by freespeechcollective | May 3, 2019 | Commentaries
Excerpted from the India chapter of ‘Truth vs Misinformation: The collective push back’ South Asia Press Freedom Report 2018-2019, released by UNESCO on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day May 3, 2019 LITIGATION OVERLOAD The thicket of litigation that...
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...
