Tag: press freedom

Supreme Court grants interim protection from arrest to UP journalist

The division bench said that the rights of the journalists are protected under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution of India; merely because writings of a journalist are perceived as criticism of the Government, criminal cases should not be slapped against the Journalist

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.

Media fraternity stands with Nikhil Wagle after attack, EGI, PCI, NWMI release statements in support

Support from the media fraternity trickles in for Nikhil Wagle as another FIR is filed against him after his car was violently attacked by alleged workers of the BJP

Surveillance and Freedom of Press – A call to public action

In this strongly worded public lecture delivered at Howrah West Bengal, senior editor calls upon all citizens, lawyers, journalists and activists to speak up against the sinister surveillance afoot in India, a phenomenon that is, repeatedly and with impunity targeting the working tools of journalists again and again.

How The New Censors Muzzle A Million People!

Prabir Purkayastha, founder editor of the news portal, ‘Newsclick’,...

One more case of centralisation & executive overreach: Press & Registration of Periodicals Bill, 2023

From powers of search and seizure, a plethora of provisions threatens media freedoms

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