by freespeechcollective | Mar 20, 2019 | Killings - Journalists
The Indian Express has this report on the death of TV9 copy editor Chirag Patel: TV9 copy editor Chirag Patel, 26, whose charred body was found on Saturday from near a canal on Ahmedabad’s outskirts, used to regularly file RTIs — one of them seeking details of how...
by freespeechcollective | Mar 19, 2019 | Censorship - Social Media, Censorship - The Arts
Dhruv Rathee, a YouTube creator who makes Hindi-language videos analysing controversial political issues, tweeted today (March 18) that Facebook banned him from posting for 30 days. The first phase of India’s election falls on April 11. Twelve hours after he first...
by freespeechcollective | Mar 18, 2019 | Censorship - News Media
Yesterday, Punya Prasoon Bajpai hosted a show on Surya Samachar : “जानिए देश के असल चौकीदार का हाल II JAI HIND II” You can view the show here It was about the ‘real’ chowkidars, the security guards employed in countless housing complexes,...
by freespeechcollective | Mar 15, 2019 | Contempt of Court - Journalists
In a welcome move on March 15, 2019, in the Criminal Appeals filed by Patricia Mukhim, editor, and Shobha Chaudhuri, publisher of The Shillong Times, against the order of contempt passed by the Meghalaya High Court, the Hon’ble Supreme Court issued notice on the...
by freespeechcollective | Mar 14, 2019 | Censorship - News Media
FPC Correspondent Srinagar: The Press Council of India (PCI) has taken cognizance and sought a response from J&K government against the advertisement ban to two leading newspaper of Kashmir. Soon after the February 14 Pulwama blast, the government unofficially...
