by freespeechcollective | Feb 17, 2019 | Censorship - Academia, Censorship - Social Media
By Geeta Seshu The arrest of Manipuri student leader Thokchom Veewon on sedition charges for his Facebook posts on the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) is yet another example of the jittery response of the state to any expression of dissent. Thokchom...
by freespeechcollective | Feb 10, 2019 | Censorship - Academia
Filmmaker Siddharth Chauhan took to social media to protest the cancellation of the screening of his film by IIT Mumbai at their film festival, which concluded today. Here’s what he said : IIT Mumbai has refused to screen my film PASHI – because of it’s...
by freespeechcollective | Feb 9, 2019 | Statements
Veteran actor Amol Palekar found himself stopped midway through his speech at the inaugural of the retrospective for late artist Prabhakar Barwe by none other than the Director of the National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, Anita Rupavataram. She was objecting to his...
by freespeechcollective | Feb 7, 2019 | Statements
Concerned citizens call for ‘Reclaiming the Republic’: We are a group of concerned citizens – drawn from the world of scholarship, writing, law, administration and activism – with some experience in fields such as health, education, environment, social...
by freespeechcollective | Feb 7, 2019 | Attacks - Journalists
Suman Pandey, a journalsit with the digital portal Voices, was attacked by BJP workers when he recorded a scuffle between BJP workers during a review meeting of the party in Raipur. The attackers also deleted footage from his phone,Another journalist, Vinod Dongre,...
