by freespeechcollective | Oct 10, 2020 | Attacks - Journalists
More than 14 days since the attack on journalist Kamal Shukla and other journalists in Chhattisgarh, no action has been taken against the perpetrators. Kamal Shukla, who went on a hunger strike in Kanker to protest the attack and the lack of action, was forcibly...
by freespeechcollective | Oct 5, 2020 | Statements
More than 1000 prominent journalists and civil society activists have condemned the continued incarceration of journalist Prashant Kanojia in Uttar Pradesh. With the Allahabad High Court granting the Uttar Pradesh government four weeks time to respond to his bail...
by freespeechcollective | Sep 27, 2020 | Attacks - Journalists
By Malini Subramaniam Senior journalist from Chhattisgarh Kamal Shukla, Editor Bhumkal Samachar, who was brutally assaulted on Sept 26, 2020, told Free Speech Collective that these attacks were a direct consequence of exposes in his newsportal Bhumkal Samachar on...
by freespeechcollective | Sep 26, 2020 | Attacks - Journalists
Journalist Kamal Shukla was brutally attacked in Kanker, Chattisgarh today, by goons allegedly of the ruling Congress-I. He said the attack was prompted by those opposed to his reports on illegal sand-mining and other irregularities in the area. Shukla had rushed to...
by freespeechcollective | Sep 22, 2020 | Commentaries
In the midst of the debate on the controversial USC jihad programme of Sudarshan Television, well known academic and public intellectual, Prof. Jagdeep Chhokar, and RTI activist Venkatesh Nayak , have sought proceedings to wind up Sudarshan Television Channel company...
