by freespeechcollective | Oct 7, 2019 | Commentaries
Venkatesh Nayak’s RTI reveals it has no papers about shutdown orders. (Republished with permission from Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative It has been more than three months since several parts of the State of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) are without access to...
by freespeechcollective | Sep 29, 2019 | Commentaries
From FSC desk (with accompanying note by Prof Vinod Pavarala): “Community Radio Stations act as essential communication channels for enhancing last mile of outreach of government.” This was the astounding claim made in a PIB press release dated Sept 13,...
by freespeechcollective | Sep 23, 2019 | Statements
This is the 50th day of the unprecedented and untenable communications blockade in Kashmir. There’s no sign that this government will be lifting it, despite the near universal condemnation from journalists’ bodies and international organisations. The...
by freespeechcollective | Sep 13, 2019 | Statements
by Meena Menon This petition(started by me) now has over 95,000 signatures. I felt that few people were speaking up against the curbs on the press in Jammu and Kashmir and when Anuradha Bhasin Jamwal , executive editor of Kashmir Times filed a petition in the Supreme...
by freespeechcollective | Aug 28, 2019 | Commentaries
by Geeta Seshu The plea by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for an in camera trial in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case is a blatant attempt to obscure the processes of justice. This attempt to take the case out of the purview of public scrutiny will further...
