A Status of Information Commissions in India during the Covid-19 crisisReport shows 21 out of 29 Information Commissions set up under the RTI Act were not holding any hearings as of May 15, 2020 Satark Nagrik Sangathan (SNS) has undertaken an assessment of the functioning of Information […]
(Reprinted with permission from The Kashmirwalla) Journalist Qazi Shibli spent nine months in Bareilly jail, after being picked up under PSA on July 27, 2019 for a story on troop movements in Kashmir preceding the revocation of Art 370 on Aug 5, 2019. He spoke to Yashraj Sharma […]
Sajad Rasool, founder editor of community news platform ‘Kashmir Unheard’, writes about the experience of setting up a vibrant online site, only to come to a grinding halt due to the Internet shutdown with the abrogation of Art 370 on Aug 5, 2019. Republished with permission from Countercurrents.org […]
Even as it continues with a policy of intimidation and harassment towards journalists in Kashmir, the government has clearly decided to step up with penal action against anyone who steps out of line.
Republic In Peril:A Report on Recent Assaults on Journalists in Delhi (The summary, analysis and conclusion of the report of the Committee Against Assault on Journalists (CAAJ.The full report can be accessed here) Committee Against Assault on Journalists (CAAJ) has prepared a report titled “Republic In Peril” on […]
A study on the killings of and attacks on journalists in India, 2014–2019, and justice delivery in these cases. Since 2014, there have been more than 200 serious attacks on journalists in India. There has not been a single conviction in attacks on journalists in India, targeted for […]
“जेव्हा जिवावर बेतते, तेव्हा विश्वासार्हता मागे पडते” वार्ताहारद्वयी लक्ष्मी मूर्ती आणि गीता शेषू या नेटवर्क ऑफ वुमेन इन मिडीया आणि फ्री स्पीच कलेटीव्ह च्या संयुक्त संपादक आहेत. या दोन्ही संस्था या स्वयंसेवी आणि बाहेरील अर्थ सहाय्या शिवाय काम करतात. या दोघी ऑगस्ट 30 ते सप्टेंबर 3, 2019 या […]
Republished Part 6 of the Hindi translation of the report News Behind the Barbed Wire: Kashmir’s Information Blockade Courtesy बैठे-ठाले (Click here for Part I , Part II , Part III , Part IV and Part V) एनडब्ल्यूएमआई-एफएससी रिपोर्ट अनकही कहानियां स्थानीय मीडिया प्रताड़ना से बचने के लिए […]
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