NewsClick case in India: RSF and Guernica 37 Chambers call on the European Union to sanction Delhi police officers
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Guernica 37 Chambers call on the European Union to sanction four high-ranking officers of the Delhi police, responsible - directly or indirectly - for exactions against dozens of journalists working or having collaborated with the independent media NewsClick.
Don't Hide Your Communal Prejudice Under the Cloak of Protecting Our Roads
Roads are regularly used for religious and political purposes. It is not about the road here. It is about namaz, and the person offering namaz who is a Muslim. Ravish Kumar writes.
Delhi Police officer kicks men offering namaz, suspended
The officer was identified as Sub-Inspector Manoj Kumar Tomar (35), in-charge of the Inderlok police post in north Delhi. The incident triggered tension and protests in the area.
Israeli drone tactic to thwart farmers: 60 injured on road to Delhi, protesters call ceasefire
The tactic, often used by Israel on Palestinians, and other strongarm measures resulted in scuffles that left over 60 farmers injured and forced them to call for a temporary 'ceasefire' in the evening.
NewsClick: Govt Impunity Caused Seizure of as Many as 250 Devices, Paralysing Work of 90 Journalists
The ‘NewsClick’ case has forced attention on egregious government behaviour. Struggling to prove charges of financial irregularities for two years, the Delhi police latched onto a controversial ‘NYT’ news report to slap terror charges on two journalists.
Don't Know Why Delhi Riots Order Upset The Government, It Was The Right Thing To Do: Justice Muralidhar
"It does not matter, because many did people feel that it was the right thing to do. In fact, it was. I was later told that many lives were saved with that intervention by the Court," Justice Muralidhar said at a conclave in Bengalulru.
Supreme Court advocate Sanjay Hegde sounds ‘police state’ alarm over NewsClick FIR
Senior Supreme Court advocate and civil rights promoter Sanjay Hegde has expressed alarm at the mention of a lawyer as a “key person” in the FIR registered against the NewsClick news site under the anti-terror law UAPA. “The day that a lawyer can be deterred from taking a brief that he would have normally taken, that is the beginning of a police state,” Hegde told The Telegraph.
'Extent of Falsehoods Astounding': Farmers Launch Nationwide Protest Against Allegations in NewsClick FIR
"SKM categorically rejects all allegations made in the FIR against the Farmers’ Movement, the same being false and motivated," the group said in a statement.
Farmers' body announces stir against Modi govt over 'tarnishing' allegations in FIR related to NewsClick case The FIR against NewsClick had alleged that some Indian entities and inimical foreign establishments formed a 'mutually beneficial nexus' to use the farmers’ protest to create trouble.
NewsClick Case: ‘Never Received Funds From a Foreign Govt’, Says Neville Roy Singham’s Company
Worldwide Media Holdings said that reputable lawyers and law firms were consulted to ensure that the investment "strictly followed all aspects of Indian law, specifically including those limiting foreign ownership in media companies".