by freespeechcollective | Oct 18, 2020 | Attacks - Journalists, Commentaries
by Geeta Seshu The chilling account in the Caravan on the beating up of journalist Ahan Penkar on Oct 16, by Ajay Kumar, the assistant commissioner of police of Model Town, inside the premises of the police station, has this paragraph: Other police officials...
by freespeechcollective | Oct 16, 2020 | Censorship - News Media
The rising incidence of gag orders by various powerful accused men in sexual assault and harassment cases has been of immense concern, especially because of the manner in which it shields them and further victimises the victims/complainants in these cases. A statement...
by freespeechcollective | Oct 12, 2020 | Censorship, Censorship - News Media, Censorship - Protests/Meetings, Censorship - The Arts
Justice Madan Lokur, former justice of the Supreme Court of India, delivered the Verghese Memorial Lecture 2020 on “Preserving and Protecting our Fundamental Rights – Freedom of Speech, Expression and the Right to Protest.” Justice Lokur said that...
by freespeechcollective | Oct 10, 2020 | Attacks - Journalists
More than 14 days since the attack on journalist Kamal Shukla and other journalists in Chhattisgarh, no action has been taken against the perpetrators. Kamal Shukla, who went on a hunger strike in Kanker to protest the attack and the lack of action, was forcibly...
by freespeechcollective | Oct 5, 2020 | Statements
More than 1000 prominent journalists and civil society activists have condemned the continued incarceration of journalist Prashant Kanojia in Uttar Pradesh. With the Allahabad High Court granting the Uttar Pradesh government four weeks time to respond to his bail...
