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‘Harassment’ of journalists: Global press bodies write to PM Modi, The Indian Express

The Indian Express 22 October 2020 “As many as 55 journalists were targeted for covering the pandemic in India between 25 March, when lockdown was first imposed, and 31 May, a report by Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) has shown,” they stated. Two international press associations have written a joint letter to Prime Minister Narendra […]

Attack on Caravan journalists shows “the impunity enjoyed by political groups”: The Network of Women in Media, The Caravan

The Caravan 12 August 2020 On 11 August 2020, three journalists working with The Caravan—Shahid Tantray, Prabhjit Singh and a woman journalist—were beaten, subjected to communal slurs, threatened with murder, and sexually harassed, while reporting in Subhash Mohalla, in northeast Delhi. The Network of Women in Media, a national collective for women in the media, released […]

Rights group raises concern on Assam’s MSME ordinance; FINER demands developed land, KNN India

KNN India 03 July 2020 Guwahati, Jul 3 (KNN) Assam government’s ordinance to allow conversion of land for MSMEs to set up industries on the basis of a self-declaration — without the requirement of any “permission, clearance or licence” for three years seems to have taken a political colour as after opposition, now the Rights and […]