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February 12: Workers and Farmers Forge a Historic Axis of Resistance Across India
For observers of general strikes and journalists covering trade unions and farmer movements, the February 12 General Strike did not unfold as a routine ritual. It unfolded as a...
Day 23 of Farmers March: Mass withholding of social media ahead of march to Delhi, third time since the beginning of the protest
Accounts of journalists, farmer leaders, supporters targeted, even accounts of US-based citizen supporting the cause not spared; farmer leaders provide that they will soon be approaching the Supreme Court against such undemocratic tactics
The ‘Food Transition’ Is a War on Food, Farmers and the Public
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Farmers march to be intensified from March 6, various means of transport to be opted by farmers to reach Delhi, ‘Rail Roko’ agitation to...
Farmer leaders Pandher and Dhallewal state that farmers from all over India will put up a united front to counter union government’s perception that the current agitation is limited to Punjab
Farmers protest: Documentary ‘Kisan Satyagraha’ barred from Bengaluru film fest
The award-winning documentary film on the 2020-21 farmers stir has been refused a screening; along with two others films, one on Israel and the other on Ukraine, reports Times of India
Farmers protest: “The law is clear on internet suspension” Court asks state government to submit internet suspension orders
Punjab and Haryana Court direct both state governments to submit orders for internet suspension, enquires about post mortem report for farmer who died during the protests
Farmers’ March: Police threatens protesters with cancellation of passports and visas
As the farmers' protestors seek to decide whether they will continue the march to Delhi, the Haryana police has stated that they will cancel the passport and visa provisions for some of the specific protestors.
Maharashtra: Farmer leader Gavit says no outcome of meet in Mantralaya
With farmer’s protests at a national level continuing, the impasse in Maharashtra does not bode well from the Eknath Shinde-Fadnavis government
‘X’ distances itself from the clampdown on freedom of expression by blocking accounts on the executive orders of the Union government
As ‘the social media giant states that they are complying with the orders of government, what are the legal consequences it would face if it does not?
Farmers protest: Death of a farmer after teargas shells dropped by Haryana cops, protests intensify as 77 SM accounts banned by MEITY/MHA
Into a week of rigorous protests, outrage broke out among protesting farmers, as one hapless protester lost his life when a teargas shell was indiscriminately flung on all protesters; right to freedom of expression and information was curtailed with the MEITY “ban” on 177 social media accounts under directions of the MHA
Extension of internet bans, suspension of social media accounts: state action on farmers’ protest focuses on suppression of voices
After farmer unions, leaders, journalists and supporters, tribal leader Hansraj Meena and Tribal Army X account withheld by the government
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