This is the 50th day of the unprecedented and untenable communications blockade in Kashmir. There’s no sign that this government will be lifting it, despite the near universal condemnation from journalists’ bodies and international organisations. The latest is a Statement from the Kashmir Press Club: Kashmir Press club […]
by Meena Menon This petition(started by me) now has over 95,000 signatures. I felt that few people were speaking up against the curbs on the press in Jammu and Kashmir and when Anuradha Bhasin Jamwal , executive editor of Kashmir Times filed a petition in the Supreme Court, […]
– A two-member team from the Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) and the Free Speech Collective (FSC) visited Kashmir to determine the impact of the crackdown on communication on the media in Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 on 5 August 2019. – The team […]
NEWS BEHIND THE BARBED WIRE Kashmir’s Information Blockade “When life is at stake, credibility takes a back seat.” Click here to download report: News behind the Barbed Wire – NWMI-FSC report Key findings : Curbs on the media and its implications Surveillance, informal ‘investigations’ and harassment of journalists […]
by Geeta Seshu The plea by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for an in camera trial in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case is a blatant attempt to obscure the processes of justice. This attempt to take the case out of the purview of public scrutiny will further jeopardise […]
(Update: The Press Council came out with a statement today that it “stands for freedom of the press and does not approve of any sort of restriction on the media”. The case will come up before the Chief Justice of India tomorrow). The Editors’ Guild of India has […]
There are multiple reports of the havoc the internet shutdown has wrought on the lives of the already beleaguered citizens. Apart from the local media, which is unable to function since August 5, there are reports of people who are unable to get in touch with their relatives, […]
A newly elected Opposition in Parliament says media freedom is shrinking. What has changed? The five-year period of 2014-2019 has seen an explosion of media creation and media use in India. The Indian public sphere is increasingly mediated not just by conventional media—TV, print, online, and radio in […]
