vishwaguru” (teacher to the world), as Prime Minister Narendra Modi often boasts, unless the government stops silencing dissenting voices.

project-syndicate.org/commenta

#universities #education #academicfreedom #AshokaUniversity #sabyasachidas #electoralfraud #2019elections #research #BJP #hindutva #india

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Intelligence Bureau at Ashoka University, Wants to Probe ‘Democratic Backsliding’ Paper

IB officials arrived Monday to speak to former faculty member Sabyasachi Das, and unsuccessfully tried to speak to others from the economics department after learning he was not on campus. A second visit was then set for Tuesday.

thewire.in/education/intellige

#AshokaUniversity #intelligencebureau #sabyasachidas #BJP #electoralfraud #2019elections #democracy #academicfreedom #freespeech #research #hindutva #india

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320 economists from 91 institutions extend support to Prof Das, demand his reinstatement

As many as 320 economists from 91 institutions across the country have extended their support to Prof Sabyasachi Das, whose paper suggesting voter manipulation in the 2019 elections sparked a controversy.

thenewsminute.com/article/320-

#AshokaUniversity #sabyasachidas #electoralfraud #2019elections #BJP #academicfreedom #censorship #hindutva #academia #education #india

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Election Commissioners' Appointment Bill: Farewell to Free and Fair Elections?

Bringing the Election Commission under the control of the political executive is repugnant to the concept of an independent election commission enshrined in the constitution.

thewire.in/government/election

#electioncommissionersbill #cec #eci #electioncommissioners #cji #elections #transparency #electoralfraud #uniongovt #BJP #elections2024 #india

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IndiaNewsWatch · @indianewswatch
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Economics Dept Says Ashoka Governing Body ‘Interference’ Forcing Scholars to ‘Operate in Environment of Fear’

Department wants Sabyasachi Das reappointed, sets deadline of August 23; English and Creative Writing Departments also release a statement in solidarity with the economics department, stipulating the same demands.

thewire.in/education/econ-dept

#AshokaUniversity #sabyasachidas #research #2019elections #electoralfraud #dissent #academia #education #BJP #universities #democracy #uniongovt #india

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U.S. Politics in Real Time · @uspolitics
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GIGA Institute · @GIGA_Institute
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Digital in Sub-Saharan : researcher Martin Acheampong analyses in the latest how could improve credibility and stem , on the example of 's 2023 presidential elections.
➡️ Read here: giga-hamburg.de/en/publication

#electiontechnologies #Africa #GIGA #GIGAFocus #election #digitalisation #electoralfraud #nigeria

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SubtleBlade ⚔️ · @SubtleBlade
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and have been humiliated, but they won’t change their ways -

Defamation settlement over ‘stories’ means nothing if the channel goes on spreading theguardian.com/commentisfree/

#lies #electoralfraud #rupertmurdoch #foxnews

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Bob Jamieson · @bobjmsn
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Bob Jamieson · @bobjmsn
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@adrianfry Especially when a Tory MP presents a bill before parliament to abolish the Electoral Commission.

#electoralfraud

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Robin La Roca · @RobinLaRoca
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I think the voter ID thing in the UK is a dangerous farce; an unnecessary reaction to a non-existent situation. Its effect is voter suppression.

If more people are denied a vote for not having ID than were convicted of electoral fraud at previous elections, it will be shown up as the theft of democracy that it is.

#voterid #electoralfraud

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Walrus · @Walrus
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@marjolica @Peternimmo @incloud


It's important to get a proper postal vote form from the COUNCIL, and return it to the COUNCIL. The forms the Tory party have been giving out have envelopes that take them back to the Tories. If you're not on their list of canvassed voters who will vote for them, what do we bet they will do with your form?

#electoralfraud

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azteclady · @herhandsmyhands
677 followers · 7997 posts · Server romancelandia.club

It only took SEVEN YEARS.

Lovely.

Democracy dies while the Justice Department and the lower courts take their time.

Will he appeal? Likely. I can imagine what this SCOTUS would say. "well, it's only a crime if it costs our white guy votes, otherwise it's just free speech/political engagement/his business, you know?"

lawandcrime.com/high-profile/r

#electoralfraud #electoralinterference #douglassmackey

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Dr Francis Sedgemore · @hesgen
445 followers · 1191 posts · Server mstdn.media

Last week I applied for a . Not because I needed one, but rather to see how the application process works.

Today I received in the post two certificates. Does this mean I can vote twice?

#voterauthoritycertificate #voterid #electoralfraud

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Dr Francis Sedgemore · @hesgen
444 followers · 1190 posts · Server mstdn.media

Last week I applied for a . Not because I needed one, but rather to see how the application process works.

Today I received in the post two certificates. Does this mean I can vote twice?

#voterauthoritycertificate #voterid #electoralfraud

Last updated 1 year ago

Arena Cops 🇺🇦✌ · @ArenaCops
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(URCC) Republicans of 1867 to black voters:

"[T]he word Radical as applied to political parties and politicians ... means one who is in favor of going to the root of things; who is thoroughly in earnest; who desires that slavery should be abolished, that every disability connected therewith should be obliterated."

"Republicans" of 2023:

Hold it, I gotta redraw congressional districts to disable blacks!


theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int

#defenddemocracy #defensivedemocracy #democracy #UnitedInDiversity #freedom #equality #unity #wardemocrats #condesantis #electoralfraud #gerrymandering #votersuppression #disenfranchisement #desantis #racism #reconstructionamendments #violationofconstitution #insurrection #rebellion

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Arena Cops 🇺🇦✌ · @ArenaCops
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@GreenFire Nothing says grifting, corruption & treason like "Republican" Trump.

Unforgettable: "Republican" Putin-servant Trump abusing the power of presidential office to extort Ukraine's President Zelenskyy to have the Bidens smeared & destroyed.

"Republicans" still distractingly looking for dirt on the Bidens while sitting in a stinking pool of 4-years-old Trump-dirt will not go that well, despite all desperate "GOP" efforts to keep their voters disinformed.

#defenddemocracy #defensivedemocracy #democracy #banthegop #electoralfraud #defamation #votersuppression #gerrymandering #disenfranchisement

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