India never had freedom of speech. Opposition newspapers are often harassed and shut down. They have a law criminalizing offending religious feelings. This is not an exaggerated paraphrase, that’s what the law says. A scientist was convicted under this law a few years ago for demonstrating that a “weeping” statue of the Virgin Mary was not actually weeping blood. The truth was offensive, so the law applied.
EDIT: I remembered inaccurately. It was a statue of the crucified Jesus, not Mary.
EDIT: I remembered inaccurately. It was a statue of the crucified Jesus, not Mary.