Speech of Mr Suhas Chakma on ST Amendment Bill

‘Govt Committed To Press Freedom, Opposes Those Who Throttle It’, Amit Shah On National Press Day, The Logical Indian

The Logical Indian 16 November 2020 By Navya Singh (Trending News Editor) While the Supreme Court says that it will protect the ‘personal liberty of all citizens’, many journalists are put behind bars, not permitted to meet their lawyers, families and charged under stringent laws without any evidence. India commemorates National Press Day today, November […]

FIR Against Supriya Sharma Is Emblematic of How the Law is Abused to Throttle Press Freedom, The Wire

The Wire 22 June 2020 A bare scrutiny of the two documents used to register an FIR against the report shows that the alleged offences invoked are ex-facie not made out. The registration of an FIR against Supriya Sharma, executive editor of the Scroll by the Uttar Pradesh Police under Sections 3(1) (d) and 3(1)(r) of the Scheduled Caste […]

Crackdown during lockdown? 55 journalists targeted for their reportage during COVID-19 outbreak: Report, Money Control

Money Control 17 June 2020 Cases have been filed against several journalists for reporting starvation faced by migrant workers, mismanagement and negligence of quarantine centres, and even for reporting a minister following the suggestions of astrologers t least 55 media persons were targeted with arrests, custodial torture, FIRs and show-cause notices during the nationwide lockdown […]