by freespeechcollective | Mar 22, 2019 | Killings - Journalists
On February 19, 1990, Lassa Kaul, director of the government-owned Doordarshan television station, was shot dead by militants in Bemina area of Srinagar. The killing prompted the station’s closure for three-years. On March 1, 1990, P N. Handoo, Assistant Director of...
by freespeechcollective | Mar 21, 2019 | Censorship - Social Media
“I uploaded a video of a song which was anti Modi and anti-BJP and within half an hour, I got a message that it was taken down. So fast, I just put it up and they took it down,” says Rajesh Shah, an advertising professional. Shah got a message that the...
by freespeechcollective | Mar 21, 2019 | Arrests - Journalists
The detention of individuals under the NSA are in contravention of the right to due process and a fair trial, says Elina Steinerte Vice-Chair of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and David Kaye, UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right...
by freespeechcollective | Mar 20, 2019 | Killings - Journalists
The Indian Express has this report on the death of TV9 copy editor Chirag Patel: TV9 copy editor Chirag Patel, 26, whose charred body was found on Saturday from near a canal on Ahmedabad’s outskirts, used to regularly file RTIs — one of them seeking details of how...
by freespeechcollective | Mar 19, 2019 | Censorship - Social Media, Censorship - The Arts
Dhruv Rathee, a YouTube creator who makes Hindi-language videos analysing controversial political issues, tweeted today (March 18) that Facebook banned him from posting for 30 days. The first phase of India’s election falls on April 11. Twelve hours after he first...
