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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

The Khalistan conspiracy makes startling revelations about the state complicity in Sikh Genocide

But the book glosses over the crimes of current Hindutva nationalist regime

Will the Army’s “pinpoint strike” rebuttal finally fact check overenthusiastic TV anchors?

It took a statement from the Indian Army to force TV anchors to take back fake news on air strike

Editors Guild writes to Assam CM on safety and protection of working journalists in the state

Letter comes in the wake of growing targeting of the media in the north east, EGI had written a similar letter to UP CM Adityanath recently

Tablighi Jamaat news reportage: SC slams Centre’s shoddy counter-affidavit

The I&B Ministry had filed an affidavit in response to PILs moved against the communalisation of the Tablighi Jamaat event in news media

Magna Carta and the story of modern democracy

The long journey from the rights of a few to the rights of all

CJP moves MEITY against Kapil Mishra’s communal social media posts

Known for being a serial offender, this controversial BJP leader is now recruiting his own Hindutva gang seeking his followers’ special interests- Fight love Jihad, Gauraksha, terms created by the right wing

Freedom of Press in UP: Journalists killed, attacked, arrested, not allowed to talk to lawyer

Attacks on journalists under the Adityanath-led government are a regular feature now

Patricia Mukhim quits Editors Guild of India citing “complete silence” on case against her

Mukhim says the journalists' body responded with "alacrity", and issued a statement condemning Arnab Goswami's arrest but is silent in her case

Kerala HC: It is duty of press to comment on news to enlighten public

The court quashed defamation case against newspaper as it was done in good faith and in interest of public good even if it was contemptuous in nature

Jharkhand Scholarship Scam: ADM calls for phone records for investigation

Students from economically backward families have been duped of a scholarship scheme, allegedly by a strong nexus of government, bank and school officials

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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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