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Bihar & the Delusion of Independent Journalism: A Free Speech Record of Five Years
Free Speech Collective (FSC), has published a detailed report of Bihar’s Free Speech Record, November ‘20-’25 which it released on November 5 and may be accessed hereFree Speech CollectiveWith...
No Primetime Segment as anti-Muslim slurs rocked parliament last Thursday
Anti-Muslim slurs against MP in parliament do not make the cut for commercial new media channels (“mainstream media”) even as social media was ablaze with outrage last Friday
Meta Facebook releases second human rights report, activists say no concrete plan to tackle issues in India
The report was criticised by Access Now as failing to "show any meaningful or verifiable progress" on Metaʼs human rights harms in India or any clear proposals to prepare for the 2024 general elections.
The Crisis of Television News and Ravish Kumar
For a complete picture, it’s also necessary to also question the nexus of capitalism and the media.
2034: A Futuristic Play Involving Magic and Dystopia
A few months ago, I Went to watch "2034",...
Supreme Court shields Editors Guild of India after multiple FIRs filed for Manipur Reportage
After multiple FIRs filed against the EGI for a fact-finding report conducted in Manipur last August Supreme Court's judgement comes as a relief for press freedoms in India.
TO BE LIKE RIVERS- Reimagining India in Authoritarian Times, a soul cry from India’s North East
There can never be One Nation, One Law, One Belief to encapsulate our multi layered identities, relationships and ways of being, writes Angela Rangad from Meghalaya as she a Khasi Christian Tribal woman political activist addresses an increasingly majoritarian India.
Gauri Lankesh assassination: 6 years down, no closure for family and friends, justice elusive
With the case against journalist's killers moving at a snail's pace and 83 witnesses examined, there is growing demand for a special court to hear the case exclusively
Press Club of India condemns FIR against Editor’s Guild of India (EGI), criminalising journalism
The Press Club of India has strongly condemned the actions of the Manipur police in lodging of filing a police case against three members of a fact finding committee of the Editors Guild of India (EGI) and its President on the media coverage of the ethnic clashes and violence in Manipur.
Blocking of Kashmir Walla condemned: NWMI
The Network of Women in Media (NWMI) has condemned the latent censorship in the act of blocking the Kashmir Walla
DUJ Protests freezing of media accounts
The Delhi Union of Journalists has registered its strong protest at the repeated moves to muffle media voices in several parts of the country.
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