Will ‘apologists’ take a bullet for the nation?

India’s Migrant Expulsion Crusade Feared to Cause Chaos, Asia Sentinel

Available at Asia Sentinel23 September 2019 Prime Minister Narendra Modi government’s plan to expel millions of illegal immigrants is expected to sow chaos and confusion across the country, with critics charging that a hurriedly compiled database endangers hundreds of thousands of indigenous citizens, includes many who shouldn’t be on it, and is being used to […]

Freedom of speech cry by ex-officers, The Telegraph

The Telegraph 08 July 2020 Former civil servants say the coronavirus pandemic has been used as an excuse for curbing freedom of speech across states Nearly a hundred former civil servants — all of who have retired from top positions in the bureaucracy — have picked up cudgels for the citizens’ right to freedom of […]

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 […]