Is the protest against citizenship bill justified? | The Newshour Debate

Indian citizens and media have been terrorised enough with sedition. SC must end it now, The Print

The Print 17 June 2020 Journalist Vinod Dua’s petition is an opportunity for the Supreme Court clearly tell police and lower courts what constitutes sedition and how to deal with defamation cases. The Indian media is under severe stress and not just from the side-effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Between 25 March and 31 May, […]

PUCL, PEN International condemn FIR against Scroll.in’s Supriya Sharma, The Scroll

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 […]

Rights group condemns Mizoram CM’s anti-Chakma statement, Northeast Now

Northeast Now07 October 2019 The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) in a press statement issued on Monday condemned the anti-Chakma statement of Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga. Zoramthanga in an interview to the news magazine, The Week, published on October 5 last, stated, “I want the NRC because Bangladeshi infiltrators are here in the form of Chakmas”. “Such a […]