by freespeechcollective | Mar 3, 2019 | Censorship - News Media
The aftermath of the Pulwama attack has dominated the news media but there’s little attention about how it further exacerbated the crisis in the Kashmir Valley. But how could it, when the messenger was also muzzled, asks Moazum Mohammad. While the heightened tensions...
by freespeechcollective | Feb 22, 2019 | Censorship - News Media
Has the Union government stopped advertisements for two prominent Kashmir newspapers – Kashmir Reader and Greater Kashmir? It appears so, since there have been no advertisements issued to both newspapers for the last three days. There has been no reason or...
by freespeechcollective | Feb 20, 2019 | National Security - Others
Veewon Thokchom, who was charged with sedition, was granted bail by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Imphal East, Nigthoujam Lanleima. The judge, rejecting the charge of incitement to violence, asserted that the “contents of Facebook post as mentioned above cannot be...
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...
