by freespeechcollective | Aug 20, 2019 | Statements
There are multiple reports of the havoc the internet shutdown has wrought on the lives of the already beleaguered citizens. Apart from the local media, which is unable to function since August 5, there are reports of people who are unable to get in touch with their...
by freespeechcollective | Aug 16, 2019 | Censorship - News Media
A newly elected Opposition in Parliament says media freedom is shrinking. What has changed? The five-year period of 2014-2019 has seen an explosion of media creation and media use in India. The Indian public sphere is increasingly mediated not just by conventional...
by freespeechcollective | Aug 11, 2019 | Censorship - News Media
The Executive Editor of Kashmir Times Anuradha Bhasin has filed a petition in the Supreme Court to demand the The petition sought directions to immediately relax all restrictions on mobile, internet and landline services and the strict restrictions on freedom of...
by freespeechcollective | Aug 8, 2019 | Statements
The Free Speech Collective is deeply concerned at the deafening silence from the Kashmir Valley, which has been incommunicado since August 4, 2019, a day before the cataclysmic decision to revoke Article 370 and 35A of the Constitution of India was implemented and the...
by freespeechcollective | Aug 7, 2019 | Commentaries
Eighty-four appellants demanding information under the Right to Information Act (RTI) have so far been killed in India, and the perpetrators of these murders have yet to be brought to justice. Now, the Modi government has dealt an unmistakable blow to the autonomy of...
