by freespeechcollective | Nov 20, 2018 | Killings - Journalists
Why has our media failed to recognise and remember the contribution of a courageous journalist like Ram Chandra Chhattrapati in taking on the might of the Dera Sacha Sauda and exposing its sinister practices? Journalist and writer Pushpraj, who has been following the...
by freespeechcollective | Nov 14, 2018 | Statements
The World’s Freedom of Expression is in Your Hands The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and more than 70 human and digital rights groups called on Mark Zuckerberg today to add real transparency and accountability to Facebook’s content removal process....
by freespeechcollective | Nov 14, 2018 | Statements
Arundhati Roy, Aparna Sen, Romilla Thapar, Amitav Ghosh, Shabhana Azmi, Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Nandita Das, Mohammad Hanif, Anish Kapoor among other eminent persons from across South Asia have come together to write a letter to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...
by freespeechcollective | Nov 12, 2018 | Censorship - Social Media
Virtually every day, important social media platforms like Facebook, Youtube and Twitter clamp down on news and views put out by independent news sites. These social media networks take refuge in ‘official’ communication, government orders or police directives and...
by freespeechcollective | Nov 12, 2018 | Commentaries
Forget India Today anchor Rahul Kanwal’s ridiculous GI Joe shenanigans aired on the eve of the elections in Chhattisgarh today, how do ‘real’ journalists stay safe and still get the story when they are cover conflict in Bastar? Here’s a quick primer put together by...
