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Women journalists who were attacked prevented from reporting, protest attacks
Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, on-ground reporting by women journalists, invites threats and abuse from the authorities; is it a coincidence that all three states are ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)?
Covid-19 claims Jarnail Singh and Rajkumar Keswani
The two journalists had tried to make the Indian state accountable for two different 1984 tragedies
Covid-19: Centre tells social media firms to remove ‘Indian variant’ references
Information technology (IT) ministry has written to all social media companies asking them to “take down” content referring to it
Why is #JusticeforSupriya trending today?
In March, 23-year-old Supriya Tiwari was found dead near a railway track in Gujarat, months later her family still has no answers
Manipur: Journalist, activist post comment on cow dung, charged under NSA
Journalist Kishorechandra Wangkhem, activist Erendro Leichombam arrested for social media posts that cow urine, dung doesn't cure Covid-19
EC contradicts itself on media-gag demand
While on the one hand it moved SC demanding restrictions on reportage of oral observations of judges, one the other it issues statement saying no such demand was made!
Difference of opinion between two Election Commissioners on EC’s demand for media gag?
After Madras HC’s observations about “murder charges” EC wanted to restrain media from reporting oral observations, but one commissioner dissented
We cannot gag reporting of proceedings: SC dismisses EC’s plea against Madras HC’s ‘murder’ remark
The apex court held that freedom of speech and expression covers freedom to cover court proceedings too
SC refuses to restrain media from reporting HC oral remarks in EC plea
The apex court also defended the high court judges while observing that they are working late nights and they are overwhelmed and asked EC to take the HC comments in the right spirit
Three Mumbai journalists succumb to Covid-19
BUJ demands safety provisions, highlights plight of journalists amidst lockdown
Twitter removes posts critical of gov’t handling of Covid-19 emergency
The suspended accounts are of activists, politicians, who which have called out the way the government has let the Covid-19 crisis worsen
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