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Supreme Court seeks senior Delhi Police officer’s presence over alleged assault on women journalists; NWMI seeks binding safeguards
The Network of Women in Media, India, has moved the Supreme Court under Article 32, alleging that the detention, physical handling and forcible removal of journalists covering protests violate Articles 14, 19(1)(a), 19(1)(d) and 21 of the Constitution
‘Democracies Erode When Those Entrusted With Power Fear Laughter and Start Taking Action Against It’
The Wire's submission to the government at the post-facto hearing on a request to block social media URLs over a 52-second satirical video.
When Some Titans Of Indian Media Crawled On All Fours, Like Ex-Prince Andrew, To Cover Up Or Bury The Indian Links in Epstein Files
All early birds need not catch the worm. The...
CJP files NBDSA complaint over Zee News’s ‘Kalicharan Maharaj vs 4 Maulanas’, alleging communal framing and hate tropes
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CJP moves NBDSA against Zee News for communal framing and editorial failure; seeks takedown, apology, and regulatory action
J & K: Attempt to muzzle FoE, Media? Police summons to media, journalists
The peremptory, even extra-legal summons to four journalists from national publications has drawn outrage; the repressive action, clearly an action of intimidation, is aimed at those who have reported on a controversial move by the J & K administration and police to collect information on Mosques etc in the union territory
Free Speech in India 2025: What the Free Speech Collective report reveals about a year of silencing
Based on data documenting 14,875 violations, the Free Speech Collective’s latest report traces how killings, arrests, mass censorship, corporate pressure and regulatory overreach combined to shrink India’s public sphere in 2025
Bangladesh: Assault and mob attack on journalists condemned by EGI
The Editors Guild of India has unequivocally condemned the physical assaults and incidents of mob attacks, vandalism and arson against prominent media persons and media establishments in Bangladesh.
Kerala’s LDF govt to defy Centre’s diktat, to screen all films as per schedule at IFFK
Senior politicians associated with the left government made it clear on social media within hours of news of the censorship of first 19, then 15 films by the Modi government, the films were slated to be screened at the prestigious International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK)
Interim bail to Gujarat journalist Mahesh Langa: SC
Langa has been in Sabarmati jail for over 14 months
NBDSA Raps Times Now Navbharat for communal, agenda-driven broadcast; orders removal of inflammatory segments
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In a win for Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP), the broadcast regulator holds the channel responsible for stereotyping Muslims, manufacturing a false narrative, and linking unrelated crimes to an entire community
Pervasive fear, surveillance of media, spiral of anti-India sentiment in Kashmir: CCG
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Concerned Citizens’ Group (CCG) –a voluntary initiative set up in 2016--on its eleventh visit to Kashmir and Jammu, from October 28 to 31, 2025 and meetings with political actors, businessmen, teachers and other professionals apart from activists has released its report recently
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