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Spotlight: Digital Rights India

India: Political parties urged to promote a digital rights reform agenda

18 April 2019
SFLC.in

SFLC.in said that a 'Digital Rights Reform Agenda' is missing in the program of most political parties in India.

Digital Rights India Free Expression & the Law

India: Madras High Court bans downloading of TikTok

The petition says that the TikTok app promotes "degrading culture and encourages pornography."

‎ SFLC.in‎10 April 2019

Attacks India Free Expression & the Law

Outrageous contempt of court convictions in northeastern India

Two Shillong Times journalists were found guilty of contempt for writing about a court directive on benefits for retired judges.

‎ Reporters Without Borders (RSF)‎13 March 2019

India Gender

India’s media implicated in second #MeToo wave

Journalists speaking out against sexual harassment have reignited India’s #MeToo movement.

‎ International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)‎23 October 2018

Latest from India

India: Journalists share testimonies on the deteriorating state of media

‎ Global Voices Advox

Attacks India 10 October 2018
Government data shows internet shutdowns in India could be the worst in the world

‎ SFLC.in

Digital Rights India 18 July 2018
Open letter to messaging apps urging platform changes to protect users

‎ SFLC.in

International Digital Rights Attacks India 2 June 2018
How women have to fight to be journalists in India

‎ Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Attacks Digital Rights India Gender 27 May 2018
Indian freelancer Rana Ayyub receives graphic threats following false accusations against her

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

Attacks India Gender 30 April 2018
India: Petrol bomb hurled at residence of newspaper editor Patricia Mukhim

‎ International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)

Impunity Attacks India 21 April 2018
Journalist Swathi Vadlamudi hounded, charged over 'blasphemous' cartoon

‎ Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Censorship India Free Expression & the Law Gender 18 April 2018
Weight of legal cases and threats leave India's journalists feeling exposed and alone

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

India 14 April 2018
India rescinds 'fake news' decree after media backlash

‎ International Press Institute (IPI)

India Free Expression & the Law 8 April 2018
India: Two journalists killed in 24 hours

‎ International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)

Attacks India 28 March 2018
India urged to put press freedom at center of democratic debate

‎ Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Impunity Attacks India 18 March 2018
Kashmiri photojournalist Kamran Yousuf detained for several months in India

‎ International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)

India Free Expression & the Law Kashmir (India) 27 February 2018
India: Police file complaint against journalist and newspaper following data breach exposé

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

Digital Rights India Free Expression & the Law 15 January 2018
Indian cartoonist Bala G arrested for caricature of Tamil Nadu chief

‎ Global Voices Advox

Censorship India 15 November 2017
Spike in attacks on journalists amidst entrenched impunity in India

‎ International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)

Impunity Attacks India 27 September 2017
Internet ban in Darjeeling, India: Three months and counting

‎ SFLC.in

Digital Rights India 21 September 2017
Murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh a devastating blow to freedom of expression

‎ PEN International

Attacks India 6 September 2017
India issues sweeping rule on internet shut-offs

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

Digital Rights India 1 September 2017
India: Supreme Court holds that right to privacy is a fundamental right

‎ SFLC.in

Digital Rights India 24 August 2017
India bans the Internet Archive over concerns of pirated Bollywood films

‎ Global Voices Advox

Digital Rights India 14 August 2017
Indian journalists demand press freedom protection after state agents raid broadcaster offices

‎ Global Voices Advox

Attacks India Free Expression & the Law 12 June 2017
Police assault dozens of journalists in Kolkata

‎ International Federation of Journalists

Attacks India 25 May 2017
World's largest biometric database is leaking Indian citizens' data

‎ Global Voices

Digital Rights India 5 May 2017
Criminal case against Indian poet provokes controversy over speech rights

‎ Global Voices

Digital Rights Censorship India 4 April 2017
Indian journalist charged under Official Secrets Act

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

India Free Expression & the Law 4 April 2017
Online harassment and threats for Indian journalist exposing illegal sand mining

‎ International Federation of Journalists

Digital Rights Attacks India 24 March 2017

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India: Pursuing truth in the face of intolerance

PEN International's freedom of expression report on India

PEN International 3 October 2018
Freedom on the Net 2017: India

The Supreme Court recognized privacy as a fundamental right in a landmark ruling in August 2017

Freedom House 16 November 2017
Freedom of the Press 2017: India

In May, the Supreme Court ruled to retain criminal defamation, despite calls for decriminalization.

Freedom House 27 April 2017

India HRW Report: Events of 2016

Authorities continue to use sedition and criminal defamation laws to prosecute citizens who criticise government officials or oppose state policies. In a blow to free speech, the government in 2016 argued before the Supreme Court in favour of retaining criminal penalties for defamation. The court upheld the law.

Human Rights Watch 16 January 2017

SPECIAL REPORT Dangerous pursuit: In India, journalists who cover corruption may pay with their lives

In the 27 cases of journalists murdered for their work in India since CPJ began keeping records in 1992, there have been no convictions. More than half of those killed reported regularly on corruption. The cases of Jagendra Singh, Umesh Rajput, and Akshay Singh, who died between 2011 and 2015, show how small-town journalists face greater risk in their reporting than those from larger outlets, and how India's culture of impunity is leaving the country's press vulnerable to threats and attacks

Committee to Protect Journalists 30 August 2016

Stifling Dissent The Criminalization of Peaceful Expression in India

The government uses draconian laws such as the sedition provisions of the penal code, the criminal defamation law, and laws dealing with hate speech to silence dissent. These laws are vaguely worded, overly broad, and prone to misuse, and have been repeatedly used for political purposes against critics at the national and state level.

Human Rights Watch 25 May 2016

Freedom of the Press 2016: India

Authorities banned a documentary that chronicled the 2012 gang rape and death of a medical student in Delhi.

Freedom House 23 April 2016

Freedom on the Net 2015: India

Over one million rally to protect net neutrality

Freedom House 31 October 2015

Imposing Silence: The Use of India's Laws to Suppress Free Speech

Despite its Constitutional commitment to free speech, India’s legal system makes it surprisingly easy to silence others. Routine corruption, inefficiency, and the selective enforcement of vague and overbroad laws allow individuals, or small groups, to censor opinions they find distasteful. - See more at: http://www.pen-international.org/the-india-report-executive-summary-and-key-findings/#sthash.TIIM2xbu.dpuf

PEN International, PEN Canada 20 May 2015

Freedom of the Press 2015: India

Ranked 80th in annual global media freedom report

Freedom House 1 May 2015

Media In India's North East: Tripura

The media in Tripura is still dependent on the government for financial help, giving them an unprecedented upper hand to control press freedom in the state. As long as the political party in power is satisfied, the media is deemed to be okay otherwise there is an incredible pressure on the journalists as they have to not only endure insults but also face demotion in rank as well as being refused accreditation. - See more at: https://samsn.ifj.org/media-in-north-eastern-state-of-tripura/#sthash.0GypROMb.dpuf

International Federation of Journalists 2 April 2015