Citizens for Justice and Peace
Bombay HC lifts Media Gag Order in Sohrabuddin Case If witness faces threat, testimony can be recorded 'in camera': Bombay HC
24-Jan-2018
The Bombay High Court has quashed the November 2017 order of the CBI Sessions Court preventing journalists from day to day coverage of the controversial Sohrabuddin case. In an order dictated between Jan 23 and 24, 2018, Justice Revati Dere of the Bombay High Court has quashed and set aside the order of the CBI…
Media Censorship by Courts in India A brief history of the clampdown on media
20-Jan-2018
The November 2017 gag order on the coverage of the controversial Sohrabuddin trial where powerful politicians and policemen had been arraigned as accused has led to a debate on how Indian Courts have dealt with curbs on press freedom. Here we take a look at various instances and circumstances related to court strictures against reportage of…
Restore Press Freedom, Allow Coverage of Sohrabuddin Trial: BUJ, Media to HC Media persons move Bombay HC to quash Sessions Court's controversial media gag order passed on November 29, 2017
20-Jan-2018
The Bombay High Court yesterday clubbed two separate legal actions challenging the gag order on press reportage passed by the CBI Court in the Sohrabuddin case on November 29, 2017. The trial in the alleged fake encounter of one Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife Kausar Bi and associate Tulsiram Prajapati of Sohrabuddin Sheikh is being conducted…
Ethiopia to release all political prisoners
04-Jan-2018
The Guardian reported that Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has said that “political prisoners that are facing prosecutions and are already under arrest will be released,” adding that “the notorious prison cell that was traditionally called Maekelawi will be closed down and turned into a museum.” This is an attempt to “widen the democratic space for all,”…
Dissent and Democracy in India Keep the #JungJaari for Freedom of Speech and Expression
29-Dec-2017
Voices of dissent are being crushed with impunity in India. How will democracy flourish? Related stories: Criminalisation of Dissent
मानवाधिकारों के संघर्ष में सोशल मीडिया का योगदान अपने अधिकारों के लिए जंग जारी रखिये
29-Dec-2017
मानवाधिकारों का संघर्ष बहुत पुराना है, लेकिन सोशल मीडिया ने इसमें नई जान डाल दी है। आइये जानते हैं कि इस सन्दर्भ में प्रसिद्ध मानवाधिकार कार्यकर्ताओं कि क्या राय है। नर्मदा बचाओ आन्दोलन तथा आदिवासियों के जल-जंगल-ज़मीन के लिए हो रहे कई संघर्षों से जुड़ी मेधा पाटकर जी का मनना है कि देश भर…
China: Man given five years’ imprisonment for operating VPN
28-Dec-2017
The Guardian last week reported that Wu Xiangyang of China has been given a prison sentence of five and a half years for operating a virtual private network (VPN), which allows users to access websites like Facebook and Google that are typically blocked by China’s censorship infrastructure. Wu was also fined 500,000 yuan, which amounted…
Reporters Without Borders: 65 journalists killed in 2017
20-Dec-2017
Reporters Without Borders (RSF), an international non-governmental organisation that protects and defends the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press, has reported that 65 journalists were killed worldwide this year. Of these, 50 were professional journalists, 7 were citizen journalists, and the remaining were media workers, according to RSF. The group has said…
Social Media Brings to Light Cases of Human Rights Violation Stand Up for Human Rights
19-Dec-2017
Social media has played a role in building people’s movements and helping create and sustain conversations that are essential for any democracy to thrive. Socio-politically relevant debates have also been amplified ever since the advent of social networking platforms. Here, three strong Indian civil society voices share how they feel social media has empowered the Indian…
Number of imprisoned journalists hits record high
14-Dec-2017
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has found that the number of journalists in prison globally reached a new record in 2017, exceeding the previous record in 2016. CPJ, in its annual prison census, discovered that 262 journalists are currently imprisoned, with 134 of these, or 51%, in China, Egypt, and Turkey. In 2016, the…
Social Media helps you Fight the Good Fight Stand Up for Human Rights
13-Dec-2017
Civil Society Members come together on International Day of Human Rights to highlight how social media can be used to fight the good fight. Kavita Srivastava, National Secretary, People’s Union for Civil Liberties, says social media has helped empower people to tell their own stories: Senior Journalist and author Pradip Phanjoubam who has reported…
आज का युवा सिर्फ इंटरनेट क्रांति तक ही सीमित नहीं है : ऋचा सिंह देसी मिलेनिअल से बात चीत
11-Dec-2017
युवा नेता ऋचा सिंह ने राजनीति में अपना पहला कदम एक छात्र के रूप में रखा। इलाहाबाद विश्वविद्यालय के आज़ाद भारत के इतिहास में पहली महिला अध्यक्ष के रूप में निर्वाचित होने का कीर्तिमान भी इन्ही का है। ऋचा पीएचडी की छात्रा हैं और 2016 में उन्होंने समाजवादी पार्टी से जुड़ कर राष्ट्रीय राजनीति की मुख्य…
मानवाधिकार उल्लंघन पर भारतीय टीवी मीडिया की चुप्पी विशेष आमंत्रण पर विशिष्ट ब्लॉग
28-Nov-2017
हम प्राचीन और विशिष्ट दिल्ली जिमखाना में चल रहे एक हाई प्रोफाइल साहित्य उत्सव के सार्वजनिक मंच पर हैं, जो देश के सत्तारूढ़ संभ्रांत अभिजात्य वर्ग का गढ़ है, जब एक बुजुर्ग सज्जन खड़े होकर मुझ पर उग्र हो उठते हैं: ‘मैं पिछले आधे घंटे से आपकी बात सुन रहा हूं, आप एक देशद्रोही की…
Indian TV Media’s Silence on Human Rights Abuse An Exclusive Blog by Special Invitation
26-Nov-2017
We are on a public stage at a high profile lit fest in the pristine and exclusive Delhi Gymkhana, home to the country’s ruling elite when an elderly gent gets up and harangues me: ‘I have been listening to you talk for the last half hour, you talk like an anti-national, we should throw you out from here!’ I…
N Ram: Is the Indian Media being silenced? What is the present state of the Indian newsrooms
24-Nov-2017
In the first of a three part exclusive interview, N Ram, Publisher, The Hindu, speaks about the clamp down on honest journalism and the present state of the Indian newsrooms.