by freespeechcollective | May 2, 2022 | Censorship - News Media, Video
On May 3, on the eve of World Press Freedom Day 2022, we present FEAR OF SPEECH Ziva, a young journalist, fears that dissent has slowly become criminal in Indian democracy A short film by students of Whistling Woods International, the film, communication and creative...
by freespeechcollective | Apr 19, 2022 | National Security - Journalists
On April 20, 2022, a bail application filed by journalist Siddique Kappan comes up for hearing in the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court. Kappan had been arrested by Uttar Pradesh police on October 5, 2020, while he was on his way to Hathras, to cover the...
by freespeechcollective | Apr 9, 2022 | Harassment - Journalists, Threats - Journalists
Gutsy Dalit journalist and founder of digital news channel ‘ The Mooknayak’, Meena Kotwal, was threatened after she posted a video of herself symbolically burning a copy of the Manusmriti, the regressive, anti-caste and patriarchal book of Vedic laws....
by freespeechcollective | Apr 6, 2022 | Commentaries
Republished from The National HeraldJournalists in India have been stopped at the airport, attacked by hindutva forces while on duty, arrested for their investigative reports. Ashlin Mathew has a detailed summary. A week after journalist Rana Ayyub was stopped from...
by freespeechcollective | Mar 21, 2022 | Arrests - Journalists
PRESS STATEMENT March 21st, 2022 The Editors Guild of India is shocked by the manner in which an Agra based journalist, Gaurav Bansal, was arrested and allegedly tortured for reporting about electoral malpractices in the recent assembly elections. While on one hand...
