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Attack on Press Freedom’: Editors Guild, DUJ Condemn IT Dept ‘Surveys’ at Media Houses
11 Sep 2021
Slamming the IT ‘surveys’ at the offices of NewsClick and Newslaundry, the Guild said the dangerous trend of harassing and intimidating independent media must stop.
Anees Zargar
J&K: Media Groups hit out at Police Raids, Summons Against 4 Journalists
09 Sep 2021
The police, according to sources, also confiscated mobile phones, laptops and some important documents of these journalists and from their family members.
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Kashmir: UN Rights Experts Write Letter to Indian Government, Question Intimidation and Detention of 4 Scribes
28 Aug 2021
The letter also mentioned that both rights experts were concerned about the alleged closing down of the Kashmir Times office, 'which also seems to be connected to its independent and reportedly…
Anees Zargar
'No Fetters on Freedom of Press': J&K HC Slams FIR Against Journalist Asif Naik
26 Aug 2021
'This is not in dispute that the petitioner is a journalist by profession and his job is to gather information and publish the same in the newspaper or in any other media,' the court said.
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Journalist Bodies Call for Media Commission, Wage Fixing Mechanism
23 Aug 2021
Their statement said that it should not be the government’s responsibility to formulate guidelines for media functioning but the responsibility of press persons including experts from judiciary and…
Sumedha Pal
‘Save Journalism Day’: Media Fraternity Demands Scrapping of Sedition Law, Probe Into Pegasus Snooping Issue
07 Aug 2021
Journalists held a meeting organised by DUJ in Press Club of India to protest the growing use of sedition law, surveillance and censorship to “muzzle” media.
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More Journalists Groups Hail SC Verdict on Use of Sedition Law Against Vinod Dua
04 Jun 2021
Strike down outdated law, demand NAJ and DUJ, while IWPC hopes judgement will bring relief to journalists already in jail.
Peoples Dispatch
Palestinians Participate in Nationwide Strike in Opposition to Ongoing Israeli Aggression in Gaza
19 May 2021
The 9 days of Israeli attacks have cost 212 lives within Gaza, including 61 children. Another 1,500 Palestinians are reported to have been injured in the strikes
Md. Tasnimul Hassan
Latest Salvo in the Crisis of Free Speech in India
28 Apr 2021
After the Union Government’s recent direction to a social media company to remove posts critical of its COVID-19 handling, MD. TASNIMUL HASSAN traces the evolution of the right to freedom of speech…
Anees Zargar
Journalist Bodies Fear Increased Curbs on Reporting in J&K after IGP Kashmir’s Remarks
08 Apr 2021
The IGP Kashmir was quoted as saying that “media persons should not come closer to encounter sites and law and order situations and they should not carry live coverage of these situations.”