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...
by freespeechcollective | Feb 7, 2023 | Killings - Journalists
In a shocking incident, journalist Shashikant Warishe was mowed down and crushed by a vehicle allegedly driven by Pandharinath Amberkar, a local land-dealer and accused in several land grab cases in the controversial Barsu refinery in the western Konkan region of...
by freespeechcollective | Feb 2, 2023 | Arrests - Journalists
Finally! After 850days in custody in jails in Uttar Pradesh for the “crime” of traveling to cover a ghastly and tragic crime of the gang-rape and death of a dalit woman in Hathras, Siddique Kappan walks out to freedom. Flanked by his wife, Raihanath and...
by freespeechcollective | Jan 21, 2023 | Censorship - News Media
What are the Emergency powers that have allegedly been invoked to block tweets and videos on Youtube relating to the BBC documentary “India: The Modi Question”? “One area where I have been very weak, and that was to handle the media” -then...
by freespeechcollective | Jan 5, 2023 | Arrests - Journalists
Manan Dar, photojournalist from Kashmir, has secured bail after more than 14 months in jail. He was arrested on terror charges under the draconian UAPA but Additional Sessions Judge Shailender Malik said the allegation made by the NIA “does not appear to be cogent and...
