Tag: dissent
Dissenting bureaucrats and the Constitution
Dissent in its flamboyant avatar takes the form of a Salman Rushdie fleeing a death threat, a Pratap Bhanu Mehta resigning rather than keeping...
Twitter Locks the Accounts of Congress Party and thousands of Party...
Twitter, a microblogging platform in recent years under the Modi regime has been at the receiving end of rightful flak for blocking and withholding...
Political Prisoners: Collusion of State Apparatus and Apathetic Law Enforcement
Kerala based Journalist, Siddiqui Kappan has been in jail since October 5th 2020.His ailing mother passed away 10 days ago. Kappan could not see...
Lakshadweep: Filmmaker Booked for Sedition After Complaint Filed by BJP Unit
Filmmaker, Aisha Sultana has been booked for sedition after Lakshadweep unit of BJP filed a complaint against her for her comments about BJP’s imposition...
Bihar Special Armed Police Bill, 2021 to suppress dissent : NAPM
National Alliance of Peoples’ Movements (NAPM) in a statement condemned the ‘high-handed and undemocratic passing’ of the Bihar Special Armed Police Bill, 2021 by...
Criminalisation of Indigenous Peoples’ Defenders in India
The world knows little of the political situation in India. With a conservative regime that considers social protest to be seditious, the Indian state...
Regulate Digital Media Instead of TV: Centre to SC on ‘UPSC...
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting submitted an affidavit to the Supreme Court Bench ruling in the case of Sudarshan News, the television channel...
Women Activists Express Concern Over Suppression of Dissent Under the Current...
Several women activists, who gathered at the Press Club of India on September 15, as a part of Agar Hum Utthe Nahin Toh (If...
Govt Failures Have Left People Hopeless: Human Rights Body COVID-19 Report
The National Confederation of Human Rights Organisations (NCHRO), based in New Delhi, has recently published a report concerning the impact of COVID19 on society...
Mohammed Zubair of AltNews Hounded by Frivolous FIR under POCSO
Two FIRs have been filed against Mohammed Zubair, co-founder of AltNews under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act under questionable charges.
Mohammed Zubair...