by freespeechcollective | Feb 28, 2023 | Censorship - News Media
Part II One of the biggest casualties of the administration’s massive crackdown against journalists Kashmir is that many important stories remain hidden or half-told. There are hardly an investigative stories of the disempowered, issues related to environment, global...
by freespeechcollective | Feb 27, 2023 | Censorship - News Media
Part I Jism par qaid hai jazbaat pe zanjeerein hainFikr mehboos hai guftaar pe taazerein hain (With caged bodies and chained emotionsImprisoned are our thoughts and utterances censored) This verse from Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s epic poem, Chand Roz Aur Meri Jaan, encapsulates...
by freespeechcollective | Feb 10, 2023 | Killings - Journalists
Pandarinath Amberkar, accused in the killing of journalist Shashikant Warishe, had tried to kill environmental activist, Narendra Joshi, with a huge stone outside the Rajapur Session Court in September last year! Joshi, general secretary of the Refinery Virodhi...
by freespeechcollective | Feb 9, 2023 | Killings - Journalists
“I decided not to give him a byline for the refinery reports as I had some doubts about the backlash, “ said Sadashiv Kerkar, editor of Mahanagari Times, referring to the last story written by Shashikant Warishe before he was mowed down and crushed by a vehicle...
by freespeechcollective | Feb 8, 2023 | Killings - Journalists
Rajapur police have arrested Pandarinath Amberkar, the land dealer who callously mowed down journalist Shashikant Warishe, under Sec 302 (Punishment for murder.—Whoever commits murder shall be punished with death, or [imprisonment for life], and shall also be liable...