by freespeechcollective | May 3, 2019 | Statements
World Press Freedom Day: KJA demands release of Aasif Sultan Remembers slain editor Shuja’at Bukhari Srinagar: On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, Kashmir Journalists Association has demanded immediate release of incarcerated journalist Aasif Sultan so that...
by freespeechcollective | May 3, 2019 | Attacks - Journalists
Rajen Deka’s news item in Dainik Asom, an Assamese daily last Thursday morning about a skirmish between BJP and Congress workers during the third phase of Lok Sabha elections left many in the saffron party angry. The news item highlighted how security forces prevented...
by freespeechcollective | Apr 25, 2019 | Commentaries
Reprinted from Mainstream Weekly By Amitava Mukherjee POLITICAL NOTEBOOK The ongoing 17th general elections in India have already proved two points conclusively. First, the quality of the political leadership in the country has abysmally gone down. Secondly, democracy...
by freespeechcollective | Apr 19, 2019 | Attacks - Journalists
From Kashmir Reader: SRINAGAR: Kashmir Reader correspondent was assaulted by a mob while covering polling in Srinagar parliamentary constituency on Thursday at a polling booth -91 Sultan Mohalla, Mir Behri, Bud Dal. Correspondent Junaid Bazaz said the booth had been...
by freespeechcollective | Apr 18, 2019 | National Security - Journalists
The Bombay High Court has quashed a case against Quint journalist Poonam Agarwal and Kargil war veteran Deepchand, charged with spying under the Official Secrets Act and abetment to suicide after her sting on the ‘sahayak’ system published in February...