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Storms battered her from outside, but she stood, an unwavering flame: Gauri Lankesh
Shivasundar, a freelance journalist, writer, and longtime associate and dear friend of fiery activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh, who was assassinated on September 5, 2017, by extremists alleged to belong to the dreaded Sanatan Sanstha has penned this heartfelt poem on Gauri. On the eighth anniversary of her dastardly assassination.
Asif Sultan, Kashmiri Journalist, gets bail in yet another UAPA case!
Even though the Court found no reason to doubt Sultan’s conduct as well as no chances of him fleeing justice, stringent restrictions on Sultan's communication methods and movements were imposed as bail conditions
After spending 7 months behind bars, Supreme Court declares the arrest and remand of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha illegal!
By holding the arrest invalid and quashing the impugned remand application, the bench ordered the release of Prabir subject to satisfaction of the bails and bonds set by the trial Court since chargesheet has been filed
Journalist beaten at Amit Shah’s rally in UP after recording women saying they were paid to attend rally
A Delhi based journalist; Raghav Trivedi was reportedly beaten by BJP workers at a rally for Amit Shah in Uttar Pradesh’s Raebareli. The journalist was beaten after the workers reportedly thought he was a Muslim.
Press Club of India dismayed at the ECI, not holding a single press conference: urges release of all poll data
PCI, Delhi has demanded that the Election Commission of India (ECI) holds a press conference after every phase of voting and entire data, including absolute number of votes polled and final percentage of voting be released by the next day of polling, stressing citizen’s right to be informed
YouTube reinstates Bolta Hindustan account, cites no wrongdoing after government order
Bolta Hindustan YouTube account’s suspension by YouTube gets revoked one month after the government issued an order to Google to remove the platform’s account citing the country's IT Act 2000 and 2021.
How free is free and can there be freedom without responsibility: Courts on media coverage of trials, erring conduct of anchors
From KM Nanavati case in 1962 to the Sushant Singh Rajput case in 2020, India’s constitutional courts, have time and again made strong observations on media trials especially when investigations are underway; reasoned Guidelines however have still not evolved. CJP looks at critical jurisprudence around media coverage on contentious issue, specifically the role and conduct of the anchor
Meet Ambedkarite journalists using social media to bring us stories from the margins, foregrounding both their hurdles & achievements
Carving a space for themselves outside corporate media houses, independent Dalit journalists are making their voice heard, showcasing both successes and challenges of digital media; these conversations unveil an insidious and discriminatory censorship by platforms like YouTube on content that showcases caste discrimination
Media fraternity condemns government directed ban of independent media channels
After YouTube, notified by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, banned several independent media channels on its platform, including National Dastak and Bolta Hindustan, the Press Club of India and DIGIPUB have released statements condemning the issue.
After Bolta Hindustan, Centre tells YouTube to remove National Dastak channel
The move by the government, right before elections, is making many people, including the opposition, decry it as press censorship.
Congress approaches Election Commission, raised Bolta Hindustan ban
Calling out censorship of free speech during elections, Congress goes to the Election Commission of India with a list of complaints, one of which includes the ban of Bolta Hindustan’s YouTube channel.
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