by freespeechcollective | Nov 8, 2024 | Attacks - Journalists
By Geeta Seshu When journalist Sandip Mahajan was mercilessly beaten up by alleged supporters of Pachora MLA Kishor Appa Patil (Eknath Shinde Shiv Sena) on Aug 9, 2023, he never imagined that it would be an uphill task to get justice. But his struggle even to get a...
by freespeechcollective | Oct 4, 2024 | Killings - Journalists
Barely four days before Haryana goes to the polls on Oct 5, Gurmeet Ram Rahim, the head of the Dera Sacha Sauda religious order convicted of rape of devotees and the murder of journalist Ram Chandra Chhatrrapati, was granted a 20-day parole. Leave alone the polls,...
by freespeechcollective | Oct 1, 2024 | Arrests - Others
People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) condemns the detention of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and about 150 Ladakhi Padyatris by the Delhi police and the arbitrary imposition of prohibitory orders under Section 163 BNSS by the Delhi Police Commissioner....
by freespeechcollective | Sep 7, 2024 | Statements
The Delhi Union of Journalists has issued a statement on the increasing attacks on journalists in Uttarakhand, Kolkata and Delhi, the mass layoffs in India Today and the UP government’s new media policy to pay influencers close to the government and punish those...
by freespeechcollective | Sep 6, 2024 | Internet Control
The Delhi High Court’s contempt notice against Wikipedia started off as a hearing on a face off between the news agency Asian News International (ANI) and Wikipedia but is fast sliding into a freedom of speech issue for the online encyclopedia. The dispute over...
