Statements
We share statements pertaining to freedom of speech and expression issued by FSC and/or other organisations.
On the occasion of India’s 77th Republic Day, the statement below, endorsed by more than 130 journalists and civil society activists across India, marks the precarious state of media freedom in Kashmir. For some years now, journalists in Jammu and Kashmir have been relentlessly targeted and intimidated. The latest, an attempt to coerce them into […] Read More
Press Statement by The Wire New Delhi, December 18, 2025 On the evening of Wednesday, December 17, 2025, police officers from Budgam, Jammu and Kashmir, arrived at the Chrar I Sharief home of senior journalist Jehangir Ali, The Wire’s long-time Jammu and Kashmir correspondent. Without providing a reason, let alone the details of any FIR, […] Read More
SIA Raids: Another Attempt to Silence Us ‘Kashmir Times’ statement following reported raids by State Investigative Agency (SIA) on its office (Reprinted from Kashmir Times.) The reported raids on our office, the baseless accusations of activities “inimical to the state,” and the coordinated crackdown on the Kashmir Times are yet another attempt to silence us. […] Read More
PEOPLE’S UNION FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES Founder: Jayaprakash Narayan; Founding President: V M Tarkunde Press Note The PUCL Condemns the J&K Order of surveillance of working journalists and the denial of press freedom Demands that the Administration instill faith in the media and promote a free press, fundamental to a democracy 14 November 2025 People’s Union […] Read More
A comprehensive statement from the civil liberties organisation on the ban of 25 books by the Jammu and Kashmir government. Republished with permission Aug 12, 2025 Withdraw the forfeiture notification on 25 books on Jammu and Kashmir Repeal Section 152 of the BNS which is the colonial sedition law in a decolonial avatar! The omnibus […] Read More
The Delhi High Court on 19 May 2025 dismissed a contempt of court case filed by Vantara against Himal Southasian. Vantara, a wildlife project led by the Reliance Corporation, had accused Himal of disobeying a judicial order to remove an investigative story. The court ruled that no such order existed, and hence the issue of […] Read More
The Faculty Association of Ashoka University strongly condemns the arrest of Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Political Science, on 18 May 2025, on groundless and untenable charges. We condemn the calculated harassment to which Professor Mahmudabad has been subjected: after being arrested early in the morning from his […] Read More
– By Geeta Seshu The Haryana State Women’s Commission issued a summons to Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad for two of his social media posts, alleging that he made statements that allegedly “disparaged women officers in the Indian Armed Forces and promoted communal disharmony”. Prof Mahmudabad has contested the allegations and said they constitute […] Read More
The Bihar journalists’ community strongly condemns the rude and intimidating behaviour of District Public Relations Officer (DPRO), Gupteshwar Kumar. In a recent incident, he assaulted Pramod Kumar, reporter of Dainik Bhaskar, a prominent Hindi newspaper, because he was angry at the latter’s coverage of the administrative failures in organising the Khelo India Youth games 2025. […] Read More
बिहार के नालंदा जिला, जो मुख्यमंत्री नीतीश कुमार का भी गृह जिला है, में एक निरंकुश और अभद्र जिला जनसंपर्क पदाधिकारी (डीपीआरओ) गुप्तेश्वर कुमार के तानाशाही रवैए से जिले और पूरे बिहार के पत्रकारों में बेहद आक्रोश है। वे लगातार पत्रकारों के खबर संकलन के कार्य में बाधा देते हैं और उन्हें जेल भेजने की […] Read More
(Reprinted with permission from Pahalgam terror attack: NWMI demands that criminal charges against political commentators be dropped – NWM India) The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) condemns the levelling of absurd and draconian charges of subversive activities against popular satirists and political commentators Neha Singh Rathore and Madri Kakoti (who goes by the […] Read More
On 11 April 2025, on the 1000th day of the incarceration of Jharkhand based freelance journalist Rupesh Kumar Singh under the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, more than a hundred journalists, academics, social workers, students and other citizens sent an open letter to the Chief Justice of India seeking his release. Rupesh Kumar Singh’s […] Read More
The Brihanmumbai Union of Journalists (BUJ) registered their strong objections to the proposed Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill, 2024. citing concerns that the bill will impact press freedom. The proposed Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill, 2024, was introduced in the State Assembly on December 18, 2024. The union has cited several concerns over the bill’s […] Read More
There is now at least a decade long history of the stifling of dissent at Universities in India.Teachers and students alike have borne the brunt of increasingly hostile administrations, which believe in resorting to strong-arm measures at the slightest hint of criticism, or questioning from the primary stakeholders. In the most recent iteration of this […] Read More
Statement issued by PUCL National and PUCL Maharashtra State unit.26TH MARCH, 2025 PUCL condemns the targeting of comedian Kunal Kamra and the vandalism by Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) at The Habitat, Mumbai! The PUCL condemns the targeting of comedian Kunal Kamra, for a virtual show titled ‘Naya Bharat’(meaning New India) which was recorded at the […] Read More
Assam Women Journalists’ ForumEquality, Empowerment, Excellence Press Release26.03.2025 The Assam Women Journalists’ Forum condemns the detention and subsequent arrest of journalist Dilwar Hussain Mozumder and demands his immediate release. The detention of Dilwar Hussain Mozumder, chief reporter for The CrossCurrent, on March 25, 2025, has sparked significant concern among journalist communities, including the Assam Women […] Read More
79 civil society organisations have jointly written to Mr Chandrashekhar Bawankule, the Chairperson of the Joint Select Committee on Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill 2024 (“the Bill”) to register their strong objections and misgivings over the proposed law. The organisations have stated that they are deeply concerned about the implications of the Bill for civil […] Read More
INDIA ACADEMIC FREEDOM NETWORK (IAFN) STATEMENT IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PROTESTING STUDENTS OF JAMIA AND AGAINST SURVEILLANCE, REPRESSION AND SUSPENSIONS India Academic Freedom Network (IAFN) stands in solidarity with the students of Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), Delhi in their protest against authoritarian measures on campus. We condemn the actions of the administration aimed at curbing […] Read More
National Alliance of Journalists (Regd.)DELHI UNION OF JOURNALISTS (Regd.)Flat No.29, Central Market, Connaught Place, New Delhi-1Phone: 23413459, Email: duj.delhi@gmail.com 28 January 2025 PRESS RELEASE Newspaper Day: In Defence of Fair Working Conditions And Labour PracticesOn January 29, Indian Newspaper Day, leading media trade unions and other journalists’ organisations warn against the proposed Labour Codes that […] Read More
On Human Rights Day on Dec 10, civil society organisations have called for a nation-wide campaign to protest the FIR against journalist and AltNews co-founder Mohammed Zubair and another FIR against human rights activist Nadeem Khan. A statement said that these “relentless attacks on human rights will have a chilling effect on the right to […] Read More
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