Letter to India’s The Wire: ban on The Voice of Hind Rajab threatens freedom of expression in India–and in Israel › In summary [hindrajab-summary]

  • What happened? India’s film board banned The Voice of Hind Rajab, a film about the IDF’s killing of a six-year old child, Hind Rajab. The ban violates India’s constitutional protections for free speech.
  • What’s this letter? We condemn the ban as a threat to free speech in India and Israel. The letter will be published in The Wire, probably India’s largest English-language non-radio/television outlet (monthly readership ⩾7 million).
  • Why should I sign? Indian authorities are trying to turn foreign relations into a carte blanche for censorship. The ban could set diplomatic expectations in Israel too, threatening freedom of expression in both countries.
  • How do I sign? Fill in this form. You can also share the link to this webpage: stopTNR.org/hindrajab.
  • Who else has signed? Amongst others: a lifetime member of the Oscar academy, a winner of the Haifa International Film Festival, a Bafta winner, and the national field organiser of Israel’s largest grassroots anti-occupation movement.
  • Questions? Email contact@stopTNR.org, or message us on Signal: jpl.03.
  • Translations (Hindi, French, Spanish, German) are available below. We are waiting for Turkish and Romanian. Thanks to everyone who helped; responsibility for any errors remains ours alone.