In 1990 through the efforts of filmmakers like Mani Kaul and Director of Films Division, Shri Vijay Chandra, the Bombay International Film Festival was launched. One of its main talking points was that it did away with the requirement of censor certificates. BIFF which later became MIFF was […]
The Union government’s whitelisting of sites for residents of Kashmir is being offered as a sop for the residents, cut off from online communication since Aug 4, 2019, on the eve of the abrogation of Art 370. Rohini Lakshane and Prateek Waghre did this study on how the […]
Internet restrictions on people of the Kashmir valley will continue with some additional facilities thrown in for citizens to access the Internet but under heavy and daily supervision! As expected, the Jammu and Kashmir government conducted its ‘review’ of all orders (within four days of the Supreme Court […]
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 […]
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