by freespeechcollective | Nov 27, 2020 | Statements
The statement by the Network of Women in Media India (NWMI) on the Kerala government’s ill-advised, and now withdrawn, ordinance to introduce a new and draconian section to the Kerala Police Act, makes a very important point: Such measures only encourage...
by freespeechcollective | Nov 15, 2020 | Commentaries
A statement of support by Atindriyo Chakraborty. Republished with permission from Countercurrents, Nov 15, 2020 Shilpa Singh is a 31-year-old professor of Political Sciences in VM Salgaocar College of Law, Goa (VMSCL). Since June 2019, she has been teaching this...
by freespeechcollective | Nov 9, 2020 | Commentaries
The apology filed by journalist Dhaval Patel that resulted in an order from the Gujarat High Court to quash a sedition charge against him only underlines the need to repeal an unjust, unfair and redundant law. Patel, the Ahmedabad-based editor of a news web portal...
by freespeechcollective | Oct 24, 2020 | General - Journalists
Justice Attau Rahman Masoodi of the Allahabad High Court had granted bail to journalist Prashant Kanojia, on Thursday but Kanojia continued to remain in jail since the bail order was uploaded only late Friday night. His wife, Jagisha Arora and friends and supporters,...
by freespeechcollective | Oct 18, 2020 | Attacks - Journalists, Commentaries
by Geeta Seshu The chilling account in the Caravan on the beating up of journalist Ahan Penkar on Oct 16, by Ajay Kumar, the assistant commissioner of police of Model Town, inside the premises of the police station, has this paragraph: Other police officials...
