Re-published with permission from Khaleej Times Suresh Pattali/Dubai Filed on January 5, 2019 | Last updated on January 5, 2019 at 11.11 pm A crying Shajila Abdul Rahim continues to shoot after being attacked by Sabarimala protesters. She was attacked by protesters to stop her from shooting the […]
Journalists have borne the brunt of the protests that have broken out in Kerala over the entry of women into the Samarimala temple. Shaajila Ali Fathima, camera person for Kairali TV, was heckled by Sangh Parivar goons in Thiruvananthapuram on Jan 2, 2019. She continued shooting, despite being […]
Free Speech in India 2018: The State Rolls On A Report by the FreeSpeechCollective Date of Release: 31 December 2018 Author: Geeta Seshu Editor: Laxmi Murthy Contributors: Ashlin Mathew, Geeta Seshu, Malini Subramaniam, Laxmi Murthy, Shone Satheesh Cover Image: Journalists in the thick of reporting army operations in […]
Amit reported fearlessly on issues affecting adivasi communities across Jharkhand. Eleven days since he was shot dead, his murderers remain at-large. This report has been re-published with permission from Video Volunteers In the wee of […]
Manipur journalist Kishore Chandra Wangkhem is spending Christmas in jail. Sandhya Ravishankar highlights why we need to care. Ranjita Elangbam is very apprehensive. She met her husband, Manipur based journalist Kishore Chandra Wangkhem in hospital on Thursday last and she says he shares her fears. “He has been […]
By Meena Menon What happens when you interview a former Prime Minister who makes candid revelations or even report a ‘leak’? It just gets to be a great story. But not in Pakistan, especially if these revelations involve the military. Then, retribution from the all-powerful security establishment is […]
By Geeta Seshu The visit of the French journalists has snowballed into a major issue in Tamil Nadu. Local BJP leaders have launched a campaign alleging espionage by the journalists. Wall posters came up accusing the Indian journalists of ‘spying’ and Tamil Nadu’s Minister of State for Finance […]
A public meeting was held at the Constitution Club on Saturday, 1st December. to discuss the worrisome trend of anti-terror laws being used to stifle democratic dissent by harassing civil rights lawyers, poets and writers. The meeting was called by the group of petitioners who had approached the […]
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