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Caged Voices, Silenced Truths: FSC’s expansive indictment of India’s press freedom crisis

On World Press Freedom Day 2026, the Free Speech Collective (FSC) assembles a powerful, deeply layered account of repression, incarceration, and systemic silencing—centring the stories of jailed journalists Rupesh Kumar Singh and Irfan Mehraj to expose the widening fault lines in India’s democratic promise

HRDA appeals to NHRC over illegal arrest of journalist Saleem Khan

Khan was allegedly harassed by a vegetable vendor and falsely accused when he reported on the inadequate amenities to shopkeepers in MP

Madras HC refuses to hear PIL seeking regulation of social media content

The Bench opined that the petitioner could opt to live in the ‘stone age’ as courts cannot impose sanctions on how the online world operates

Delhi HC quashes defamation case against Mitali Saran over RSS article

The complainant who claimed to be an RSS member, had alleged that the article had lowered his reputation

VC Kumar’s decisions have weakened the system of academic governance: JNUTA

Protesting the VC’s month-long continuation in office, JNU teachers called for a press conference on Monday to voice their grievances against the administration

Is WhatsApp facilitating the demonisation of Indian Muslims?

A study explains the meaning and consequences of Fear Speech that is spread on WhatsApp as it is a powerful and cheap tool. often as potent as Hate Speech

New IT Rules: How Centre is planning to address online grievances  

The Government has set up a strict grievance redressal mechanism for users in a bid to make the online world more transparent and accountable

Ethics Code for Social Media, rules for OTT platforms, online news

Provision for identification of first originator of information on messaging services

Unnao reports: Twitter handles of Barkha Dutt’s portal, 7 others booked 

Others accused are, Janjagran Live, Aazad Samaj Party spokesperson Suraj Kumar Boudh, Nilim Dutta, Vijay Ambedkar, Abhay Kumar Azad, Rahul Diwakar, Nawab Satpal Tanwar

Allahabad HC has not ordered evictions of Surma villagers of Dudhwa Forest

TOI mis-reports a court order that said, if the dwellers are indulging in illegal acts, appropriate authority must take action; headline misleads readers

Muslim children face ‘systematic exclusion’ at pre-primary level in Delhi’s private schools: Study

Research implies that ‘quality’ private schooling in Delhi is an option only for elitist, privileged families with social capital

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Caged Voices, Silenced Truths: FSC’s expansive indictment of India’s press freedom crisis

On World Press Freedom Day 2026, the Free Speech Collective (FSC) assembles a powerful, deeply layered account of repression, incarceration, and systemic silencing—centring the stories of jailed journalists Rupesh Kumar Singh and Irfan Mehraj to expose the widening fault lines in India’s democratic promise

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