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...
by freespeechcollective | Jun 7, 2019 | Threats - Others
(Re-published from Sabrangindia with permission) Noted academic and prominent civil society member, professor Ram Puniyani has received threats and verbal abuse from unidentified goons on June 6. The former IIT Bombay professor, who is also a well-known rationalist,...
by freespeechcollective | Jun 1, 2019 | Statements
Srinagar: Kashmir Journalist Association (KJA) has strongly condemned the assault on a journalist Kaiser Andrabi in police station Fateh Kadal on Friday. According to Kaiser, policemen slapped, kicked and hit him multiple times with a baton and gun butt inside police...
by freespeechcollective | May 20, 2019 | Commentaries
Privacy is a free speech issue and the media needs to get it right,more so if they report on minor victims of sexual violence. Moazum Mohammad reports on the order by the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. Ordering YouTube, Facebook and Twitter to remove content which...