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...
by freespeechcollective | Aug 24, 2019 | Statements
(Update: The Press Council came out with a statement today that it “stands for freedom of the press and does not approve of any sort of restriction on the media”. The case will come up before the Chief Justice of India tomorrow). The Editors’ Guild...
by freespeechcollective | Aug 20, 2019 | Statements
There are multiple reports of the havoc the internet shutdown has wrought on the lives of the already beleaguered citizens. Apart from the local media, which is unable to function since August 5, there are reports of people who are unable to get in touch with their...
