Here’s Everything You Need To Know About Koo, Indian Version Of Twitter App
The Koo app positions itself an Indian app where people can share their views in Indian languages.
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Pamela Anderson Pleads To Donald Trump To Pardon WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange
Pamela Anderson has issued a final appeal to president Donald Trump to pardon Julian Assange.
Gauri Lankesh : A look at her firebrand Journalism on her Death Anniversary
Gauri Lankesh’s death has to be attributed to more than those that pulled the trigger. It was not a single act of violence against a person, but a contempt for what she stood for.
Shubham Mishra Has Been Arrested, But The Problem Of Offence-Taking Still Persists
Why is a joke being given so much attention over an open rape threat? Why are we enjoying the abusive culture that men like Shubham Mishra and Hindustani Bhau are enabling, by making memes out of them?
Shillong Editor Faces Contempt Of Court For Critiquing Judge’s Appeal
The Meghalaya High Court recently held Shillong Times editor Patricia Mukhim and publisher Shobha Choudhury guilty of contempt of court. On the occasion of International Women’s Day March, 8, the High Court declared Mukhim and Choudhury guilty of contempt of court for publishing two reports in the Shillong-based daily on December 6, 2018, and December […]
India Holds 81st Rank in Global Corruption Perception Index
India stands at the 81st rank in the global corruption perception index for 2017. The report was released by Transparency International. It is also among the worst offenders in terms of graft and press freedom in the Asia-Pacific region. We have consistently scored low in the index over the years. Hence, the link between rampant […]
Saudi Woman Faces 5 Years in Prison Over Facebook Post
A Saudi woman has been detained for over 18 days because of a Facebook post she made. She criticised Saudi Arabia’s normalisation of relations with Israel. Now she could face up to five years in prison because of the country’s cybercrime law. According to the law, authorities can imprison anyone “who creates or transmits anything […]
Outrage Over Gauri Lankesh Murder, Questions raised on Press Freedom
Last night Gauri Lankesh, senior journalist, and the anti-establishment voice was shot dead outside her Bengaluru home. Last year in November, the court convicted her on charges of defamation of two BJP leaders for two articles published in her periodical in 2008. Further, she was asked to pay Rs 10,000 as a penalty. However, she […]
Ramjas fiasco: Police apathy, ABVP hooliganism and stone pelting on women
A clash broke out at Ramjas College of Delhi University today between two student associations named All India Student Association (AISA) and Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). AISA had organised a protest march outside the college at 2p.m. today till the Maurice Nagar Police station where they were going to file FIR, But the police […]
World Press Freedom Day: Observing global trends in the free speech crisis
On World Press Freedom Day, a look at the way voices of dissent are being stifled across the world.
