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IPI, IFJ urge Modi to prevent increasing use of sedition laws against journalists, Deccan Herald

Deccan Herald 22 October 2020 Two international media organisations have shot o a joint letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take urgent action to “prevent the increasing use” of sedition laws and other legal sanctions against journalists and ensure that they “can work without harassment and fear of reprisal”. Two international media organisations have […]

Activist seeks mandatory judicial probe in alleged rape cases in police custody

The New Indian ExpressPublished on 25 January 2020 The plea said ensuring judicial probes into loss of life or vanishing of a person or alleged sexual assault in detention is definitely an arduous challenge and a daunting political fight. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from Centre and states on a […]

PM Modi urged to tell States to drop sedition cases against journalists, The Hindu

The Hindu 21 October 2020 Letter to PM Modi says that in past few months, a number of journalists have been charged under Section 124A of IPC. The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and journalists, along with the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), in a letter to Prime Minister […]