by freespeechcollective | Aug 7, 2019 | Commentaries
Eighty-four appellants demanding information under the Right to Information Act (RTI) have so far been killed in India, and the perpetrators of these murders have yet to be brought to justice. Now, the Modi government has dealt an unmistakable blow to the autonomy of...
by freespeechcollective | Jul 27, 2019 | Censorship - Publications
By Ram Puniyani A FIR was registered against 10 Assamese poets (July 10, 2019). These poets mostly Muslims; have been pioneers and are leading lights of what has come to be known as Miyah Poetry. One sample, by the initiator of this trend; Hafiz Ahmed goes like this...
by freespeechcollective | Jun 25, 2019 | Commentaries
The necessity of defamation reform has been felt tangibly and with great force in recent weeks, says Apar Gupta About three years ago, I spent months on a case in the Supreme Court where lawyers juxtaposed two opposing interests, the right to free speech against the...
by freespeechcollective | Jun 14, 2019 | Harassment - Journalists
This happened today, in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir: [wpvideo pemPF9DY] The Kashmir Journalists Association issued a statement condemning the attack: KJA condemns attack on photojournalists in Kashmir Kashmir Journalists Association has strongly condemned the physical...
by freespeechcollective | Jun 9, 2019 | Statements
The Network of Women in Media, India condemns the arrest of Prashant Kanojia, Ishita Singh and Anuj Shukla. Prashant Kanojia is an independent journalist, arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police for allegedly tweeting critical posts against Yogi Adityanath, the Uttar...
