Will The ‘Azaadi League’ Take A Bullet For The Nation?

Ramachandra Guha: Why Ram Mohun Roy’s colonial-era petition for press freedom is still relevant, Scroll

Scroll 21 June 2020 The Indian press is less free, more vulnerable to state intimidation than at any time since the Emergency. In 1824, the Government of Bengal (which was then in the hands of the East India Company) issued an Ordinance placing strict curbs on the freedom of the press. This gave the government […]

55 Indian Journalists Arrested, Booked, Threatened For Reporting on COVID-19: Report, The Wire

The Wire 16 June 2020 The report said that as many as 22 FIRs were filed against various journalists while the lockdown was in progress. New Delhi: Ashwini Saini is a contributor to a Facebook page that publishes news on the Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh.  Saini, who also works as a freelancer for the Hindi […]

Police, jail authorities need to be held accountable, The Tribune

The Tribune Published on 28 July 2019 On an average, five Indians died in custody every day between April 2017 and February 2018, a report claims Mukesh Ranjan in New Delhi The death in custody on July 21 of Amritsar-based importer Gurpinder Singh (29), a key accused in last month’s 532-kg record heroin haul at […]