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Free Speech Collective

Safeguarding the right to freedom of expression and the right to dissent

Arrest warrant against Paranjoy Guha Thakurta: Punitive and Intimidatory

By freespeechcollective on January 21, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Nothing ‘seditious’ about this!

By freespeechcollective on January 18, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Vague, arbitrary, unconstitutional, outdated: 9 reasons why journalists are challenging the Contempt of Courts Act

By freespeechcollective on January 13, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Three cases of contempt: the judiciary’s fault lines?

By freespeechcollective on July 25, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Missing in Action: Information Commissions during the Covid-19 lockdown

By freespeechcollective on May 24, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Media lockdown in the age of Covid-19

By freespeechcollective on May 3, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

No tangible ground to refuse bail to Prashant Kanojia, says Allahabad HC

By freespeechcollective on October 24, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Inexplicable that Kanojia was arrested and should have to struggle to secure his freedom while the likes of Tiwari could roam scot free and continue to spout hate speech.

“Tumhe nahi pata hai ki desh badal gaya hai?” – Griha Mantriji, we await your answer

By freespeechcollective on October 18, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

by Geeta Seshu The chilling account in the Caravan on the beating up of journalist Ahan Penkar on Oct 16, by Ajay Kumar, the assistant commissioner of police of Model Town, inside the premises of the police station, has this paragraph: Other police officials participated in the assault […]

Gagging the Media in Cases of Sexual Assault and Harassment

By freespeechcollective on October 16, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

The rising incidence of gag orders by various powerful accused men in sexual assault and harassment cases has been of immense concern, especially because of the manner in which it shields them and further victimises the victims/complainants in these cases. A statement from the Network of Women in […]

Justice Madan Lokur: Gradual erosion of right to free speech leading to destruction of right to dissent

By freespeechcollective on October 12, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Justice Madan Lokur, former justice of the Supreme Court of India, delivered the Verghese Memorial Lecture 2020 on “Preserving and Protecting our Fundamental Rights – Freedom of Speech, Expression and the Right to Protest.” Justice Lokur said that one of the worst forms of curtailment of the freedom […]

Journalists write to C’garh CM : Demand action against attackers of Kamal Shukla and others

By freespeechcollective on October 10, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

More than 14 days since the attack on journalist Kamal Shukla and other journalists in Chhattisgarh, no action has been taken against the perpetrators. Kamal Shukla, who went on a hunger strike in Kanker to protest the attack and the lack of action, was forcibly admitted to hospital […]

Prashant Kanojia arrest: UP admin silences dissenting voices, says statement

By freespeechcollective on October 5, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Clear that the arrest and detention of Kanojia is politically motivated and driven by vendetta. It fits a larger pattern of Uttar Pradesh administration attempting to silence dissenting voices.

Kamal Shukla : Clear nexus between administration, police, local politicians and the mafia

By freespeechcollective on September 27, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

By Malini Subramaniam Senior journalist from Chhattisgarh Kamal Shukla, Editor Bhumkal Samachar, who was brutally assaulted on Sept 26, 2020, told Free Speech Collective that these attacks were a direct consequence of exposes in his newsportal Bhumkal Samachar on illegal sand mining in Kanker district.  Shukla was attacked […]

Brutal attack on Bastar Journalist Kamal Shukla

By freespeechcollective on September 26, 2020 • ( 3 Comments )

Journalist Kamal Shukla was brutally attacked in Kanker, Chattisgarh today, by goons allegedly of the ruling Congress-I. He said the attack was prompted by those opposed to his reports on illegal sand-mining and other irregularities in the area. Shukla had rushed to the aid of another journalist Satish […]

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  • Arrest warrant against Paranjoy Guha Thakurta: Punitive and Intimidatory January 21, 2021
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