A bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justices Dipak Misra and Prafulla C Pant had to deal with the issue of the extent of freedom of expression and limits of censorship in case of a writing about historically respected persons like Mahatma Gandhi. In its recent judgment, the bench after an elaborate discussion of the…
Terming its May 6 defamation circular against media as being “draconian”, an article in RSS mouthpiece ‘Organiser’ has attacked the Arvind Kejriwal government for attempting to take away the freedom of speech and expression and for giving the message that “both sides of a coin are mine”.
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Free speech martyrdom ain’t what it used to be in these United States. Over the past half-century, the courts have widened and re-widened the channel through which our rights to speech flow. Smut prosecutions are largely a thing of the past (with the exception of child pornography, of course). The Postal Service hasn’t actively fished…
“The reported use of live ammunition by intelligence and security forces during protests is particularly alarming and we urge the authorities to ensure that international standards, including the UN Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials, are fully respected,” said spokesman for the Office of the UN High Commissioner…
In advance of World Press Freedom Day, celebrated annually on 3 May and which falls this year on Sunday, the United Nations and the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) held on Friday in New York a commemoration on this year’s theme, ‘Let Journalism Thrive! Towards Better Reporting, Gender Equality, & Media Safety in…
From the ‘Stone Age’ to today (in the ‘Digital Age’) one thing remains unchanged and will also remain unchangeable in the coming days, this thing is the basic needs of livelihood of human being; those are food, clothes, home, health and education. India has many natural sources of wealth. After 68 years of Independence, today…
Amanpour received the honour during a ceremony at UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) headquarters in Paris. UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova praised Amanpour for “her efforts to promote free, independent and pluralistic media, having the right to work free from the threat of violence, and contributing through this to peace, sustainability, poverty eradication and…
The government’s decision to block the accounts of environmental organisation Greenpeace India seems appears to be an attempt to signal that opposition to its developmental policies will not be accepted ‒ “even when these are proving to be ecologically unsustainable and socially unjust”. That is the gist of a letter submitted to Home Minister Rajnath…
Twitter on Tuesday began implementing a new policy aimed at curbing use of the social network to incite violence, and to crack down on abuse and harassment on the service. The new rules are the latest implemented by social networks aiming to stem violence and harassment while attempting to safeguard freedom of online speech. Read…
Members of civil society came together to condemn the NDA government’s recent crackdown on organisations like Greenpeace India. Releasing a protest letter that over 180 organisations and citizens have today sent to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, the statement declared the crackdown as ‘shameful’ in a country that has a history of standing up for…