by freespeechcollective | May 3, 2019 | Commentaries
Excerpted from the India chapter of ‘Truth vs Misinformation: The collective push back’ South Asia Press Freedom Report 2018-2019, released by UNESCO on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day May 3, 2019 LITIGATION OVERLOAD The thicket of litigation that...
by freespeechcollective | May 3, 2019 | Statements
World Press Freedom Day: KJA demands release of Aasif Sultan Remembers slain editor Shuja’at Bukhari Srinagar: On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, Kashmir Journalists Association has demanded immediate release of incarcerated journalist Aasif Sultan so that...
by freespeechcollective | May 3, 2019 | Attacks - Journalists
Rajen Deka’s news item in Dainik Asom, an Assamese daily last Thursday morning about a skirmish between BJP and Congress workers during the third phase of Lok Sabha elections left many in the saffron party angry. The news item highlighted how security forces prevented...