By Geeta Seshu The Supreme Court order on the Internet ban in Kashmir affirms important principles restricting the sweeping powers of the state to shut down the Internet. However, it afforded no immediate relief for the people of Kashmir and all but dismissed the impact of the crippling […]
What is the legal basis for drone surveillance and videographing of protestors, asks Geeta Seshu On January 1, 2020, Delhi police officers recorded a video of an activist participating in the anti-CAA protest rally by women of Seelampur in North-East Delhi. The police officer recorded the exchange between […]
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 […]
Ropar-based journalist Amrit Pal Singh ‘Bunty’ got the shock of his life when he was sent the picture of a revolver and a holster with eight bullets on WhatsApp from an unknown number. The journalist, who has been working with Punjabi daily Ajit for the last decade, writes […]
“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 […]
Delhi High Court Approves Take Down of Content Globally (Republished with permission from Sflc.in) Asks Facebook, Google, YouTube and Twitter to remove defamatory content from their global services Statement: At SFLC.in we believe that ordering intermediary platforms to take down content globally negatively impacts freedom of expression online, […]
An FSC report Update: The expulsion of the six students of the Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya (MGAHV) in Wardha was revoked by the administration after a public protest. In a patently absurd and excessive administrative move, six students were expelled by the Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya […]
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 […]
