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    Unique protest at IIT Bombay on cancellation of linguist scholar Ganesh Devy’s lecture.

    Unique protest at IIT Bombay on cancellation of linguist scholar Ganesh Devy’s lecture.

    by freespeechcollective | Feb 1, 2024 | Censorship - Academia

    Students and faculty from IIT Bombay held a unique protest of the abrupt cancellation of the lecture by linguist scholar Ganesh Devy on Thursday. Here is an account by Shyama Iyer. They read out extracts from his book outside the venue of the meeting. The institute...

    GoI alleges “malicious” reporting, threatens to cancel French journalist’s OCI card

    by freespeechcollective | Jan 25, 2024 | Censorship - News Media

    The Indian government’s over-sensitivity towards adverse global media coverage just found another target: a French journalist with an OCI card! In a surprising move, the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Indian government issued a notice to French journalist...
    Shyam Meera Singh allowed to upload video on Gurmeet Ram Rahim, with a disclaimer

    Shyam Meera Singh allowed to upload video on Gurmeet Ram Rahim, with a disclaimer

    by freespeechcollective | Jan 12, 2024 | Censorship - Social Media

    In a partial victory for journalist Shyam Meera Singh, Justice Jasmeet Singh of the Delhi High Court, in a hearing on Jan 10, 2024, ordered the removal of the video from all social media platforms within 24 hours but permitted him to upload a fresh video with a...
    A Convict and The Journalist : Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s case against Shyam Meera Singh:

    A Convict and The Journalist : Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s case against Shyam Meera Singh:

    by freespeechcollective | Jan 4, 2024 | Censorship - News Media, Censorship - Social Media

    On Thursday, Jan 4, 2024, journalist Shyam Meera Singh faces a court in Delhi to decide whether his Youtube programme “How Gurmeet Ram Rahim fooled his Bhakts?” should be taken down, pending hearing of a civil defamation case filed by the chief of the religious order,...
    What’s left of the Right to Information?

    What’s left of the Right to Information?

    by freespeechcollective | Dec 24, 2023 | Commentaries

    With unabated attacks on users, activists fear the Right to Information (RTI) is more constricted than ever before, its ambit systematically whittled down by laws and policies, says Ashutosh M Shukla. For the empowering RTI Act which celebrated its adulthood this...
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