Harassment
“Harassment” tracks incidents where journalists or outspoken citizens or critics of the government are subjected to physical or psychological intimidation, use of force or power. This includes online abuse and trolling, as well as hacking, doxing, digital impersonation or identity theft.
Gutsy Dalit journalist and founder of digital news channel ‘ The Mooknayak’, Meena Kotwal, was threatened after she posted a video of herself symbolically burning a copy of the Manusmriti, the regressive, anti-caste and patriarchal book of Vedic laws. After a major struggle with the Ambedkar Nagar police, she managed to get an FIR lodged […] Read More
This happened today, in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir: [wpvideo pemPF9DY] The Kashmir Journalists Association issued a statement condemning the attack: KJA condemns attack on photojournalists in Kashmir Kashmir Journalists Association has strongly condemned the physical attack and seizure of cameras of photo journalists while doing their job in Kashmir’s Pulwama today. In a shocking incident, […] Read More
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