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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
No post mortem report, media coverage for the dead in Meerut
Five people had been arbitrarily shot by the police in the wake of anti-CAA clashes in UP
Don’t show anti-national content: I&B Ministry
On the day that the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill was...
Journalist threatened by police for reporting inaction in Sultanpur rape case: UP
The UP police have been intimidating him for exposing a rape case that they tried to conceal
Reject culture of misogyny, democratise socio-cultural spaces: #Justice4RapeVictims
The horrendous rape and murder of Hyderabad's vet doctor...
CJP urges NBSA to inquire into Aaj Tak’s communal programming
CJP Team -
After Aaj Tak's response fails to adequately address hate speech related concerns raised by CJP about an Ayodhya dispute related show aired on it, CJP has requested the NBSA to look further into it.
27 year old journalist killed, for going to work: Pakistan
Urooj Iqbal is the seventh female journalist killed in 2019
Forum of Human Rights Defenders appeals to NHRC against DN Murthy arrest
Human Rights Defenders Alert (HRDA) has filed a plea before the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking an intervention for the immediate release of Mr. DN Murthy, an eminent journalist, entrepreneur, and social activist who was arrested in an allegedly fabricated case of sedition.
Kashmir: On 107th day of communication blackout, Press Club demands restoration
The clampdown aimed at gagging the press has led to job losses and cuts in advertising revenue
Swimming against the fascist tide: What writers, artists and intellectuals can do
With the unleashing of the reign of terror by the RSS/BJP rulers against working-class, peasant organizations, women organizations, student movements, intellectuals, writers, poets and progressive social/political activists, India also witnessed a series of resistance programmes organized by the pro-people cultural organizations in different parts of the country. My address in some of these programmes is reproduced here.
Protesting JNU students target media, target female journalists
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