Tag: attack on media

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav alleges state-sponsored violence in Bahraich, UP, brings attention to the attack on journalist who captured the initial outbreak of violence

Samajwadi Party chief accuses Uttar Pradesh administration of orchestrating communal violence, as media groups raise alarm over the increasing targeting of journalists amid rising communal tensions and state censorship

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.

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.

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.

Hindustan ko bolne do, says DUJ 

The Delhi Union of Journalists expresses alarm at the growing misuse of the Information Technology Rules, 2021 to shut down social media accounts and platforms. In a blatant move the Information & Broadcasting Ministry has ordered YouTube to take down the channel Bolta Hindustan on April 4,2024 under Rule 15(2). 

“The messenger is being punished.” – Bolta Hindustan after YouTube channel ban

Bolta Hindustan, a Hindi language independent media platform, is now faced with a YouTube ban after the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting gave a notice to Google’s legal team.

Freedom of press under threat from SLAPP suits: SC sets aside Saket Court Order in Bloomberg vs Zee Entertainment case

Setting aside the ex-parte order of Saket District Court which ordered Bloomberg to take down defamatory article against Zee, SC cautions against SLAPP suits and pre-trial censorship

Police Case Filed Against Woman Editor Of Magazine In Kerala

A case has been filed against the woman editor...

Concerned over arrest of TV journalist working for Republic Bangla: Editor’s Guild

The Editors Guild of India has expressed concern at...

Attack on journalist Nikhil Wagle: Despite evidence, CP, Pune Amitesh Kumar denies attempt to murder charge (S 307)

Evidence of the of targeted brutality, the use of large stone boulders, hockey sticks, iron rods that smashed the back car window and cracked the front, vocal slogans asking “Nikhil Wagle to be brought out, handed to us” from mobsters associated with the ruling BJP, Ajit Pawar faction of the NCP and other extremist organisations. But, the Pune police states to the media (on February 17) that the offence of “attempt to murder” is not made out; This is before any statement of Wagle and others has even been recorded though they have filed a detailed complaint asserting this claim earlier on February 14

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