by freespeechcollective | Jul 5, 2020 | Statements
An important statement by 99 former civil servants, several of them who held prominent posts in the administration, expresses ‘deep concern at the assault on the Rule of Law in India and on its citizens’ rights to free speech and dissent’. The statement...
by freespeechcollective | Jul 1, 2020 | Attacks - Journalists
Journalist Hofe Dada was confronted and assaulted by four persons while filming a piece on pollution levels at a factory owned by SMS Smelters Ltd in Aruachal Pradesh. One person, Nangram Tapu, has been arrested in connection with the assault. One of the men who...
by freespeechcollective | Jun 24, 2020 | Statements
PUCL condemn criminalisation of media persons, demands protection of free speech and independent journalism. Stop criminalizing free speech, protect journalism The Peoples’ Union for Civil Liberties condemns the attempt at criminalizing the writings of journalist...
by freespeechcollective | May 19, 2020 | Internet Control
Despite pleas by doctors and students, the people of Kashmir are still denied full restoration of Internet. A Supreme Court order on a petition filed by the Fountation for Media Professionals and the Private Schools others, merely said that a high powered committee...
by freespeechcollective | Apr 27, 2020 | Arrests - Journalists, National Security - Journalists
(Reprinted with permission from The Kashmirwalla) Journalist Qazi Shibli spent nine months in Bareilly jail, after being picked up under PSA on July 27, 2019 for a story on troop movements in Kashmir preceding the revocation of Art 370 on Aug 5, 2019. He spoke to...
