Amidst the backlash in India, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg has decided to loosen the grip on its free Internet service in India. This doesn’t mean, Internet.org is now booted out of India, but it simply becomes an ‘open’ platform for all. So, Facebook says any website can be accessed for free via the service. However, it…
Both Union government and State Governments should ensure the freedom of expression on internet is maintained and they should not introduce any new law to gag the freedom of expression after Supreme Court recently upholding the same in its historic judgement. On the occasion of state level Seminar – Digital Odisha: Challenges & Opportunities jointly…
Many governments, fearful of this lack of control, are trying hard to restore or fortify barriers to trace, block, target and censor those who offer an alternative view or champion the truth. While checks and balances are required to ensure equity and avoid misuse, it is important to be vigilant about media freedom. Clearly, even…
Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley greeted citizens and journalists on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day on Sunday. In a tweet, Mr. Jaitley, said, “Today on the World Press Freedom Day, I wish fellow citizens and journalist friends the very best towards ensuring independent and free media.” Minister of State for Information and…
The Haryana government today launched seven e-services and software applications in a measure to provide hassle free and graft-free administration to the people of the state. Launching the services in Panchkula near here, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said the e-services would help translate the dream of ‘Digital Haryana’ into reality. ‘Digital Haryana’ would seek…
India has rejected a US government panel report that claims direct link between the 2014 general elections and the spike in attacks on religious minorities in the country. The report by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) says that since the 2014 elections, religious minority communities in India have been “subject to derogatory…
India has slammed a US government panel report that claims direct link between the 2014 general elections in India and the spike in attacks on religious minorities in the country. The report said since the 2014 elections, religious minority communities in India have been “subject to derogatory comments by politicians linked to the ruling BJP”…
Washington: A US Congress-established panel has asked the Obama Administration to press the Indian government to publicly rebuke officials and religious leaders who make derogatory remarks about communities and to boost religious freedom standards in the pluralistic country. The US Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) in its annual report urged the US government to…
Pakistani investigators have found no match for casings of bullets that killed a prominent human rights activist, dashing hopes for quick answers to a murder that has raised fears for the safety of dissenting voices. Gunmen on a motorcycle attacked activist Sabeen Mahmud late last Friday in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi, as she was…
Addressing a meeting in New York human rights activists Raj Kumar Wanjara and Asad Chandio have said that in Pakistan conditions of Hindus is going from bad to worse. Unprecedented atrocities are being heaped on Hindus. They said that that last year in Pakistan 1265 Hindu girls were abducted, forcibly converted to Islam and married…