Months after one of its campaigners was ‘offloaded from a flight, Greenpeace India on Monday claimed that a member of its international staff was denied entry into India despite having valid documents. According to the NGO, Aaron Gray-Block, a member of Greenpeace International, had flown in from Sydney on Saturday to take part in a series…
Why IIT students are not allowed to discuss politics while they can vote in elections, asked retired judge of the Madras high court Justice K Chandru on Tuesday. Speaking at an event held here in the backdrop of the derecognition of a student group at IIT Madras on charges of spreading ‘hatred’ against Prime Minister…
Journalists should “maintain strict neutrality and impartiality” when covering conflict situations so that the countries they operate in can ensure their safety and, for their part, governments should not put arbitrary restrictions on reporters, according to India. Speaking Wednesday at a session of the Security Council devoted to protection of journalists covering armed conflicts, India’s…
We are not against students’ expression of freedom, but expect them to adhere to certain guidelines, IIT Madras said on Friday after taking action against a student’s group for distributing controversial pamphlets that could create an atmosphere of hate. In a statement issued by its spokesperson, the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) said that there…
In occupied Kashmir, the Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq emphasizing that incidents of civilian killings in the territory are unacceptable, has said that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s assertions about engaging Pakistan and Kashmiri people in a dialogue process have proved hollow.Addressing a daylong session of delegates in Srinagar, the Mirwaiz…
The Indian Penal Code offers would-be censors a wide range of potential offences, many of which do not require malevolent intention on the part of the communicator. If you disagree with something that can be said to promote “enmity,” jeopardise “national integration,” “maliciously” insult religion, or foster “enmity between groups,” it is not difficult to…
Earlier this year, India’s Ministry of Home Affairs used an extensive arsenal of vague and overbroad laws to muzzle the world’s largest environmental watchdog, Greenpeace International. Using seemingly innocuous provisions in the Indian Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 2010, the government effectively silenced criticism of a controversial nuclear power plant by freezing the bank account of Greenpeace…
Human rights activists have called on India to reform or repeal laws that threaten free expression in the world’s largest democracy and muzzle charities such as environmental group Greenpeace. Some laws are not only silencing marginal voices but are also fuelling graft, a report by PEN International, a London-based group of writers promoting freedom of…