by freespeechcollective | Dec 9, 2024 | Statements
On Human Rights Day on Dec 10, civil society organisations have called for a nation-wide campaign to protest the FIR against journalist and AltNews co-founder Mohammed Zubair and another FIR against human rights activist Nadeem Khan. Mohd Zubair Nadeem Khan A...
by freespeechcollective | Nov 18, 2024 | Censorship - Protests/Meetings
In a shocking instance of blatant muscle and might, activists of the right wing Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the ideological parent of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, forced the cancellation of the peacefully and legally organised Udaipur Film Festival on...
by freespeechcollective | Nov 14, 2024 | Attacks - Journalists
Justice Sharad R Pawar of the District and Sessions Court, Jalgaon has ordered police to file an First Information Report (FIR) against Pachora MLA Kishor Appa Patil and his associates for the brutal assault of journalist Sandip Mahajan in broad daylight on Aug 9,...
by freespeechcollective | Nov 8, 2024 | Attacks - Journalists
By Geeta Seshu When journalist Sandip Mahajan was mercilessly beaten up by alleged supporters of Pachora MLA Kishor Appa Patil (Eknath Shinde Shiv Sena) on Aug 9, 2023, he never imagined that it would be an uphill task to get justice. But his struggle even to get a...
by freespeechcollective | Oct 4, 2024 | Killings - Journalists
Barely four days before Haryana goes to the polls on Oct 5, Gurmeet Ram Rahim, the head of the Dera Sacha Sauda religious order convicted of rape of devotees and the murder of journalist Ram Chandra Chhatrrapati, was granted a 20-day parole. Leave alone the polls,...
