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‘“Sedition” Case: Supreme Court Protects The Wire from “Coercive Action” by Assam Police’; ‘Assam Police Invoke Sedition Law in Second Case Against The Wire’; ‘Indian Journalists’ Union Hails Supreme Court’s Interim Protection of The Wire’; ‘Journalists’ Organisations Speak Against Assam Police’s Actions’.
‘Will the DPDPA Muzzle RTI Act and Investigative Journalism?’. Also: ‘The Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules: Surveillance for Surveillance’s Sake’.
The publication faced Income Tax and Enforcement Directorate raids this week, and a co-owner was arrested.
Mukesh Chandrakar was a journalist from Bastar, Chhattisgarh. He was 32 when he was found murdered on January 3 this year. He was killed for reporting on a substandard road. The authors set about investigating not who, but what killed Mukesh. It has turned out to be the story of Bastar that Mukesh loved and reported on.
Earlier this month, Tamil website ‘Vikatan’ published a cartoon of Prime Minister Modi. The government’s blocking of the website without supplying any reasoning is another blow to press freedom in the country.
The NAJ, DUJ, and APWJF express their concern that the proposed bill represents a significant step towards expanding undeclared censorship. Also: “Liberticidal Laws Have Tightened Government Control Over the Media Narrative in India” – RSF’s Célia Mercier.
Since his death on December 30, tributes have been pouring in for John Pilger, an Australian journalist who gave voice to the voiceless and had a talent for putting human tragedies into a political context.
In 2023, India hit a new low in press freedom, with the Central government signalling zero tolerance for a free and vibrant media.
Unions also call for law to protect journalists from arbitrary arrests and malicious prosecution, emphasising that journalists should not be treated as terrorists. Also: ‘Assault on NewsClick Marks the Lowest Point for Media Freedom in India Since Emergency’.
October 3, 2023 will go down in history for the biggest crackdown on Indian journalism by the Indian state. Also: Journalists Organisations Express Outrage; Journalists, Artists and Academics Worldwide Slam NewsClick Raids; ‘NewsClick: Lessons from the Kashmir Template’; ‘NewsClick Case: If Modi Govt is Really Serious About ‘Terror Financing’, Why Hasn’t It Rung the US, China and FATF?’; NewsClick Case: ‘Never Received Funds From a Foreign Govt’, Says Neville Roy Singham’s Company.
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