by freespeechcollective | Jan 28, 2021 | Attacks - Journalists
By Geeta Seshu Journalist Neha Dixit was no stranger to online trolling but for the last five months, the harassment took an even more sinister turn, with callers stalking her, calling up on her phone from random numbers to issue rape and death threats and also...
by freespeechcollective | Jan 25, 2021 | Censorship - The Arts, National Security - Others
Twenty-five days after he was arrested on the charge that he could crack a joke that someone would find objectionable, comedian Munawar Faruqui and five of his friends and colleagues await a decision from the Madhya Pradesh High Court on a bail application. The entire...
by freespeechcollective | Jan 21, 2021 | General - Journalists
The arrest warrant issued against noted journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta is the latest instance of censorship and intimidation through legal cases against journalists and their convoluted and punishing procedures. On January 19, 2021, Judicial Magistrate Pradeep Soni...
by freespeechcollective | Jan 18, 2021 | Arrests - Journalists
In yet another example of the excessive and censorious use of sedition, Manipur police have arrested the executive editor of The Frontier Manipur (TFM) Paojel Chaoba for publishing an article that was actually critical of revolutionary movements in the state....
by freespeechcollective | Jan 13, 2021 | Commentaries
Republished from Indian Journalism Review, Jan 13, 2021. The constitutional validity of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, has been challenged in the Karnataka High Court by Krishna Prasad, former Editor-in-Chief of Outlook; N. Ram, former Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu...
