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Bihar & the Delusion of Independent Journalism: A Free Speech Record of Five Years

Free Speech Collective (FSC), has published a detailed report of Bihar’s Free Speech Record, November ‘20-’25 which it released on November 5 and may be accessed hereFree Speech CollectiveWith...

Dissenting in a Democracy with draconian Sedition Act

Colonial era law to keep freedom fighters in check,...

As Myanmar sends journalists to jail, pressure mounts on Aung San Suu Kyi

The government of Myanmar and its de facto head,...

Student groups from IITs, BHU condemn the state targeting one of their own as “Maoists”

Coordination of Science and Technology Institutes’ Student Associations (COSTISA),...

Cartoonist P Mahamud Wins the First PEN-Gauri Lankesh Award for Democratic Idealism

Cartoonist P Mahamud was awarded the first PEN-Gauri Lankesh...

The Tiffin Box, a poem for Gauri

This poem, The Tiffin Box written by Kavitha Lankesh...

One year after Death, Gauri Lankesh still inspires people to defend Democracy

Hundreds of activists, journalists, civil society members as well...

Gauri Lankesh to be Memorialised as a Reporter Killed on Duty: Bayeux-Calvados Awards

Come October 8, 2018 and the annual commemoration and...

We are not the enemy

Journalists get a lot more hate than they deserveA...

How an Indian freedom fighter and Urdu poet expressed his love for Krishna

Hasrat Mohani is known as the person who coined...

Bangladesh Must Release Political Prisoner & Eminent Photojournalist Dr Shahidul Alam From Prison

Internationally-renowned  Bangladeshi scholar, activist  and photojournalist Dr Shahidul Alam...

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Clarity Without Cure: The Supreme Court’s reinterpretation of Articles 200 and 201 and the future of federal governance

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SIR exercise leaves trail of suicide across states as BLOs buckle under pressure and citizens panic over citizenship

The SIR of electoral rolls has come under severe distress following a series of suicides involving Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and marginalised citizens in West Bengal, Rajasthan, and Kerala, families and employee unions allege that the pressure to complete a traditionally lengthy verification process in the name of SIR within two months is causing fatal mental distress

Beyond mere Recognition: The Jane Kaushik judgment and the next frontier of transgender equality

In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court acknowledged the dignity and rights of employment of transgender individuals, ordered monetary compensation for a transwoman teacher who had been terminated from her position, and ordered that a model Equal Opportunity Policy be made mandatory in all institutions, going further than the Constitution's promise of equality in private employment

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Civil society warns, Election Commission is “Undermining Democracy”

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Hate Has No Place in Elections: CJP moves State EC against BJP MP Ashwini Choubey’s communal speech

In Bhagalpur’s Pirpainti, the senior BJP leader urged “Muslim brothers” to reduce their population and referred to “infiltrators,” breaching the Model Code of Conduct and constitutional values