Two Circles 22 June 2020 New Delhi-based Rights and Risks Analysis Group has released a report on media crackdown by the government during the COVID-19 lockdown detailing harassment of journalists and reporters working under critical circumstances. The report titled ‘India: Media’s Crackdown During COVID-19 Lockdown’ discusses that immediately after the announcement of nationwide lockdown on […]
Scroll 21 June 2020 The Indian press is less free, more vulnerable to state intimidation than at any time since the Emergency. In 1824, the Government of Bengal (which was then in the hands of the East India Company) issued an Ordinance placing strict curbs on the freedom of the press. This gave the government […]
Newslaundry 20 June 2020 By Chitranshu Tewari A weekly newsletter to help you track the news media ecosystem and make sense of it. Welcome to Stop Press by Chitranshu Tewari, a weekly newsletter to break down the trends, innovations and news in the media ecosystem. To get it in your inbox every Saturday, sign up now. Fifty-five. […]
The New Indian Express 20 June 2020 The investigation was initiated after the article published about residents of the Varanasi village going hungry amid the lockdown. NEW DELHI: Journalists’ networks condemned registration of FIR against Supriya Sharma of the news website Scroll.in over a report from Domari village in PM Narendra Modi’s constituency Varanasi. The […]
Counterview 20 June 2020 The Rights & Risks Analysis Group (RRAG), a New Delhi-based think-tank claiming to conduct risks analysis to prevent human rights violations, in a detailed report on arrest, registration of FIRs, summons or show causes notices, physical assaults, alleged destruction of properties and threats for reportage against 55 journalists amidst Covid-19, has regretted that […]
By Ram Chandra Guha, The Telegraph 20 June 2020 Politics and Play: The perilous state of press freedom in India today In 1824, the Government of Bengal (which was then in the hands of the East India Company) issued an Ordinance placing strict curbs on the freedom of the press. This gave the government the […]
Shaheen Nazar | Clarion India 19 June 2020 NEW DELHI – Supriya Sharma of Scroll.in is not the only journalist to suffer government’s wrath for reporting on people’s sufferings during lockdown. At least 55 journalists are at the receiving end because of their professional work. Rights & Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) said that the journalists are […]
Vice 19 June 2020 The country’s media persons are facing criminal charges and intimidation for exposing lack of transparency around the crisis. On June 13, a journalist was charged with various offences by the police of the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) for a story filed from within Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary […]
Money Control 17 June 2020 Cases have been filed against several journalists for reporting starvation faced by migrant workers, mismanagement and negligence of quarantine centres, and even for reporting a minister following the suggestions of astrologers t least 55 media persons were targeted with arrests, custodial torture, FIRs and show-cause notices during the nationwide lockdown […]
The Wire (Hindi) 17 June 2020 कोविड-19 महामारी के दौरान मीडिया को लेकर जारी राइट्स एंड रिस्क एनालिसिस ग्रुप की रिपोर्ट के अनुसार 25 मार्च से 31 मई, 2020 के बीच विभिन्न पत्रकारों के ख़िलाफ़ 22 एफआईआर दर्ज की गईं, जबकि कम से कम 10 को गिरफ़्तार किया गया. इस अवधि में मीडियाकर्मियों पर सर्वाधिक 11 हमले उत्तर प्रदेश में हुए. नई […]