On the occasion of India’s 77th Republic Day, a statement, endorsed by more than 130 journalists and civil society activists across India, marks the precarious state of media freedom in Kashmir. Read the statement, in Hindi and English: https://t.co/W5Yt4FLAfL

A blink and miss news item...at the bottom of page 12 in today's TOI. But such an important story that holds out hope for India. Against hate and for "insaaniyat". #MohammadDeepak #SayNoToHate

How to deal with hate mongers - confront them and ensure the back off.

There are allegations that during a protest organised by Left and Ambedkarite organisations on 13 February at Delhi University, in support of UGC guidelines, a reporter was attacked because of her Brahmin identity. @vipul_reports https://t.co/Mi9MALXpiV

Indian women slide away in shame! Bangladesh's women put BNP on notice! No such gender conscious voting in India!! "Though I am traditionally an Awami League voter, I voted BNP this time," said a 42-year-old woman in Dhaka's upmarket Banani who works in the social sector.

“After detaining us, the police kept asking us to give everyone’s personal details, like names, permanent addresses, phone numbers, so that they can come harass us later. We are not obligated to give any of these details to them."

Art 19 1 (a) gives us the fundamental right to freedom of expression and that includes the messages we express through the clothes we choose to wear.

Organisers of Mumbai’s famous Kala Ghoda Arts Festival have cancelled a book discussion featuring scholar and civil rights activist Anand Teltumbde on the orders of the Mumbai Police. https://t.co/f1wsTnnKgx

"...we have zero patience and courage to present divergent and could be opposing views." A first person from @neetakolhatkar after the cancellation of a panel discussion on incarceration at the @kgafest

Actor Naseeruddin Shah on being "disinvited" by Mumbai University's Urdu department

A brave man penalised for speaking up! Why is there any FIR against him @ukcmo ?

Death of an Indian tech worker Banners went up in Nikhil Somwanshi's small village after he landed a job at Ola Krutrim. In less than a year, he died by suicide. He was 24. My long-form feature for @restofworld is out. For the past four months, I have been reporting on

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Pedagogical Reflections on Silence in the Classroom: Rekha* and Rahul*

https://t.co/mKbQinpuqb Kashmir remains one of the most thankless places in the world to be a journalist. Both Kashmir’s elected CM and India’s mainstream press have fallen short of standing up or speaking up #Kashmir #PublicSafetyAct #IndianExpress @indiafreespeech @NWMI_India

For some years now, journalists in Jammu and Kashmir have been relentlessly targeted and intimidated. The latest, an attempt to coerce them into signing bonds under the guise of “maintaining peace” has drawn widespread condemnation.

"During the attack, Kumar was beaten, verbally abused, and threatened with death while being forced to quit journalism."

Terms like “freedom of speech,” “Article 19” or even a simple “free” don't find a mention in the Supreme Court’s Jan 5 order in the 2020 Delhi Riots case though the case rests on one’s right to political dissent – a facet of free speech, says @riotsjain

A candidate for the municipal elections in Mumbai gets a notice because a supporter carried a tote bag with artwork that included a flag of Palestine.

A brilliant commentary by @sanjayuvacha when "speech becomes structure". Neither Umar Khalid nor Sharjeel Imam committed acts of violence or were present at the site of the violence (one was not even in Delhi and the other was in jail). They spoke,cogently, at protest sites.