by freespeechcollective | Jul 15, 2022 | Censorship - News Media
Additional Sessions Judge Devendra Kumar Jangala of the Delhi District Court granted bail to AltNews co-founder Mohammed Zubair and said that “free speech is the proper foundation of a democratic society.” Zubair was arrested on June 27, 2022 after an...
by freespeechcollective | Jul 6, 2022 | Killings - Journalists
Ranjeet Soni, 46 years old, was shot dead in broad daylight at around 5 pm on June 2, 2022. He was shot in the back of the head at point blank range within the premises of the office of the Public Works Department (PWD), Vidisha just outside the main entrance to the...
by freespeechcollective | Jun 24, 2022 | Commentaries
(Republished from Medianama with permission) The MeitY’s IT Rules can have a chilling effect on free speech online in India and risks the balkanization of the internet itself, say experts By Aarathi Ganesan With additional reporting by Anushka Jain. After being...
by freespeechcollective | Jun 20, 2022 | Arrests - Journalists
Four journalists covering the Agnipath protests in Patna were detained by police after one of them, Amir Hamza, was roughed up and shoved by a police officer. Hamza, a journalist working with a newschannel on Youtube ‘The Activist’, was arrested and is yet...
by freespeechcollective | Jun 19, 2022 | Commentaries
Republished from The Leaflet with permission Hate speech vitiates the very purpose of free speech, which is the free and fearless operation of a human mind that constantly seeks answers and the truth, says Ujjaini Chatterjee Contemporary Indian democracy is at a...
