The Week By Puja Awasthi, June 23, 2020 The Peoples’ Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has issued a statement demanding that criminalising free speech should be stopped and journalism should be protected. The statement draws attention to many journalists facing police complaints under various laws, including the Disaster Management Act, SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, […]
The Scroll 23 June 2020 While PUCL called the charges ‘bizarre’, PEN International said that the FIR showed that the real intention of the Indian state was to stifle dissent. Human rights organisation People’s Union of Civil Liberties and global writers’ association PEN International on Tuesday condemned the first information report filed against Scroll.in Executive Editor Supriya […]
Vinavu By சுகுமார் -June 23, 2020 இந்த கொரோனா ஊரடங்கு காலத்தில் குறைந்தது 10 ஊடகவியலாளர்கள் கைது செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளனர். மேலும் 4 பேர் உச்சநீதிமன்றத்தால் கைது நடவடிக்கையிலிருந்து விடுவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளனர். சமீபத்தில் மோடியின் வாரணாசி தொகுதியில் ஊரடங்கினால் மக்களுக்கு ஏற்பட்டிருக்கும் சிரமங்களை பதிவு செய்ததற்காக ஸ்க்ரோல் இணைய தளத்தின் நிர்வாக ஆசிரியர் சுப்ரியா சர்மா மீது முதல் தகவல் அறிக்கையை உ.பி போலீசு பதிவு செய்திருக்கிறது. ஊரடங்கின் போது மக்கள் படும் துன்ப துயரங்களையும், அரசு இயந்திரத்தின் நிர்வாக சீர்கேடுகளையும், […]
The Wire 22 June 2020 A bare scrutiny of the two documents used to register an FIR against the report shows that the alleged offences invoked are ex-facie not made out. The registration of an FIR against Supriya Sharma, executive editor of the Scroll by the Uttar Pradesh Police under Sections 3(1) (d) and 3(1)(r) of the Scheduled Caste […]
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 […]