by freespeechcollective | Jun 20, 2026 | Statements
Condemning the Targeted Deplatforming, Police Intimidation and Financial Harassment of Satirist Shamita Yadav (“The Ranting Gola”) The coordinated campaign to silence political satirist Shamita Yadav represents a terrifying new escalation in the crackdown...
by freespeechcollective | Jun 12, 2026 | Lawfare
The Delhi High Court, in a significant judgement on 29 May 2026, has quashed both the FIR filed by the Economic Offences Wing and the Enforcement Directorate’s money laundering case against NewsClick and its founder-editor Prabir Purkayastha. The court ruled that...
by freespeechcollective | May 26, 2026 | Commentaries
The use of terms like “encroachers” and “illegal” slums dominate media reports and erase the reality of the lives of the poor and the state’s role in rendering them invisible, says Shweta Damle In the last one month, three major anti-encroachment drives have taken...
by freespeechcollective | May 3, 2026 | Commentaries
What does World Press Freedom Day mean to Jailed Journalists in India? This World Press Freedom Day 2026, Free Speech Collective poses this question for two journalists who are behind bars in India – Jharkhand-based Rupesh Kumar Singh and Jammu and Kashmir...
by freespeechcollective | May 3, 2026 | Commentaries
What Does World Press Freedom Day mean to Jailed Journalists in India? This World Press Freedom Day 2026, Free Speech Collective poses this question for two journalists who are behind bars in India – Jharkhand-based Rupesh Kumar Singh and Jammu and Kashmir...
