Two Circles 22 June 2020 New Delhi-based Rights and Risks Analysis Group has released a report on media crackdown by the government during the COVID-19 lockdown detailing harassment of journalists and reporters working under critical circumstances. The report titled ‘India: Media’s Crackdown During COVID-19 Lockdown’ discusses that immediately after the announcement of nationwide lockdown on […]
The Hindu27 April 2020 ‘Their ration cards were seized in 1991’ A Delhi-based rights body has sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention in ensuring food for the Chakma and Hajong communities in Arunachal Pradesh who have allegedly not been included in the government’s economic package. The Chakmas and Hajongs, displaced in the 1960s by violence […]
The Logical Indian 17 June 2020 The Rights and Risks Analysis Group report said that journalists faced arrest, registration of FIRs, summons or show-cause notices, physical assaults, alleged destruction of properties and threats for doing their job. As many as 55 journalists have been targeted for covering the pandemic in India between March and May […]